Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Watch it thru Old Photos

It is always interesting to glance through old photos. Where and all you roamed, who were you with, what were you wearing.. the best of all, how funny you looked or your look changed over years !!!

In my case, my looks have alomost changed drastically from one gunja selling guy look to some decent, graceful look....

What about you? Are you feeling something like that about you?

Monday, April 27, 2009

Oz stumps India on Davis Cup

Australia stumped India by withdrawing from Davis Cup matches. Tennis federation likely to levy a penalty on australia.

It was a sad episode on Indian foreign affiars, home ministry as they could not convince Australia for a five day stay in non violent city. They were highly reactive and not pro active despite the early warning from australian authorities.

When P Chidambaram takes credit for Sri Lankan affiars he should also take credit for this fiasco !!!!!

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Lyrics of M. S Subbulakshmi's Kaatriniley Varum Geetham

Lyrics of M. S Subbulakshmi's Kaatriniley Varum Geetham

Pallavi

Kaatriniley varum geetham
Kaatriniley varum geetham
Kaatriniley varum geetham
Kangal panithida pongum geetham
Kallum kaniyum geetham
Kaatriniley varum geetham

Charanam 1

Pattamarangal thalirkkum geetham
Pannoli pongum geetham
Kaattu vilangum kette mayangum
madhura mohana geetham
Nenjinil
Nenjinil inba kanalai ezhuppi
ninaivazhikkum geetham

Kaatriniley varum geetham

Charanam 2

Sunai vandudan solai kuyilum
manam kuvindhidavum
Vaanaveli-dhanil thaara ganangal
thayangi nindridavum
Aah, en solven maayap-pillai
Veingkuzhal pozhi geetham

Kaatriniley varum geetham

Charanam 3

Nila malarndha iravinil thendral
ulaavidum nadhiyil
Neela niarathu baalagan oruvan
kuzhal oodhi nindraan
Kaalemellaam
Kaalamellaam avan kaadhalai enni
urugumo en ullam

Kaatriniley varum geetham

Lyrics of Vaa Chellam from Thoranai

Lyrics of Vaa Chellam from Thoranai

Pallavi

i think my heart has skipped a beat
guess i am falling in love with you
i need you baby
i need you yeah

vaa chellam vaa vaa chellam
nadakkira pattam poochi nee thane
aaradi aal thaan chellam
kudhikkira kuchi mittai naan thaane

unne unne paarkanum pesanum pazhaganum
kannum kannum sirikkanum
kanavu thaan kaananum
posukkunnu purushan-nnu sonnadhum
hayyo hayyo hayyo hayyo

en manasa en manasa yen poottura
mel udhada keezh udhada yen aatura

c: ice vaikkiran ice vaikkiran urugathadi
nice pannuraan nice pannuraan nambathadi

vaa chellam vaa vaa chellam
nadakkira pattam poochi nee thane
aaradi aal thaan chellam
kudhikkira kuchi mittai naan thaane

Charanam 1

vanavillil dupatta vaangi vandhu vaikatta
pournamikke powder podatta
un azhaga kal vetta naan sedhukka sollatta
padhayellam poovai nikkatta
ooril ulla marangal onnume vidame
un perai thaan sedhukki vachen vachen nenjil vachen
en kanavil en kanavil un sithiram
en edhiril en edhiril natchathiram

c: nool viduraan nool viduraan sikkathadi
reel vidaraan reel vidaraan maatathadi

Charanam 2

england raanikka indhiyavil kalyanam
enbadhu pol katti kolveney
nee enakku ponjadhi aana pinne en paadhi
rani maha rani nee-thaaney

mudhal kuzhandhai pirakkum sirikkum anneram


enakku mattum azhage onne serthu retta pulla

nee enakku nee enakku vellamadi
naan unakku naan unakku sellamadi

c: full coloril full colorul padam kaaturaan
reel kanakkil reel kanakkil poo suthuraan

vaa chellam vaa vaa chellam
nadakkira pattam poochi nee thane
aaradi aal thaan chellam
kudhikkira kuchi mittai naan thaane

unne unne paarkanum pesanum pazhaganum
kannum kannum sirikkanum
kanavu thaan kaananum
posukkunnu purushan-nnu sonnadhum
hayyo hayyo hayyo hayyo

c: dey sagalai dey sagalai kavuthup-puttan
poo manasa poo manasu pudhichup-puttan
poi puzhuvi poi puzhivi saachuputtan
un nenaippe en nenaippe sodhappiputtan

Lyrics of Pelican Paravaigal from Thoranai

Lyrics of Pelican Paravaigal from Thoranai

m: Pelican Paravaigal rendu pacific kadaloram nindru
payilum Bethovan indru Minor major scale endru

f: akkakkohhh akkakkohhh isai noolagam noolagam endru
akkakkohhh akkakkohhh indha noolidai noolidai undu

m: unnai keyboard yendrini kayyai vaikatta
naan L board illai endru inge kaatataaa

c: naan vaasikka nee oru trumpet thaan
un vala puram ida puram drums thaan
en viralgalil nee oru vagayadaa (?)
unai meetida yaar thaan aasai padar(?)

Pelican Paravaigal rendu pacific kadaloram nindru
payilum Bethovan indru Minor major scale endru

Charanam 1

m: Midiyila nadakkum ... come on come on
Mississippi nadhiye... come on come on
Kodiyidai mella thullum podhu dhool dhool dhool dhool

f: silu silu thooral ... come on come on
silu silu saaral ... come on come on
Chirrapunji mazhaiyaai serum podhu cool cool cool cool

m: April mudhal ingu June varai June varai Summer
Pakkam neethn vara summer naatkalum aayidum Winter

f: Nee illaatha naallellam villan polathan
kai vaikaadho poongaatru vanji melathaan

C: andha velayil naanoru MGR
unnai theendida kaatidu Nambiyar
Angu kaanadi nee yendhan thoranai
un karpukku kaatuven oranai

f: Pelican Paravaigal rendu pacific kadaloram nindru
payilum Bethovan indru Minor major scale endru

Charanam 2

m: Udhadennum kadhavai ... come on come on
Thirandhidu sesame ... come on come on
Udhavidu yenakku ulle ulla thean thean thean thean

f: Oh Alibabaa .. come on come on
unnakithu-thaanpa .. come on come on
kalakkidu raja kelvi ellaam yen yen yen yen

m: Cellphone yena yendhan sevi madal meedhuunnai vaippen
oru laptop yena yendhan thodaiyinil naan unnai thaippen

f: Ada krishna un leelaigal raadhai kaanbaalo
Adhai kandaale ammammaa bodhai kolvaalo

c: adi mandhiri sundhariye (?)
oru mandhira punnagai sindhuriye
enai ennavo ennavo pannuriye
undhan pinnalil ennayum pinniriye

m: Pelican Paravaigal rendu pacific kadaloram nindru
payilum Bethovan indru Minor major scale endru

f: akkakkohhh akkakkohhh isai noolagam noolagam endru
akkakkohhh akkakkohhh indha noolidai noolidai undu

m: unnai keyboard yendrini kayyai vaikatta
naan L board illai endru inge kaatataaa

c: naan vaasikka nee oru trumpet thaan
un vala puram ida puram drums thaan
en viralgalil nee oru vagayadaa (?)
unai meetida yaar thaan aasai padar(?)

Lyrics of Nila Vaanam Kaatru from Pokkisham

Lyrics of Nila Vaanam Kaatru from Pokkisham

English Meaning of Nila Vaanam Kaatru song from Pokkisham also herewith:

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Pallavi

m: Nila nee Vaanam Kaatru mazhai
en kavidhai moochu isai
thuli thena malara thisai oli pagal

you are moon, sky, breeze, rain
my poem breath music
drop of honey, flower, direction, light, day

Nila nee Vaanam Kaatru mazhai
en kavidhai moochu isai
thuli thena malara dhisai oli pagal

devadhai annam pattam poochi
konjum tamizh kushandai
sinungal sirippu mutham
mounam kanavu yekkam
megam minnal oviyam
chellam priyam imsai

angel, food, butterfly
sweet tamil child
sulk, laughter, kiss
silence, dream, longing
cloud, lightning, drawing
darling, love, nuisance

idhil yaavume needhan eninum
uyir endre unai solvene
naan unnidam uyir nee ennidam
naam enbadhey inimel mei sugam

all these are you still
i will call you as my life
i am with you, and you with me
hereafter "our" is the truth, bliss

Nila nee Vaanam Kaatru mazhai
en kavidhai moochu isai
thuli thena malara dhisai oli pagal

Charanam

f: anbulla manna anbulla kanavaa
anbulla kalvane anbulla kannalaney
anballa oliye anbulla thamizhey
anbulla seyyule anbulla ilakkanamey
anbulla thirukurale anbulla natrinaye
anbulla badava anbulla thiruda
anbulla rasiga anbulla kirukka

my dear king my dear husband
my dear heart stealer my dear sweet heart
my dear sound my dear tamil
my dear poem my dear grammer
my dear thirukkural my dear natrinai
(thirukkural, natrinai are ancient tamil literature)
my dear rascal, my dear crook
my dear fan, my dear crazy fellow

anbulla thimire anbulla thavare
anbulla uyire anbulla anbe
idhil yaavume ingu needhan endral
enna dhan solla sol neeye
per anbile ondru naan serndhida
veen vaarthaigal ini yen thedida

my dear arrogance, my dear mistake
my dear life, my dear dear
if all these are you then
what can i say more, tell me
i mingle myself in your love
why should we look out for words

Pallavi

m: Nila nee Vaanam Kaatru mazhai
en kavidhai moochu isai
thuli thena malara dhisai oli pagal

f: anbulla manna anbulla kanavaa
anbulla kalvane anbulla kannalaney

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நிலா வானம் காற்று பாடல் வரிகள் தமிழில் பொக்கிஷம் படத்தில் இருந்து

பல்லவி

ஆ: நிலா நீ வானம் காற்று மழை
என் கவிதை மூச்சு இசை
துளி தேனா மலரா திசை ஒளி பகல்

நிலா நீ வானம் காற்று மழை
என் கவிதை மூச்சு இசை
துளி தேனா மலரா திசை ஒளி பகல்

தேவதை அன்னம் பட்டாம் பூச்சி
கொஞ்சும் தமிழ் குழந்தை
சினுங்கல் சிரிப்பு முத்தம்
மௌனம் கனவு ஏக்கம்
மேகம் மின்னல் ஓவியம்
செல்லம் ப்ரியம் இம்சை

இதில் யாவுமே நீதான் எனினும்
உயிர் என்றே உனை சொல்வேனே
நான் உன்னிடம் உயிர் நீ என்னிடம்
நாம் என்பதே இனிமேல் மெய் சுகம்

நிலா நீ வானம் காற்று மழை
என் கவிதை மூச்சு இசை
துளி தேனா மலரா திசை ஒளி பகல்

சரணம்

பெ: அன்புள்ள மன்னா அன்புள்ள கனவா
அன்புள்ள கள்வனே அன்புள்ள கண்ணாளனே
அன்புள்ள ஒலியே அன்புள்ள தமிழே
அன்புள்ள செய்யுளே அன்புள்ள இலக்கணமே
அன்புள்ள திருக்குறளே அன்புள்ள நற்றினையே
அன்புள்ள படவா அன்புள்ள திருடா
அன்புள்ள ரசிகா அன்புள்ள கிறுக்கா

அன்புள்ள திமிரே அன்புள்ள தவறே
அன்புள்ள உயிரே அன்புள்ள அன்பே
இதில் யாவுமே இங்கு நீதான் என்றால்
என்ன தான் சொல்ல சொல் நீயே
பேரன்பிலே ஒன்று நான் சேர்ந்திட
வீண் வார்த்தைகள் இனி ஏன் தேடிட

ஆ: நிலா நீ வானம் காற்று மழை
என் கவிதை மூச்சு இசை
துளி தேனா மலரா திசை ஒளி பகல்

பெ: அன்புள்ள மன்னா அன்புள்ள கனவா
அன்புள்ள கள்வனே அன்புள்ள கண்ணாளனே

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Lyrics of Azhagu Mugam from Pokkisham

Lyrics of Azhagu Mugam from Pokkisham

English Meaning of Azhagu Mugam song from Pokkisham also herewith:

azhaghu mugam malarndhu thaayin madi kadanthu
ulagai rasithirukkum kuzhandaye
edhilum manam udainthu verumai ena unarndhu
thanimai rusithirukkum mudhumaye

baby with blossoming beauty in the mother's lap
watches the world with loads of fun
heart broken mind reaises the loneliness
when it gets older

silar vaazhkkai indru thodangumey
varun naalai enni iyangumey
naam vaazhum vaazhkkai neenda dhoora payanamey
adhai vaazhndhu paarka thoondum nammai ulagamey

some people's life might begin today
it operates thinking about future
our life is a long journey
world would make us to make us live it through

dhinam ovvoru nodiyilum payaname
varum ovvoru vidiyalum payaname

you live through the journey every second
and every new dawn would make you travel more

pudhiya thotrangalum pudhiya maatrangalum
kanavai tharugiradhu vaazhkayil
pudhiya kelvigalum pudhiya thedalgalum
muzhumai adaigiradhu boomiyil

new looks new changes
would give dreams of live
new questions new searches
would be fulfilled in earth

idhil neeyum naanum payaniye
varum vaazhvum thaazhvum payaname
idhu kaalam thorum maaridamal thodarume
idhai kadhalodu yerka vendum evarume

you and me are travellors
every ups and downs mean part of journey
this would continue unchanged forever
all of you, embrace it with loads of love

Lyrics of Ulagam Ninaivil Illai from Pokkisham

Lyrics of Ulagam Ninaivil Illai from Pokkisham

Pallavi

m: ulagam ninaivil illai
uranga manamum illai
muzhudum aval ninaivil midhakkiren

madhiya veyyil adithum
manadhil mazhai pozhindha
iniya manith-thuliyil kulikkiren

Charanam

kannai modhum kaatril aval mugam
nenjai meyum paatil aval mugam
pala kodi pookal serndhu pookum paravasam
pala kodi veenai serndhu meetum anubavam

f: idhu kadhalin azhagiya thollaiya
idhai meerida vazhigalum illaya
idhu kadhalin azhagiya thollaiya
idhai meerida vazhigalum illaya

enadhu manak-kuhayil pudhiya olip-paravu
puviyil marupadiyum pirakkiren
imayil pada padappu
idhazil kuru-n-sirippu
valarndha kuzhandai ena thavazhgiren

ennai naan eno izhakkiren
indha oonai uyirai thurakkiren
indha kadhal peyai aasai-odu anaik-kiren

m: indha kadhal peyai aasai-odu anaik-kiren

Lyrics of kanavu sila samayam from Pokkisham

Lyrics of kanavu sila samayam from Pokkisham

English meaning of Kanavu sila samayam song from Pokkisham also herewith:

Pallavi

Kanavu sila samayam
kalayum nilayum undu
mudivu theriyum varai poruthiru

dream some times gets disturbed
but wait until decision patiently

adhuvum sila samayam
jeyikka vazhigal undu
vidiyum pozhudu varai vizhithiru

sometimes it would win
stay awake until dawn

idhu yoohikka mudiya kanidhame
oru porukku pogum payaname

you cant guess this math
its like a journey to war

inbam thedum kadhal yetridatha ulagada
thumbam neengi pogum tholvi kooda azhagada

love which is search of happyness does not like this indecision
difficulty would disappear, defeat also a beauty

oru melliya kavalayin madiyile
iru nenjamum purappadum payaname

with mild sorrow in the map
two hearts would start their journey

Charanam

thavippu oru puramum thudippu maru puramum
thodangum idhuvum oru yaathirai
iravu thuyilirukka idhayam vizhithirukka
alayil puralgiradhu aan karai

impatience on side, enthusiasm on the other side
when the start the holy journey
when the night sleeps, heart awakes
men's mind gets washed in waves

indha vaazhvil yedhum neralam
andha eesan theerpai kooralam
netru pola naalai illai endrum aagalam
nalla naalum netru ponadhendru yengalam

anything can happen in life
Lord might decide anything
Tomorrow might not be like yesterday
Good day could have been yesterday, it may so happen

oru melliya kavalayin madiyile
iru nenjamum purappadum payaname

with mild sorrow in the map
two hearts would start their journey

Lyrics of Siru Punnagai from Pokkisham

Lyrics of Siru Punnagai from Pokkisham

English Meaning of the song Siru Punnagai from Pokkisham als herewith:

Siru punngai oruvarin mugavari
adhil karainthidum pirar manam avadhari

smile is one's address
others' heart would melt on that

uravu thodanguvadhum uyirgal pazhaguvadhum
iniya kavidhai ena ninaikiren
avalin anugumurai pazhagum iyalbu nilai
karaindha nimidangalai rasikkiren

start of relationship, lives become friends
are like a sweet poem
i melt my times happily
in her approach, friendly behaviour

solla natkal neendum ninaivile
palli vazhkai meendum manadhile
aval pesum pechai ketka ketka pudhumaiye
andha neram meendum vaithidatha inimaiye

days would become longer when explaining
school days are back in heart
it is always refreshing to hear her speak
if those are back, it would be so sweet

Siru punngai oruvarin mugavari
adhil karainthidum pirar manam avadhari

smile is one's address
others' heart would melt on that

varavu selavugalil kurayum pozhudugalai
pudhiya uravugalil niraikiren
arivu veli ulagil adayum avasthaigalai
pozhiyum nilavoliyil posukkidu

time lost in reconciling income and expenses
i fill it up with new relationship
when your brain gets bugged in real life
burn it in moon light and refresh

inbam yaavum kaatum mana thirai
nammai vattum (?) kaalam vagupparai
idhil paadam ketkum neeyum naanum oruvane
namai therchiyakkum thozhan yaaru iraivane

mind reflects the happyness
we get bugged in school
you and me are same when listening to lesson
the lord makes us to pass like a friend

Siru punngai oruvarin mugavari
adhil karainthidum pirar manam avadhari

smile is one's address
others' heart would melt on that

Lyrics of Oho Oh Oh from Pokkisham

Lyrics of Oho Oh Oh from Pokkisham

ohoho ohoho ohoho ohoho
ohoho naanana naanana naanana

ohoho theerndhadhey perunkadal thaagamey
ohoho serndhadhey mazhai thuli megamey
ada minnal ingu thannai vittu pogumey
indha mannil ini oli panjam theerumey

ohoho minmini poochigal pookkalaai
ohoho vennila paarvaigal koochamai

naan santhoshangal petredutha pillaye
indha natpukkulle thappu ondrum illaye
ohoho ennidam siragillai parakkiren
ohoho nel mani pola naan mulaikkiren

Lyrics of Anjal Petti from Pokkisham

Lyrics of Anjal Petti from Pokkisham

Pallavi

Anjal Pettiyai kandathume kangal sirippadhen
en nenjukulle pattam poochi irakkai virippadhen
thulli thirindha endhan naatkal thayangi nadappadhen
en tholukku mele thoorigai theendum unarvu mulaippadhen

raatinangal moolaikulle sutri suzhalvadhen
en naadi thudippu nooru madangaai nodiyum uyarvadhen
pambarangal kaalil suzhalum paraparappu yen
en angam engum pudhu pudhu minnal uruvedupadhu yen?

Anjal Pettiyai kandathume kangal sirippadhen
en nenjukulle pattam poochi ratta ratta ra

Charanam

oonjaladum maname unakku enna nadanthathu
naan uyirillamal thathi thaava ulagam maranthathu
ucham thalayai vaanavillum thuvattugindrathu
en ullam kayyil regai poovai malarugindrathu

ulla thuniyai vasa kaatru salavai seidhathu
naan ovvoru nodiyum pirapadhu pola kavidhai solludhu
kanavil midhandhu nadanam aada kaal ninaithathu
naan karaya karaya mele poga vaal mulaithathu

ennai naane rasithu kollum nilamai aanadhu
idhu nitham nigazhum aanal kooda pudhumai aanadhu

Lyrics of Mozhi illamale from Pokkisham

Lyrics of Mozhi illamale from Pokkisham

English meaning of Mozhi illamale from Pokkisham herewith:

Mozhi illamale edhai solvaan ini
vizhi illamale edhai kaanbaan ini
vaasame pona pin pookkale poopadhu yen?
swasame oindha pin moochile kaatru yen?
oru kannadi pol naan udaindhal enna?

How will he communicate without using language?
How will be see something without using eyes?
why the flowers are blossoming without giving smell?
when breath stops, why there is little air left?
how will it be if i break like a glass?


vazhi illamale engu selvaan ini
uyir illamale enna seivaan ini
odaye kaaindha pin meengale neechal yen?
vaaname veezhndha pin kooraye vaazhvadhen?
ada boolagame ini azhindhal enna?

where will he go without path?
what will he do without life?
why fish is attempting to swim without water?
why roof is trying to hold on when sky fell down?
why not the earth be destroyed?

Lyrics of Varum Vazhi Engume from Pokkisham

Lyrics of Varum Vazhi Engume from Pokkisham

English meaning of Varum Vazhi Engume from Pokkisham also herewith:

Varum vazhu engume en mugam thondralam
indha nila chuvattile en manam kaanalam

you might see my face in your way
you can spot me in leg markings of land

nee varum saalayil saaralai veesava
aasayai thaangiye thozhane neril vaa

may I come as the drizzle on your way
my friend, come with lots of love in your heart

unnai vara verkave kaatril maramagava
undhan thalai kodhave pookum ilai aagava

may i become the tree to bring breeze
and smoothen your hair through the leaves of the wind

en kan pesinaal un thuyar theerume
un mugam paarpadhal adhu uyir vaazhume
serndhidum ninaipile amaidhi kol thozhane
saaindhu kol kalaippile tholgalum yengume
nee varum sedhiyai kadal alai koorave
inba (?) nilai polave manam kondadudhey

when my eye speaks your sorrows would disappear
it lives longer when it spots your face
take shelter in peace as we are going to be united
my shoulder would long to give you rest
waves from the shore brought the news of your arrival
heart celebrates this wonderful moment

Lyrics of Moondru naal aagume from Pokkisham

Lyrics of Moondru naal aagume from Pokkisham

Moondru naal aagume pesava unnidam
adhu varai aavalai thaanguma en manam
en ninaivodu nee thunai iruppayadi
un arugamayil vali thodarathadi
kural ketkum varai puvi suzhalathadi

kaalai nee maalai nee kangira kaatchi nee
velai nee velvi nee veetile yaavum nee
nee pesamale mozhi pagai aanadhey
oli illamale manam isai paduthey
oru yugam aayinum idhai rasippenady

Lyrics of Aaj Monee from Pokkisham

Lyrics of Aaj Monee from Pokkisham

nadhira nadhira
en ninaivengum niraindhayadi
nadhira nadhira
naan illamal maraindhenadi

pirival un pirival
tholaivaal vegu tholaivaal
naan pen pola azhudhenadi
nee pesamal uraindhayadi

nadhira nadhira
naan illamal maraindhenady

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Music Review of Pokkisham

Movie Name - Pokkisham
Music - Sabesh - Murali
Overall Rating - Must Listen

Cheran's movies always deliver some surprise. Music of Pokkisham is full of melody, soft tunes. No kuthu tune, no vulgar or double meaning words.

Meaningful lyrics which require tamil knowledge will smoothen your mind. Very good album indeed. Only negative feel of the album is Vijay Yesudos's so so pronunciation. Go for it !

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Men's Clothing Brand

Thambi: Anna, i am confused after seeing the men's collections.
Anna: What is your confusion... what to buy or what not to buy?
Thambi: No., Why all the names sound like some westener? and what is the difference between them?
Anna: Oh., that is nothing. All of them make clothing in broad ranges... from 600 to 9k. The feel is bit different but the quality is mostly good.
Thambi: I dont get it still
Anna: Allan Solly is the father of all as he is there from 1750s. Louis Philippe is his son as he is there from 1790s. Their cousin brothers started with Arrow around 1850s and van Heusen around 1890s.
Thambi: Whaaatttt?
Anna: Wait until complete. Their chinna veedu relationship brought a poor brand called Peter England. Machaan (brother in law) brand like Austin Reed came to existence around 1900s. But the thaai maaman brand like Levis and their Chinese affairs brought Lee .....
Thambi: Ayyo Ayyo., Pls leave me !

Play Review - K Balachander's Pournami

K Balachander has made a come back to stage play, drama with "Pournami". I watched it yesterday in Narada Gana Sabha.

Lot of chennai's celebrities were present as it was 3rd performance like news reader Varadarajan, Actor Y G Mahendran, Musician Rajesh Vaidya . Veteran KB was also present along with audience.

The play Pournami dwells on one family and its exposure to one political act, and how the family rises to the occasion. The play is bit serious and deals with contemporary issue - Indo - Pak relationship. It is two hour long play.

Dialogues are powerful and simple. One single set is used through the play and it is quite good. The lighting is very impressive and reflects the various moods of the characters. Performance of the artists is good and i liked the son "sundar's" role very much.

NSE's removal of F & O Stocks

NSE decided to remove 50 stocks from F & O. I welcome this move. NSE has taken this decision after Akruti's trading mess. This move is better late than never.

Let us hope, the new inclusions would follow some methodical approach, criteria rather than driven by simple volume statistics.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Political campaign 1 - titbits

Political campaign is in full swing across the country. My thoughts, reaction as follows:

1. Congress on Kandahar episode - Sad. Congress should focus on job losses, economy i.e how to take India forward rather than talking about some dead issue. This attitude shows Congres shying away from real issues.

2. BJP On Varun episode - Dividing the country on communal lines is strictly bad. Deriving mileage out of it is even more bad. But the Media was so happy to talk about it more than anyone. Media did the marketing and not BJP.

3. LTTE issue dominated the TN campaign. No one is sure how the voters are going to go. DMK Chief's statement on LTTE reflected confusion.

4. Sharad Pawar could be dark horse post result scenario.

Sunday, April 19, 2009

The "T" Factor - Tagged !

Took this tagging from Uniquely Priya ! I liked this tag at the first instance., still wondering why !!!!!

My list of favourites beginning with ‘T’:

1) Travel: I like travelling. I love going to new places, meeting new people, learn some good things from every place.

2) Tummy: Something i like as long as it is in control. My tummy is good and not big. It has come to some shape in the last 8 years or so. I am not able to lose my little tummy through my normal, homely work-outs although.

3) Television: I love TV especially to watch sports like cricket, tennis, F1, CNBC. I don't think, i can live with out TV at this point of my life.

4) Tunes: Music is what i relax with. Any type of music, genres are good as long as they are little creative than monotonous.

5) Tiny Tots: I love them. The way they look, talk, smile, laugh, feel, smell – I love everything. I just love the feeling when a child talks to me, or places his/her little hand in mine, or takes my lap - completely trusting me.

6) Taste: I eat only for taste. I don't care how much calorie it has. I freak out as long as i like and it taste good on my tongue / mind.

7) Tricks: I love watching tricks performed in TV shows like a kid even now. Fascinating !

8 ) Typical: I don't like being "typical" being. I want to be a practical in my approach to carry out my life.

9) Two to tango: means that two people in a fight are both responsible for that fight. So I look at life in this approach and practice restraint.

That’s all I could think of from ‘T’!!

Friday, April 17, 2009

Padmashree controversy

It is very sad that Dhoni and Harbhajan were not present during Padmashree controversy. It is one of the prestigious awards of the country and it should not have been taken for granted.

Nominating some one for receiving the awards is not an excuse and it is even worse than not present.

Bhajji was having lot of controversy - Money scandal, sreesanth slap; he should not got the award during this time, and despite that, he ended up ditching the honour - Very sad episode.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Satyam buy out episode - what lies in store

Satyam was an issue some time back., government intervened, superseeded a public company, nominated board members. The new board carried out damage control exercise, found the buyer, retained existing clients with continued service.

This is no mean achievement., and kudos to the new board.

What does it means to indian incorporate?

1. Tech Mahindra would end up borrowing close to 2000 crores to meet the funds requirement of buy out. It means, companies are willing to lend to credible borrowers.

2. Indians thrive on chaos - be it simple traffic or collapse of company. Management skills of indian managers deserves special mention during crisis.

3. Take the example of Enron / Arthur Anderson episode and compare with Satyam - The indian government took credible steps to ensure business continuity.

4. Top professionals take calculated risks and the respective boards support them. This is no simple step and indicates well being of thought process.

Let us hope we will go forward !!!

Monday, April 13, 2009

Tech mahindra bags Satyam

Tech Mahindra bags satyam for Rs.58 per share i.e 1750 crore. In my opinion, it is good for tech mahindra as they rely on single client business i.e British Telecom and it means risk diversification for the tech mahindra as a whole.

Some time back i predicted there may not be much cheer for shareholders as the bid price might not be in big premium to market price. Satyam moved up from Rs.40 levels to Rs.50 levels. It is likely to hover around Rs.45 to Rs.55 band until take over completion.

ET reported last week that Tech-M is withdrawing and they ended up having egg on their face ! Most of their recent scoop failed miserably and it is not good for their brand.

Saturday, April 11, 2009

April 14

Folks.,

Do you remember that DMK chief M Karunanidhi changed the tamil new year along with pongal?

By the way, you will still get holiday on apr 14th !!! Why?

Its bcoz of Ambedkar Jayanthi !!!

on Nano Booking

Nano booking is happening across the country in full swing. The web site has received 2 crore hits, bookings crossed 70,000, application forms sold 3 Lakh from the day Nano launched in India.

The great response for Nano surprised many analysts. Infact, Indica's first version was very bad and it started doing well only from second version. Looks like public have short term memory loss and rushing to dealers for booking.

Also heard lot of gundu people are booking 3 cars each as they cant fit into one !

This is accessstreet reporting.....

Friday, April 10, 2009

Aanandha Thandavam - Movie Review

Sujatha's one of all time hit novel Pirivom Santhippom comes alive in silver screen after many years ! Fantastic music by G V Prakash... I was there for the first day, after noon show at Satyam....

Story in short:

Hero falls in love with a rich girl, engagement happens but gets ditched for a US maapillai. Tries to commit suicide, recovers goes to US for higher studies, meets the old lover again; but another girl who falls in love with hero and wants to return to India to lead a simple life; triangular love confusion, sad climax;

Casting and Acting:

Tamannah had carried herself beautifully. She performs well and brings the innocence too well in the early moments of the movie. Kitty is commendeable. Rukmini is decent. Charlie is good. Overall casting is wonderful like madhumita's parents or rukmini's grand parents. But Siddharth as hero some how does not work well with audience - vulnerability fails miserably.

Other departments:

Photography is very good in the first half, turns little bad on second half when the story moves to USA. Dialogues are excellent. Background score of GV Prakash is impressive.

But passing malaysia like new york in some scenes is bad - example the accident scene or the climax at airport.

My reaction:

Faithful adaptation of the movie can sometime be an issue - the climax looks totally outdated and fails. But A R Gandhi Krishna as a film maker could have done better. Two hour and 45 minutes for this movie is too long.

Audience Reaction:

a. some 50odd people walk out when the song Megam Pola started
b. Audience clapped when the hero admitted "yes, i am an idiot"
c. Audience's reaction was flat or worse during Tamannah's climax talk

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Tagged – 100 things

1. Last beverage: Chilled Milo
2. Last phone call: PTS
3. Last text message: Roshan
4. Last song you listened to: Manasa sanja ra re
5. Last time you cried: In Jan 2009

HAVE YOU EVER...

6. Dated someone twice: No
7. Been cheated on? Yes
8. Kissed someone & regretted it? No
9. Lost someone special? Of course, Yes
10. Been depressed? Rarely
11. Been drunk and threw up? When I was young
J

LIST FOUR FAVORITE COLORS:

12.Black
13.White
14.Grey

HAVE YOU:

15. Made new friends: just a fortnight back
16. Fallen out of love: No
17. Laughed until you cried: Yes, many times!!
18. Met someone who changed you: Not met, listened to him !
19. Found out who your true friends were: Yup !!
20. Found out someone was talking about you: Nope
21. Kissed anyone on your friend's list: Once !
22. How many people on your friends list do you know in real life: Plenty !
23. How many kids do you want to have: Two.. and I already have
J
24. Do you have any pets: Never wanted
25. Do you want to change your name: Why should I when I love my name !!
26. What did you do for your last birthday: new dress, temple and some tasty payasam
27. What time did you wake up today: 7:30 with the help of alarm !
28. What were you doing at midnight last night: Slept !
29. Name something you CANNOT wait for : sip a coffee with A R Rahman ?!
30. Last time you saw your father: 22 months back
L
31. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life: I want to travel a lot without bothering about bank balance !!!
32. Most visited web page: Bloomberg, cnbc, gmail !!

WHAT'S YOUR :

33. Name: Vijay Ganesh
34. Nicknames: Viji
35. Zodiac sign: Capricorn
36. Male or female or transgendered: Not applicable, certified straight Male
J
37. Elementary: National High School, Mayiladuthurai
38. School: National High School, Mayiladuthurai
39. Colleges:A M Jain College !
40. Hair color: Black
41. Long or short: Short
42. Height: 5'6
43. Do you have a crush on someone? Yes., with Isai Aruvi - Ria
44. Ever been in love? Yes
45. Piercings? Nope
46. Tattoos? None!
47. Righty or lefty: Righty

FIRSTS :

48. First surgery: Not yet !!
49. First piercing: Not yet !!
50. First best friend: Shajahan, Ramesh, Ayyappan
51. First sport you loved: Running helter skelter
52. First pet : Not yet
53. First vacation: Sister sponsored trip to Chennai
54. First concert: At very early age – temple processions with lots of music in Mayiladuthurai
55. First crush: I think Revathy in National High School

RIGHT NOW:

56. Eating: Munching saravana bhavan seedai
57. Drinking: Tender Coconut
58. I'm about to: go to mylapore for aruvathi moovar urchavam
59. Listening to: Kanaa kangiren from aanandha thandavam
60. Waiting for: some interesting interviews !!

YOUR FUTURE :

61. Want kids? No
62. Want to get married? Not again
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63. Careers in mind? Yes., will anyone employ me
L

WHICH IS BETTER WITH THE OPPOSITE SEX?

64. Lips or eyes: Eyes
65. Hugs or kisses: Hugs
66. Shorter or taller: Taller
67. Older or Younger: Older
68. Romantic or spontaneous: Both
69. Nice stomach or nice arms: Arms
70. Sensitive or loud: Both
71. Hook-up or relationship: Relationship
72. Trouble maker or hesitant: Both again !!

HAVE YOU EVER :

73. Kissed a stranger: Never
74. Lost glasses/contacts: No
75. Sex on first date: Strict NO NO
76. Broken someone's heart: Could have
77. Had your own heart broken: Not yet
78. Been arrested: Not yet
79. Turned someone down: Yes
80. Cried when someone died: Yes
81. Liked a friend that is a girl? Not recently

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:

81. Yourself: Very Much
82. Miracles: No
83. God: No
84. Love at first sight: No
85. Heaven: No
86. Santa Clause: No
87. Kiss on the first date? No
88. Angels: No
89. Devils: Plenty

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:

90. Is there one person you want to be with right now? Yes
91. Had more than one boyfriend/girlfriend at one time? No
92. Wanted to kill someone ever? Not yet
93. Among you blog mates, whom would you like to kiss? Donno yet
94. Committed a blunder and regretted later? Yes, in Jan 2009
95. Wanted to steal your friend's boyfriend / girlfriend? Ayyo Ayyo, Nope

Associate with someone you know:

96. White: Vishaka
97. Black: Vaishali
98. Pink: Sanjana
99. Red: Muthu

ICING ON THE CAKE

100. Posting this as 100 Truths? No !!!! :P :P :P

Monday, April 6, 2009

Investing in Stock Markets - 2

Investing in Stock Markets - 2

There are plenty of web sites which offer literature on fundamental analysis, technical analysis. Hence, I am not going to dwell on those topics.

Investing in IPO:

Free pricing killed the fancy of IPO. Companies with decent track record are allowed to price the IPO freely i.e they will ask for a good amount called as premium. This move brought down the returns on listing considerably. In full fledged bull market, people price it freely, it gets listed freely - in bear market, number of IPOs are handful. When plenty of people are into IPO funding, you can smell a rat !!!

Hence, i feel, people who apply for IPO should cash their investment on listing and keep the remaining quantity for trading. Risk taking should be done only on left over stocks and not on full quantity allotted. In this way, investors can hold the stocks for ever as they recovered investment amount.

Stock Trading Psychology:

Some of these patterns can be observed in stock markets.

1. Anticipation: Stock market works on anticipation methodology i.e market discounts some information and prices the stock accordingly. One statement which stands out for years is "Buy on rumour and sell on news".

2. Herd mentality: Traders get influenced by news, volume to form patterns. Suddenly, one can witness rally in sugar stocks, fertilizer stocks and they can potentially abandon their interest in short term and switch their loyalties to some other sector. Some people call this "momentum trading" too.

3. Fear factor: Pessimists predict multi year lows. It happens sometimes, it doesn't happen sometimes. But too much of pessimism at too little time can be dangerous like the current pull back of world markets.

4. Irrational exuberance: Opposite of fear factor. When the sensex was at 21k lot of people were still bullish. This is also equally dangerous. Warning for points 3 & 4: when you hear too many number predictions, cut your trading and tread cautiously.

5. Demand and Supply: According to me, market works on demand and supply factor coupled with liquidity and sentiment mostly. Stock price goes up when demand increases and decreases when supply increases.

6. Liquidity: Mutual funds and institutions liquidity situation is a major factor which determines short term fluctuations. Markets generally flares up on excess liquidity - i.e cash availability to invest;

7. Charm: Stock has to have some charm to survive. Reliance has got life long charm so far and it indicates the trend majorly. Stocks like Chennai Petro, Numeric power does not have charm to attract trading volume. It is very important to focus on this point while investing for long term.

8. Cash in Balance sheet: Cash is king on all kind markets. Cash allows companies to expand operations, make acquisition etc. Companies like Infosys, sun pharma, hero honda are able to weather the storm because of this.

9. Sentiment: Market sentiment could be a decisive factor when you trade for short term. You can trade for inter mediate swings based on this factor.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Investing in Stock Markets - 1

Investing in Stock Markets - 1

I have decided to write my thoughts on investing in stock markets. Pls note that I am not claiming myself a genius in stock markets. But I am associated with stock markets from 1992 and learned few good things. I think, it is important for me to share the basics with society or investing public. I would recommend to use it with your own discretion. All the views expressed are my own and derived from my own experience and any resemblance is purely co-incidental.

Introduction

1. Be ready to lose some portion of your capital / money before investing. Your capital must be free from your daily requirements i.e., you must not buy a stock and sell the same just to pay off your rent ! Stock market is not a place to play when you have less capital, less time frame, faster rotation etc.

2. Who are you? Are you a speculator? Trader? or Investor? is something you must decide before you start playing in stock market.

Speculator is the one who trades daily and trades for even 50paise fluctuation. Trader does not carry over position to next day or takes delivery of stocks.

Trader can take position in cash market or derivatives and plays for small fluctuations to make profits. He can go long or short depending on that days movement and makes the most out of it. Speculator carries out 3 to 25 trades a day and aims for say Rs.8000/- to Rs.10,000/- as daily profit.

Trader is the one trades with a view to square off position between 1 to 7 days. Trader can follow technical, fundamental cues and takes position in stocks. Trader does not take momentum position and trades little less frequently. Trader can have long in one counter and short in other stock at the same time too !

Investor is the one who can take delivery of stock and have some medium term of view. He is mostly looking to buy and sell stocks and there by represents bull attitude. Investors must buy only on dips or huge fall days and can sell on rallies. A true investor would not chase stocks on gap up days but he places the order on falling days at various low prices and would wait for uptrend to happen. In other words, investor is a contrarion who buys on gloomy days !

3. Why one must play in stock market? Stock market can give decent returns provided you are disciplined. Else, it can take away your capital or make you to get struck for a long period. But keep it as secondary activity., if the time spent on stocks overtakes your main activity that means you are addicted.

Simple Guidelines

1. Determine your bet size - your bet size determines your loss or profit. Make sure your bet size is in line with how much you can lose.

2. Trade in A group stocks only. Do not venture out in other stocks until you master the trick.

3. Do watch Business channels, Do read business papers - but make your own decision.

4. Learn the basics of financial terminologies - like sales, EPS, PE Ratio etc. Learn the basics of technical analysis too.

5. Learn to book losses otherwise you might get struck in bad company stock for years.

6. Be disciplined, apply stop loss when you trade on technical advice.

7. Make baby steps, you can not become crorepati in a short term

8. Maintain simple excel sheet of your trades for future analysis

9. Do not blindly copy some body's trade

10. Try to be little contrarion while trading.

11. Have target for every trade

12. Use your discretion on market gabbars, broker tips. No one will kill you if you dont follow them on each and every call !