Barefoot @ The PARK

Yesterday, It was a total different evening for me. I went for a movie at a star hotel - The Park . Hmm.. sounds different. Thanks to Guru Subramanian who took me over there. Evum productions is planning to take an english movie "Barefoot in the Park" into a play. So, they have screened the original movie as a part of marketing strategy & also reach to audience. The movie was comical & a good entertainer. But I am just wondering how these people are going to adapt in their play some of the sequences in the movie. Hoping to see their play now.

I also met some of the top bloggers in the show Kiruba, Chenthil, Chandrachoodan & of course the list includes Guru Subramanian. The hotel ambience was also too good & saturday night in chennai @ top hotel whoo.. When we were leaving the top bloggers were speaking to the organizers. Both of them were students studying in colleges. That time I was just thinking how these people are spending their time useful even during college days. Cursed myself about not doing any such activities. Anyways forget the past. Like in Mudalvan movie Raghuvaran says in the climax its mine now "It was a good evening..".

Achamillai, Achamillai

After a long day at office went home late & tired. During my late dinner, I was scrolling through the TV channels in search of a good show. Happen to see JAYA TV's Achamillai Achamillai show hosted by actress lakshmi. Thought it was a kind of talk show & problems that were faced by the individuals were discussed. But got a sound pinch. Yesterday, the show was bringing four young children into limelight who have extra-ordinary talents in them or developed over a period. Each one had something different at an very early age.

First one was Nirupama. She had not gone to school till now. When she was 3 years old, she had began to read all novels, poems and magazines. She had translated many books written in tamil to english. She said that once she went to a school for reading in the library. She completed reading the whole set of books available in the library in a couple of days & felt boring. Her parents were working in Mumbai. But they had left the job & packed their bags for starting a school in a village near Tiruvarur, offering free education.

Next one was Vishalini. She was 6-7 years old. It seems that she was having an IQ of 220. At this age, she was able to answer to questions in any subject area. It was told that when she was born the doctors had said that she may not speak. But to surprise she started to speak very early than normal babies do. She was continously exposed to various subjects by her mother. Her mother said that she used to read & show her all books available & she used to grasp it at very fast pace.

Next one was Sathyanarayana. He can play piano & violin at this age like an expert. He was able to bring the essence of carnatic music in piano which was said to be difficult. Recently, he had played a 3 hours show in Rani seethai hall in the hot december music season. At present his guru is Mr.Mandolin Srinivas.

Next was Sibisothan. He is a genius in maths. He was able to play with numbers at a very fast pace. Any addition or subtraction, he does it with ease. Also, he was able to draw different Magic squares of different varieties. He used to observe his grandfather playing with numbers & had grasped this talent. In the TV show he was asked to add many numbers continously & he did it just by waving the hands for each number that was said. The show was too good & different from the usual cinematic programs. I was stunned by the talents of the children. Amazing stuffs.

Year - 2004 ending with a tragedy !

Finally, after a long absence thought to post a note. This note is for two main reasons. One for the diaster - Tsunami & the next is for the end of the year-2004. Yes, I wish as the Year-2004 ends, the diaster happened makes a full stop here. I think many of the Indians including myself would have come to know the existense of this devil called Tsunami only after this sad happening. I am a resident near the beach. I was not directly under the attack of this devil. But the loss of lives had made me to think why there was no proper diaster recovery plan if such an incidents occur.

We take so many precautions in our lives. Our political parties move many things ahead thinking the elections after years. But why there is no such precautions in case of these diasters. We Indians generally have an attitude of raising things or putting down entirely. This continues for diasters, movies, sports, everywhere. One day if our cricket team wins a game we jump. Next time when they lose we immediately put them on ground. This is even for these diasters. Today, we will do all kinds of things but over time runs we would again forget & only we will bring this incident for statistical reporting that such an incident occured in December 2004. We need more people like Mohan Bhargav (a character in SWADES movie) who thinks & works out for the development of our country.

There are many other incidents that occured in the year-2004. Kumbakonam school tragedy, Kanchi seer arrest, Stamp paper scandal, MS subbalakshmi demise...... the list continues. I only hope & wish that let the Year-2005 light joy & peace in all our lives. Also, let us forget what had happened but see to that our mistakes do not repeat. I Pray god for prosperity in all our lives & welcome the Year-2005 ;-)