Seeing images of the all elusive Velupillai Prabhakaran’s dead body being beamed on television brought to memory one of William Blake poems, albeit the Tiger lying dead was a self proclaimed one.
Tiger, Tiger, burning bright
In the forest of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
Ironically he did not possess the ‘fearful symmetry’ but had a rather pleasing personality.
Talking of Tamils in Lanka, 2 names come to your mind almost immediately, one is Vellupillai Prabhakaran and the other is Muttiah Muralidharan. Let’s hope and pray the bloody era in the history of Sri Lanka is over and there’s peace and harmony among all communities and ethnic groups. Sri Lankan government should take a cue from their cricket team which has as its members men from different religious and ethnic backgrounds. Let Sri Lanka prove to the world by producing many more Muttiah Muralidharans.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Unfolding of Verdict 2009…
As they say, politics is always pregnant with possibilities, but in the coming day or 2 the Indian media will turn self styled midwives to facilitate a premature delivery of Indian democracy’s baby – The Verdict 2009. They will be abuzz with jargons like exit polls, analysis, swings, vote shares, anti and pro incumbency and what not.
The final countdown is on; if astrologers played a part in the pre election phase its now the turn of numerologist, psephologists and even equine lovers….equine lovers???… yeah not the thorough bred Arabian ones but the not so bred Indian politicians will be traded as Horses.
Definition of Horse trading from wikepedia, in the original sense, the buying and selling of horses, also called "Horse Dealing". Due to the great difficulties of evaluating the merits or demerits of a horse offered for sale, the selling of horses offered great opportunities for dishonesty. It was not to be expected that the sellers of horses would fail to capitalize on these opportunities; thus those who dealt in horses have always had a reputation for shady business practices.
We are in an era where we have the tools and the means to evaluate the merits and demerits of our politicians, but for some strange reason they are still being branded along with the horses and will be traded like them. But horses are graceful animals; the behaviour of our politicians in the coming couple of days will be a far cry from the well bred equine fraternity.
By the dawn of 17th May a picture will emerge on who beds whom and for how long and on what conditions in our great Indian democracy for the next five years, provided carefully worded pre nuptials are drafted and signed.
You & I will watch yet another government take shape and rule over us…life will go on… but let’s just pray and hope that once the sleeping arrangements are in place they finally decide to run the family responsibly and not just live in with no commitments.
The final countdown is on; if astrologers played a part in the pre election phase its now the turn of numerologist, psephologists and even equine lovers….equine lovers???… yeah not the thorough bred Arabian ones but the not so bred Indian politicians will be traded as Horses.
Definition of Horse trading from wikepedia, in the original sense, the buying and selling of horses, also called "Horse Dealing". Due to the great difficulties of evaluating the merits or demerits of a horse offered for sale, the selling of horses offered great opportunities for dishonesty. It was not to be expected that the sellers of horses would fail to capitalize on these opportunities; thus those who dealt in horses have always had a reputation for shady business practices.
We are in an era where we have the tools and the means to evaluate the merits and demerits of our politicians, but for some strange reason they are still being branded along with the horses and will be traded like them. But horses are graceful animals; the behaviour of our politicians in the coming couple of days will be a far cry from the well bred equine fraternity.
By the dawn of 17th May a picture will emerge on who beds whom and for how long and on what conditions in our great Indian democracy for the next five years, provided carefully worded pre nuptials are drafted and signed.
You & I will watch yet another government take shape and rule over us…life will go on… but let’s just pray and hope that once the sleeping arrangements are in place they finally decide to run the family responsibly and not just live in with no commitments.
Monday, May 11, 2009
A tribute to Besant Nagar’s famous Singh…
I was informed by a friend in Chennai about the demise of Mr. Daljeeti Singh of Cozee and this blog is a tribute to him.
For all of you who are familiar with the Besant Nagar beach of the yesteryears when it was quieter and only frequented by the neighbourhood folks, the most familiar joint for a bite or a coffee has been ‘Cozee’ - the beach side eatery on 6th Avenue. And Daljeeti who owns it was always a part of the shop running the show until the wee hours of the morning.
The hot cheese samosas were one of his specialities and was normally downed with shared ‘quarters’ at the end of each semester exams and also on the day of the results (One to revel in joy and the other to drown the sorrow). The morning after and all other days it was just coffee. He was very hospitable or patient I should say with folks like me who probably spent hours with friends occupying his table and all that we ordered was a cup of coffee each.
Though swanky outlets which are ‘cosier’ have sprung up in recent years, having a cup of coffee at the Cozee is a ritual I tend to follow each time I visit India.
Daljeeti even featured in one of Chennai Trivia questions that go thus.….
Daljeeti Singh, also known as Badshah Singh for his role in a Rajni movie, opened which restaurant in 1985?
Cozee
May his soul rest in peace…
For all of you who are familiar with the Besant Nagar beach of the yesteryears when it was quieter and only frequented by the neighbourhood folks, the most familiar joint for a bite or a coffee has been ‘Cozee’ - the beach side eatery on 6th Avenue. And Daljeeti who owns it was always a part of the shop running the show until the wee hours of the morning.
The hot cheese samosas were one of his specialities and was normally downed with shared ‘quarters’ at the end of each semester exams and also on the day of the results (One to revel in joy and the other to drown the sorrow). The morning after and all other days it was just coffee. He was very hospitable or patient I should say with folks like me who probably spent hours with friends occupying his table and all that we ordered was a cup of coffee each.
Though swanky outlets which are ‘cosier’ have sprung up in recent years, having a cup of coffee at the Cozee is a ritual I tend to follow each time I visit India.
Daljeeti even featured in one of Chennai Trivia questions that go thus.….
Daljeeti Singh, also known as Badshah Singh for his role in a Rajni movie, opened which restaurant in 1985?
Cozee
May his soul rest in peace…
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