Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Ravelstein - Saul Bellow
A wonderful book .
Abe Ravelstein, a professor with an ardent student following, writes a book on his friend's (Chick) suggestion ,that turns him a millionaire.Abreast with the politics of the great world , supplemented with his own opinions and a penchant for fancy , he asks Chick to write his biography .
Their friendship :
"We were perfectly open with each other.You could speak your mind without offending.On either side there was nothing too personal ,too shameful to be said ,nothing too nasty or criminal.I did feel at times that he was sparing me his most severe judgements if I wasn't just then ready to stand up under them.I used to spare him, too.But it gave me tremendous relief to be as plain and clear with him as I would be about myself about weak or vicious things.In self-understanding he was well ahead of me.But every personal discussion turned fimally into good ,clean nihilistic fun ."
Every bit engaging through my rocky bus ride and every now hoping my father does not find out the sambar stain on page 31 .
Abe Ravelstein, a professor with an ardent student following, writes a book on his friend's (Chick) suggestion ,that turns him a millionaire.Abreast with the politics of the great world , supplemented with his own opinions and a penchant for fancy , he asks Chick to write his biography .
Their friendship :
"We were perfectly open with each other.You could speak your mind without offending.On either side there was nothing too personal ,too shameful to be said ,nothing too nasty or criminal.I did feel at times that he was sparing me his most severe judgements if I wasn't just then ready to stand up under them.I used to spare him, too.But it gave me tremendous relief to be as plain and clear with him as I would be about myself about weak or vicious things.In self-understanding he was well ahead of me.But every personal discussion turned fimally into good ,clean nihilistic fun ."
Every bit engaging through my rocky bus ride and every now hoping my father does not find out the sambar stain on page 31 .
Thursday, March 02, 2006
Saturday, February 18, 2006
Whatever
What were you thinking when i mixed apple,cucumber,chilli flakes,sugar,nutmeg,cinnamon and pepper ?
Whatever ...
I wasn't .
Whatever ...
I wasn't .
Friday, February 10, 2006
DBY night they lived happily ever after
That night while both tossed on their preferred sides of the bed with a book each and an ocassional kiss in between ,they grew smaller.......
At first the letters of the book they were immersed in seemed to grow larger .
Then they looked at each other .They looked normal !( equally small... that they did not know).....until he nudged her and pointed around to the mammoth alarm clock, the monstrous lamp shade they had bought from pondicherry,the huge bathroom slippers with their mouths open as if they would swallow.
She grabbed his hand and he held it tight .
They measured now a fontsize 10.
She looked a century Gothic with her dancer buttocks and he an ancient and impressive Bookman( oldstyle) with his glasses on .
They argued for a minute and then "phhhhhhhisssssssssssssssh" jumped into her book .
At first the letters of the book they were immersed in seemed to grow larger .
Then they looked at each other .They looked normal !( equally small... that they did not know).....until he nudged her and pointed around to the mammoth alarm clock, the monstrous lamp shade they had bought from pondicherry,the huge bathroom slippers with their mouths open as if they would swallow.
She grabbed his hand and he held it tight .
They measured now a fontsize 10.
She looked a century Gothic with her dancer buttocks and he an ancient and impressive Bookman( oldstyle) with his glasses on .
They argued for a minute and then "phhhhhhhisssssssssssssssh" jumped into her book .
Thursday, February 09, 2006
oka tamilammai telugu kavita.
nee prayathnam naadhe koda
nee prayasam naadhe kooda
nee baadha naadhe kooda
nee lokam naadhee kooda
nee vijayam naadhe kooda
ranjani Sivakumar
nee prayasam naadhe kooda
nee baadha naadhe kooda
nee lokam naadhee kooda
nee vijayam naadhe kooda
ranjani Sivakumar
Friday, February 03, 2006
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
A earful at the canteen
girl1( with very interesting homemade lunch) : you know i got a proposal.. he is with WIPRO and is into mainframes .
girl2( boring tomato rice with oily appalam) : what's his name ?
girl1 : ummm......I do not know ......
I bathed my idlis in Sambar and dug my fork deep into its whites for it to seep in .
girl2( boring tomato rice with oily appalam) : what's his name ?
girl1 : ummm......I do not know ......
I bathed my idlis in Sambar and dug my fork deep into its whites for it to seep in .
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
NS Mama
Music composer passes away
Staff Reporter
HYDERABAD: Flute maestro and composer N.S. Srinivasan passed away after a brief illness here on Sunday. He was 75. With a long and illustrious service as producer of the Carnatic music section of All India Radio, Srinivasan was among noted disciples of flautist T.R. Mahalingam. He won several national awards. Srinivasan is survived by his wife Sarada, eminent drama artiste, and daughter Neerada, a Kuchipudi dancer.
http://www.hindu.com/2006/01/23/stories/2006012316550400.htm
Staff Reporter
HYDERABAD: Flute maestro and composer N.S. Srinivasan passed away after a brief illness here on Sunday. He was 75. With a long and illustrious service as producer of the Carnatic music section of All India Radio, Srinivasan was among noted disciples of flautist T.R. Mahalingam. He won several national awards. Srinivasan is survived by his wife Sarada, eminent drama artiste, and daughter Neerada, a Kuchipudi dancer.
http://www.hindu.com/2006/01/23/stories/2006012316550400.htm
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