(Author: Jay Ramalingam) Do you hear the music or the vibrations that produce the music? Do you see the table or the wood that makes up the table? Do you inhale the life-nourishing air or the electrons and protons that make up oxygen? Do you feel the emotions or the pattern of neuronal firings that
If you are from 70s & 80s movie goers, you would remember few single screen big theatres had the ritual of raising the screen curtain when the movie is about to start. Usually red curtain that will raise to the theme music of For a Few Dollars More (FFDM). Of course, I didn’t know nothing about FFDM or Ennio Morricone that time. Saw The Mission movie in Chennai 85/86, liked
IR celebrated his 77th birthday June 2, 2020. Even though I wanted to write about him, I held back since I don’t have anything new to say about them. IR has been in the industry for more than 40+ years. His life has been pretty much an open book, meaning, everyone from last 3 generations of people from South India know about him. So much has been written about him.
ஜடப்பொருட்கள் வாங்கும் பொழுது நிறத்தில் பேதம் பார்க்காத நீ அரிதான பிறப்பான மானிடப் பிறப்பில் நிற பேதம் பார்த்ததேன் ஒரே ஒரு முறை சுவாசிக்கத்தானே அவன் கேட்டான் உன் சொத்தையா கேட்டான் சுவாசித்தல் இயற்கையின் நியதி சுவாசித்தல் அவன் பிறப்புரிமை அதை மறுத்தது உன் கீழ்மை சுற்றி நின்று வேடிக்கைப் பார்த்தது ஒரு கூட்டம் அவற்றை மனிதன் என்று கூறுவதில் பெறும் வெட்கம் தன் இனத்திற்கு தீங்கு என்றால் கொதித்து எழும் விலங்கினம் உன் சதை கூட ஆட மறுத்ததே மனிதனே நீ ஈனம் உன் குருதியுன் சிவப்பு தான் அவன் குருதியும் சிவப்பு தான் அகத்துனுள் உறையும்
(Author: Jay Ramalingam) Gray musings during the Corona crisis Source: Wiki Commons What do you do, when the building is weakening the foundation? when the paint is scarring the canvas? What do you do, when the clothing is burning the skin? when the medicine is corroding the stomach? What do you do, when roughshod ‘progress’ breaks your compass? when thrashing gets you deeper into the sand? What do you do,
இரந்தும் உயிர்வாழ்தல் வேண்டின் பரந்துகெடுக உலகியற்றி யான் – Thirukural – #1062 (Translation: If the Creator of the world has decreed even begging as means of livelihood, may he too go abegging and perish) NOTE 1: Creator in current context can refer to those who govern or in power. NOTE 2: Be warned….following is a rant…wanted to put it in writing and vent it out. This is what happens when you feel
போன்சாய் Top: Source: The Guardian Source: Aljazeera தன்னுலகைத் தவிர்த்து மறு பாதி உலகின் நடைமுறை அறியா பொருளாதாரத்தின் உச்சத்தில் வாழும் மேல்தட்டு மக்களின் மெத்தகு மாடி வீட்டின் பாங்கான பால்கனியிலிருந்து போன்சாய் வைத்தால்
Link to Part 2: COVID-19, WFH, and Virus Attack Movies COVID-19, doesn’t seem to be slowing down yet. India has extended the lockdown for 2 more weeks till May 3, 2020. If you are WFH, make sure you stick to fixed time. With commute time saved, great opportunity to spend time with the family, and do things you have been postponing to later time (assuming they don’t need you to
(Author: Jay Ramalingam) I sometimes call my wife ‘Her Momminess’. You don’t really need to be a mother or even a woman to have momminess in patterns of your feelings, emotions, words and behaviors. And, of course, there are degrees of momminess. You have momminess if you can intensely feel for your family as a whole unit as much as you can feel your own personal pains and pleasures. A
Link to Part 1: COVID-19, WFH, and Virus Attack Movies Novel Corona Virus, COVID-19, doesn’t seem to be slowing down yet. When I blogged Part 1 few weeks back, I was hoping countries will act fast in curbing the spread. Late reaction from many countries and now most of the countries are either in full or partial lockdown. In India we are in a countrywide lockdown from Mar 24 for