MDR (My Dear Readers)

For those who have tolerated with my writings so far, there is a small (not big) relief for you guys. You need not worry that you have started to read a post and have to finish it. Introducing "peek-a-boo" in my blog, showing the summary and the rest of post separately. If you like to continue reading you can expand it, or else shut down your comp.

Thanks to Deepa. She had been instrumental and had spent over 45 mins to make me understand and hack the code :)

Go away; you are spared in this post! Still if you want to stay here, you can play with expanding and collapsing the "i have written more..." and "no thanks, keep it yourself" links. In fact, I enjoy the small pleasure in the way it expands and collapses.

We the People

I was pondering over our 60th independence celebrations. Next year it would be 61, then 62, then 63 and every year it keeps counting no matter whatever happens. So, why was such hype built to celebrate the 60th year? Newspaper, Magazines, Marketers, Advertisers are suddenly associating Indian flag along with their brand, logo and are wishing people. All for that one single day!! For office going people its a holiday to chill out in home; for college and school goers, its a holiday to meet friends and hang out. I felt these are unnecessary hype and it's not worth it. But it was all till I came through some interesting news and pics.

There are lots of facts and figures on every sector over 60 yrs of Independence. One news that I read was, during 1950's Milovan Djilas, a famous intellectual of Yugoslavia had said that India would not last the decade as a unified nation. He had said that with the then multi ethnic, multi lingual, multi cultural, multi religious situation of country. I also read that even the strong people of the Independence Movement were unsure of themselves, given the noise around them predicting that we will collapse. We the people have lived up to make it false. Oh Yes! We have...

For those who have thought that we would fight on religions - in our country the hindu majority still lives together, peacefully for the most part with the second largest muslim population.

For those who have thought we would break on culture - in our country we have proved that the differences we have are our strongest safeguards.

We have mastered and lived up to the mantra "Unity in Diversity". When you say "I am an Indian" to the rest of world, you receive an unique respect.

There were 2 more pics which I saw today;


Above is the celebration in Times Square, NY and bottom is the Orkut Logo displayed in the site on the eve of our celebrations. Likewise, Indian Independence is been celebrated all over the world.

What else is required for celebrations?? I see some individuals celebrating their 60th birthday. Imagine 100 crores people living together to make it happen for a nation! After all, a nation is nothing but individuals living united and we the people have lived and will prosper. HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!

Shortcut to the Foreign Land!

pls view the post in IE6+. or else it will appear as like another version of tamil ;))

எனக்கொரு நண்பன் உண்டு. காலேஜ்'ல படிக்கும் போது எப்பொழுதும் US போகவேண்டுமென்றே பேசிக்கிட்டு இருப்பான். அவனோட வெறியை பார்த்து நான் வியந்ததுண்டு. இப்போ என்ன கதை தெரியுமா? அவன், காலேஜ் நிறைவான பிறகு ஒரு வேலைக்கு போக ஆரம்பித்து இங்கேயே தான் இருக்கான். நாலு வருஷம் ஆச்சு; உன்னுடைய US ப்ளான் என்னாச்சு'னு கேட்டா, ஒரு feelings'உடன்,"அதெல்லாம் ஒரு கனவா போச்சுடா!" அப்படினு சொல்றான். இப்போ யாராவது ஆஃபர் செய்தாலும் அவன் போக மாட்டான். அங்கே சம்பாதிக்கும் காசை இங்கேயே சம்பாதிக்கிறான். என்னுடைய மற்ற நண்பர்கள் சிலருக்கும் வெளிநாடு போக வேண்டும் என்ற மோகம் இருக்கு. ஆனால் ஏகப்பட்ட யோசனைகள் அவர்களுக்குள்...அப்பா, அம்மா, நண்பர்கள், காதலி, figure என ஏக மக்களையும் விட்டுவிட்டு போகவேண்டுமா என்று! அப்படியே போகலாம் என்று முடிவெடுத்தாலும் குறைந்த பட்சம் ஒரு வருஷத்திற்கு முன்னதாகவே ஏற்பாடுகள் ஆரம்பிக்க வேண்டும்.

என்னுடைய தோழி ஒருத்தி, பத்து மாதத்திற்கு முன்னால் கல்யாணம் ஆகி அவள் இப்போது US'ல் இருக்கிறாள். ரொம்ப நல்ல விஷயம். அவள் செல்வதிற்கு முன்னால் ஒரு e-mail எழுதியிருந்தாள். அது என்னவென்றால், அவளுடைய கணவர் onsite project'ற்காக வெளிநாடு செல்ல இருப்பதாகவும், அதனால் நானும் செல்கிறேன் என்று... இது போன்று பல பெண்கள் எழுதுகிறார்கள். இன்னும் எழுதுவார்கள். looks like marrying a guy working in a software company is a shortcut to go abroad for girls. அதுவும், வேலை செய்யும் office'இல் onsite option இருக்க வேண்டும் என்ற condition வேறு! பெண்கள் எல்லோரும் மிக தெளிவாகத்தான் இருக்கிறார்கள். working in a software company has become a mandotary requirement for the girl to choose the boy . இதுக்கு பெயர் fashion'ஆம்!! "நான் திருமணம் செய்து கொள்ளப்போகும் பையன் வெளிநாட்டில் இருக்கிறார், நான் வெளிநாட்டில் settle'ஆக போகிறேன்", என்று சொல்லிக்கொள்வதில் பெண்களுக்கு ஒரு சிறிய சந்தோஷம். அவர்களுடைய அந்த சிறிய சந்தோஷமே தம்முடைய பெரிய சந்தோஷமாக கருதுகிறார்கள் நமது வருதத்திற்குறிய ஆண்கள். என்ன கொடுமை Sir இது!!

We people have to overcome the lure of foreign lands. We should invest our brains in our country. Looking for exciting opportunities abroad is rather paradoxical - அப்படீனு சொல்றார் ஒரு NRI. அவர் ஒரு சாதாரண NRI அல்ல. He is one of the world's leading millionaire.

மக்களே! நாம் ஒரு விஷயத்தை நன்றாக புரிந்து கொள்ள வேண்டும். இருக்கும் இடத்தை விட்டு இல்லாத இடம் தேடுவதே நம்முடைய வாடிக்கையாக ஆகிவிட்டது. பலர் அதில் சிக்கி மிகவும் வருந்தியிருக்கிறார்கள். நாமாவது அதை புரிந்து கொண்டு உஷாராக இருப்போம். பெண்களே, உங்களுக்கு என்ன சொல்வதென்று எனக்கு தெரியவில்லை. எதற்கு வீணாக எதையாவது சொல்லிவிட்டு மாட்டிக் கொள்ள வேண்டும் என்ற பயமும் தான்!

ஆனால் நண்பர்களே, யாராவது அழைத்தாலும், ஒரு சபலத்தில் கூட ஒப்புக்கொள்ள இயலாதபடி, பலர் சொல்லியும் இவ்வளவு நாள் passport apply செய்யாமல் இருந்தேன். இப்போது செய்துவிட்டேன்...அதற்காக பெண்கள் உஷார் ஆக வேண்டாம். நான் எப்போதும் local தான். இந்தியாவில் எந்த மூலைக்கும் செல்வேன் வேலை செய்ய..ஆனால் வெளிநாடு என்று வந்தால், சுற்றி பார்ப்பதற்காக மட்டுமே செல்வேன்!!

HAPPY FRIENDSHIP WEEK!!

I am tired on hearing/receiving numerous versions of messages about friends and friendship. Everything is written in some situation and they never reflect the true sense of the relationship. I did little research of what friend and friendship means, obviously through Google and Wiki. Nothing pleased me. I started to think and decided to write my version of what friendship is all about. A bit from all messages and mails were true but did not satisfy me on the whole. To me, words don't appeal all the time especially when it is some kind of commitment. I believe in action than words. So, when someone says me 'You are my dear friend...." and blah blah stuff, it doesn’t actually bother me. I too never tell anyone those kinds of lines. If said, I mean it. Because, I feel that’s a special relationship which needs to be respected and nurtured. Anyone can be a friend to anyone. There are no restrictions to it. Your mom can be your friend, your brother can be your friend, your wife can be your friend and anyone like that can be your friend. But anyone can’t be wife/mom/brother. That’s the specialty of this relationship. The next level of friendship with intimacy and romance becomes love. It’s just a thin line in between. A few understand & acknowledge it and others don’t. Unfortunately, they have been misinterpreted with contributions from the society we live and cinema has spoiled the spirit of love. Yet, friendship stands undisputedly. It’s truly an occasion to celebrate and honour your friends. HAPPY FRIENDSHIP WEEK. CHEERS!

Calvin ~ Chennai

The scene after sea water came into shores in Chennai on 03rd August 2007.

Calvin strip for Saturday dated 04 August 2007.

It doesnt matter anyways!

I have seen people worrying about age, particularly females. Moreover, there is a lot of concern when it comes to marriage. This era has a practice of finding a bride much younger than the boy. That might be of the dominating male status which was followed. I dont encourage the dominating status in genders. Both genders are equal. I feel the boy and girl have to be of equal age when it comes to marriage. The trend has changed and changing much beyond. The boy is younger than the bride. Well, there is some chemistry in that and works out well. There are well known icons and celebrities too in that list. Sachin, Abhishek are examples. A friend of friend of mine is married to a boy younger than her and they live happily. Although parents feel uncomfortable with their kids adopting the change, I feel its a welcome change. Life is to live happily with loved ones.

"Ash is very endearing and a simple little girl" says Abhishek Bachchan who is younger than his wife by three years.

Disclaimer: I am not talking about Sex as Age is mandotary for it. tripleR will not be responsible for any misinterpretation felt. Upto the individuals to welcome or not to.

Logo for tripleR

The above is the so-called logo created in MS Paint for me by the No.1 Radio Jockey in Chennai - SPEED Dheena. An unusually down to earth person taking pleasure and enjoying everything, he spent about half an hour to do it. Atleast for the time he spent on this, I will have to preserve this logo. Its a good start in making a logo for tripleR(contributions are always welcome) that too by a happening personality in Chennai. Off the Cuff, I guess its a good start for me.

An equally wacky fellow, he added up Red spots around it and said "It adds up to your personality...". Oh my God!! That was the joke of the evening.

Catch up this guy every morning 7 AM to 11AM tuning to Chennai BIG 92.7 FM .