Kulla Kamini and Thatha

Sketch

Waits at MATC , spent thus .

Gallery

Spot ten differences and win yourself a free trip to Timbaktoo !

December dew on Mandarin oranges (terrace)

ganesha

The whole picture

Nail Polish on Exam pad .... Ranjani (seventh)

Oil Bath Sagodharargal

Nalla Pullae

Rock .. Paper .. scissors for the last one .

Worries, whims and all!

Worries, whims and all!
She leaned over the window of the bus.
After a while she was fast asleep
And turned the other side.

Whims, worries and all and a drop of sleep,
Rolled onto her neighbour's shoulder.
After nearly twenty minutes she woke up
And realised she had missed her stop.

Thank you .

Nijanthan interviewed Anitha Rathnam . She spoke well and passionately about dance.

Watched "Malgudi Days" on Pogo .Loved everything about it , the actors , the story , the place , the feel, the way the camera moved around the story .

Sanjay Subramaniam at Vani Mahal today , life cannot get any better .

Shaw

Eliza : “You see, really and truly, apart from the things anyone can pick up, the difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she’s treated.”

Bosnia - A K Ramanujam

How can one write about Bosnia
Biafra, Bangladesh,just to take only the atrocities that begin with B

alphabetise cruleties,
eating persimmons and sleeping safe
in the arms of a lover,a wet moon

in the mullioned window?How file away
a young friend just dead of ovarian cancer;
a young breast cigarette-burned by a jealous

husband;where shall i put the old man who peers
through office windows looking for a yes
that'll negate all no's,or bosnia mothers

who lift their babies to strangers
squabbling for a foothold in lorries fleeing
to the borders where only death waits

gun and milk in hand,irony in his narrowed eyes
holding in one thought Bosnia,cancer,
persimmons,widows,serial kilers,

and you and me in our precarious safety?

:)

Oh! she made you smile,
like you would when sunshine fell in your eyes .

Ace it !

She said : "He calls the spade a spade , not sspade or sspaid"

They said plastic surgery would help .....

After the fire accident .. he always signed off as "your only".

Twilight plights –Sri Sri

One Evening…
Norma Shearer at Roxie or,
Kanchana Mala at Broadway!
Where to go?
Mulled over, a university student!

At a Hotel --
Sweets of almonds or,
Cakes of Vermicelli!
What to eat?
Chewed over, a government employee!

The same evening…
Thoughts of ravening creditors,
Hungry whimpers of his children!
To hang himself to death or
To jump in to the sea to die –
Contemplated, a suicidal farmer!

Translated by Venkat . ( www.dustflies.blogspot.com)

Finally a good tune ...

The cell phone tunes are rather dismal , but this one i heard let my spirits jump .
I think it was in Sudha Dhanyasi :

" S ; PM P;M; S ; G;
NS G;
S;PM P;M; G;"

The tune must be Ilayaraja's .

Aw !!Sinatra !!!

She gets too hungry, for dinner at eight
She loves the theater, but doesn't come late
She'd never bother, with people she'd hate
That's why the lady is a tramp

Doesn't like crap games, with barons and earls
Won't go to Harlem, in ermine and pearls
Won't dish the dirt, with the rest of those girls
That's why the lady is a tramp

She loves the free, fresh wind in her hair
Life without careShe's broke, but it's o'k
She hates California, it's cold and it's damp
That's why the lady is a tramp

Doesn't like dice games, with sharpies and frauds
Won't go to Harlem, in Lincolns or Fords
Won't dish the dirt, with the rest of those broads
That's why the lady is a tramp