Parrots on millet !!! - '16 வயதினிலே' சோளம் வெதைக்கையிலே......

 

Not intended to a cinema review, though you would read more about a film !!

 

நீங்கள் 1970/80களில் மாணவரா !!  - உங்களுக்கு இந்த உணர்வுகள் புரியலாம்.  அப்போதெல்லாம் வெள்ளியன்று படங்கள் வெளிவர, மக்கள் தெரு மூலைகளில், போஸ்டர்களை நின்று படித்து, அது பற்றி விவாதிப்பார்கள். அப்படி ஒரு நாள் தேவி பாரடைஸில் பிரீமியம் Rs.2.90 டிக்கெட் வாங்கி சில பல விளம்பரங்களையும், டாக்குமெண்டரியும் பார்த்துவிட்டு வெள்ளித்திரையை கண் கொட்டாமல் பார்த்தால் .. ... ... 

SA ராஜ்கண்ணு அளிக்கும்,   என ஸ்ரீதேவி ஓடியாட, சப்பாணி, மயில், பரட்டை, குருவம்மா என பெயர்கள் ஓட இசைஞானி இளையராஜா தன் குரலில் 'சோளம் வெதைக்கையிலே .. ..' என மிரள வைக்க ரசிகர்கள்  ஆரவாரித்த படம் '16 வயதினிலே'

 

சோளம் வெதைக்கையிலே...... சொல்லி புட்டு போன புள்ளே......

 சோளம் வெளஞ்சு காத்துகிடக்கு,  சோடிக்கிளி இங்கே இருக்கு.....

 

சொன்ன சொல்லு என்ன  ஆச்சு தங்கமே கட்டழகி

எனக்கு நல்லதொரு பதில!  சொல்லு குங்கும பொட்டழகி...

 

கிராமத்திலேயே மிக அதிகம் படித்தவளாக, 'பத்தாம் வகுப்பு தேர்ச்சி'யாகி விட்ட மயிலிடம் (ஸ்ரீதேவி) ஒரு தலைக் காதல் கொள்கிறான் கோவணம் கட்டும் சப்பாணி. அவளோ கிராமத்திற்கு வரும் மருத்துவ இளைஞனிடம் மனதை பறிகொடுத்திருக்கிறாள். ஒரு கட்டத்தில் அந்த மருத்துவன் காதலிப்பது தன்னையல்ல, தனது பதினாறு வயதையே என்று அவள் உணர்கையில், அவளது தாய் இறக்கிறாள். இடையில் கிராமத்து சண்டியர் பரட்டை வேறு பிரச்னைகள் செய்கிறான். அனாதையாக நிற்கும் மயிலுக்கு ஆதரவாக சப்பாணி துணை நிற்கிறான்.  சப்பாணி பரட்டையை கொலை செய்து ஜெயிலுக்கு செல்கிறான் !!! 

16 Vayathinile touted as  a cult film and a landmark in Tamil cinema, diverging from traditional Tamil films of that time.  With Annakili (1976), the film was a trendsetter for realistic portrayals of rural life 

A film by SA Rajkannu, with Bharathiraja making directorial debut starring Kamal Hasan, Sridevi, Rajnikanth, Sathyajith (who ! – debut), Goundanmani, Gandhimathi -  16 Vayathinile (transl. At Age 16)  portrayed the drama of Mayilu (Sridevi), a 16-year-old schoolgirl, and the challenges she faces and overcomes.  The film hit the silverscreens on 15^th Sept 1977,   distributed by Rajkannu himself since no distributor was willing to buy it. Although written off by the media as an experimental film that would fail, the film received critical praise for Bharathiraja's script, Ilaiyaraaja's music and the performances of Kamal, Sridevi and Rajinikanth. It was commercially successful, with a 175-day theatrical run. It won numerous awards, including the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for S. Janaki.

 

My daily morning routine starts with watering some plants on terrace and feeding birds.  Pigeons and sometimes Parrots fly in as visitors.  I feed them rice, wheat, maize, corn and some millets too – some of the millet and corn strewn around do fall into the pots and grow, thus providing natural food too. 

The millet plant is so tender and would not hold the weight of the parrot, yet they deftly hang-on and eat the millets with happiness.

 

Parrots and Pigeons being happy, make people like me happy ! – and they provide excellent opportunity for some photography as well.  Parakeets are very sensitive and would fly away the moment, they feel that someone is observing.  When they fly away, they return after a long time, if they feel safe, or do not return at all.

 

Here are some photos taken this morning at my terrace garden.
 
With regards – S Sampathkumar
31.8.2024

Violence and peace ! - it depends on where words are said !!!!!

Throughout human civilization, there have been wars and without wars, for sure, Civilisation could have had better pages.  War is bad – it is never good for the warring countries even as Russia-Ukraine war enters day 917.  More a post on ‘Violence’ – that includes words – it is not about what is said, but where they are ! – can someone in a civilized society proclaim ! – ‘ we will cut whoever comes ‘ !!!!!! 

The word violence comes from the Latin violentia, itself derived from violentus. This adjective has its origin in the noun vis, force, taken in Latin from the Proto-Italic *wīs, and before that from the Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁s. The latter can be traced back to another word *weyh₁-, meaning to suppress, to persecute. The word violence refers to a destructive power that does not contemplate the other except as annihilation, as opposed to aggression that implies a determined goal. Violence, therefore, is something much more absolute. When we speak of violence it includes words of violence too as they incite and turn people on another ! 

No matter what part of the world we come from, we are all basically the same human beings. We all seek happiness and try to avoid suffering. We have the same basic human needs and is concerns. All of us human beings want freedom and the right to determine our own destiny as individuals and as peoples. That is human nature. The great changes that are taking place everywhere in the world, from Eastern Europe to Africa are a clear indication of this.-  excerpted from the speech of the  14th Dalai Lama's Nobel Lecture

 

You may search the web to read about - Philip John Noel-Baker, [1889 – 1982),   a British politician, diplomat, academic, athlete, and renowned campaigner for disarmament.   

If the World shuns war and wants peace – it must encourage and appreciate peace. The Nobel Peace Prize   is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments (military weapons and equipment) manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature. Since March 1901, it has been awarded annually (with some exceptions) to people who have "done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses”.

 

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded 104 times to 141 Nobel Prize laureates between 1901 and 2023, 111 individuals and 30 Organisations. Since the International Committee of the Red Cross has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize three times (in 1917, 1944 and 1963), and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize two times (in 1954 and 1981), there are 27 individual organisations which have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. 

According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who in the preceding year "shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses". Alfred Nobel's will further specified that the prize be awarded by a committee of five people chosen by the Norwegian Parliament. Nobel died in 1896 and he did not leave an explanation for choosing peace as a prize category. As he was a trained chemical engineer, the categories for chemistry and physics were obvious choices. The reasoning behind the peace prize is less clear. According to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, his friendship with Bertha von Suttner, a peace activist and later recipient of the prize, profoundly influenced his decision to include peace as a category.  Some Nobel scholars suggest it was Nobel's way to compensate for developing destructive forces. His inventions included dynamite and ballistite, both of which were used violently during his lifetime. 

The Norwegian Parliament appoints the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which selects the Nobel Peace Prize laureate.  Five members are appointed by the Norwegian Parliament. In his will, Alfred Nobel tasked the parliament of Norway with selecting the winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. At the time, Norway and Sweden were in a loose personal union.  The committee is assisted by its secretariat, Norwegian Nobel Institute. The committee holds their meetings in the institute's building, where the winner is also announced. Since 1990, however, the award ceremony takes place in Oslo City Hall.

The medal for the Peace Prize was designed by the Norwegian sculptor Gustav Vigeland in 1901. Vigeland's profile sculpture of Alfred Nobel differs from Erik Lindberg's profile of Nobel on the chemistry, literature, physics, and physiology or medicine medals. The reverse of the medal features three men in a 'fraternal bond' and the inscription "Pro pace et fraternitate gentium" ("For the peace and brotherhood of men"). The edge of the medal is inscribed with the year of its awarding, with the name of its recipient and "Prix Nobel de la Paix". 

Nobel Peace Prize controversies often reach beyond the academic community. Criticisms that have been levelled against some of the awards include allegations that they were politically motivated, premature, or guided by a faulty definition of what constitutes work for peace.  The awards given to Mikhail Gorbachev,[45] Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat, Lê Đức Thọ, Henry Kissinger, Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama, Abiy Ahmed, and the European Union have all been the subject of controversy. The 1973 award to Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ may have been the most controversial, with two members of the selection committee resigning in protest and widespread derision in the press. 

Philip John Noel-Baker  is unique.  He carried the British team flag and won a silver medal for the 1500m at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1959.  Noel-Baker is the only person to have won an Olympic medal and received a Nobel Prize.  He was a Labour Member of Parliament (UK) for 36 years, serving from 1929 to 1931 and again from 1936 to 1970, serving in several ministerial offices and the cabinet. 

 

Now take a look at this photo and read the last line of first para ! – ‘ we will cut whoever comes ‘ !!!!!! – appreciate the humour sense !
 
With regards- S Sampathkumar
30.8.2024 

the pelican bag !!

முன்னாடியெல்லாம் Rs.2000க்கு மேல வாங்கினா சரவணா ஸ்டோர்ஸ்ல கட்டை பை தருவாங்கோ ! இப்போ  ???

 

The great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus).  The spot-billed pelican is a rather large water bird, often the largest or one of the largest native birds in the southern stretches of its range.  The pouch is pink to purplish and has large pale spots, and is also spotted on the sides of the upper mandible. The tip of the bill  is yellow to orange. 

12th man makes news at Old Trafford ! - the Indian connect !!

This is a post for fans who love to read Cricket trivia !  - Back in Sept 1986, Australia toured India and the 3^rd ODI at Hyderabad was washed out with Australia  scoring 242/6 and India at 41/1 in 10.4 overs !!   

The recent test at Old Trafford Manchester (Aug 21-24,2o24) between England and Sri Lanka was quite interesting.  The scorecard reads :  England 358 (Smith 111, Brook 56, Asitha 4-102) and 205 for 5 (Root 62*) beat Sri Lanka 236 (Dhananjaya 74, Rathnayake 72) and 326 (Kamindu 113, Chandimal 79) by five wickets.

 

Joe Root provided the calm head for a crisis, while Jamie Smith capped a Player-of-the-Match-winning performance with a vital late injection of impetus, as England overcame a spirited Sri Lanka display with bat and ball to seal a five-wicket win in the first Test, late on the fourth afternoon at Emirates Old Trafford.  For Lanka, Rathnayake Mudiyanselage Milan Priyanath Rathnayake – made his debut – this post is about a substitute fielder. 

In good olden days when teams toured, the touring party would be less in no. and especially towards the end of the tour, it could be tough to find fit players and so there would be local substitutes.  Have seen some TN Players entering the field as fielding-substitutes turning out of touring teams like, England, Pakistan, New Zealand. 

Lancashire batter Harry Singh took a step closer towards his England debut on Day 1 of the first Test against Sri Lanka at Old Trafford. Harry, was one of three substitutes England introduced on the opening day of the clash. The 20-year-old came on as a substitute soon after England chose to bowl first. He then returned during the post-lunch session, substituting Harry Brook temporarily after he left the field in the 37th over.

 

Harry is a right-hand batter and can also operate as a right arm off-break bowler. He is the son of former India pacer Rudra Pratap Singh Senior, who has represented India in the 1980s, during which he played two ODIs against Australia. Apart from his international appearances, RP Singh Senior got decent exposure in the domestic circuit, featuring in 59 first-class matches, where he registered 150 scalps and scored 1413 runs. After his retirement RP Singh Senior moved to UK and took up coaching assignments with Lancashire County Club and the England Cricket Board (ECB) and alongside provided Harry with a supportive environment to develop his skills. 

While his father gained fame as part of India's 1986 ODI matches against Australia, Harry's cricketing journey took a different course. He was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, in 2004, and slowly followed his father's footsteps. Harry has made steady progress in his cricketing career in the UK.   He made his List A debut earlier this year, and has played a total of seven matches so far.   

In that match at Hyderabad Deccan, a lanky RP Singh got the opportunity to share the new ball with legend Kapil Dev.  One of several new ball bowlers who were tried out in the mid 1980s when it became almost mandatory to have four seam bowlers in the one-day team, RP Singh was a mainstay of the Uttar Pradesh side in the Ranji Trophy almost throughout the decade. In 1984-85, he picked up 25 wickets, an achievement that brought him closer to national recognition. This included his career-best bowling match figures of eleven for 146 (including seven for 67 in the first innings) against Railways. 

In that match RP Singh bowled just 4 overs, others being Kapil Dev (10); Madanlal (10), Ravi Shastri (10), Maninder Singh (7), Gopal Sharma (7).  Australian wicket keeper Greg Dyer made his debut too.  Greg Dyer had a short career, but his most famous moment was one of the greatest in Australian cricket. The catch he took off Mike Gatting's infamous reverse sweep during the 1987 World Cup final at Calcutta was the wicket that tilted the match towards Australia. 

Rudra Pratap Singh played just another match – this time at Rajkot, where Kapil Dev could not bowl due to an injury but scored the fastest 50.  Raman Lamba scored a ton, yet India lost.  RP Singh took the wicket of Dean Jones, his only International wicket !!  

A decade and few years later, came another RP Singh and hence this man became RP Singh (Sr.).  The younger, left arm quick Rudra Pratap Singh first made the headlines in the Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh in 2004, taking eight wickets at 24.75 apiece and bowling well in the slog overs at the end of the innings. Three years later, he was in South Africa toasting India's first World Cup title win since 1983. And a year after that, he led an inspired bowling effort to beat Australia in Perth - a venue where the hosts hadn't lost to any team besides the world-beating West Indies since 1985.  

RP Singh (Jr.) had the ability to move the new ball both ways and reverse the old one. It was that potential that tempted India to pull him out of a holiday and hand him his first Test in three years at The Oval in 2011. He bowled 34 overs, picked no wickets, and after that summer, did not play for India again.  He was Man of the Match on his Test debut for some persistent bowling on a shirtfront in Faisalabad in 2006, where Pakistan ran up 588. He drifted out of contention after that, returned for his most prolific season in 2007-08, but began fading away soon after. The IPL gave him another stage to show his ware.  In all he played 14 tests, 58 ODIs, and 10 T20I – taking 40, 69 & 15 wickets respectively.

 
Interesting !
 
With regards – S Sampathkumar
27.8.2024

  

tongue twister - Leopard !

 

Not sure why it reacted like this – the tongue shown out !! – it is a Leopard !! One of the visitors perhaps asked him to repeat a tongue twister and see his reaction !!

 

The leopard (Panthera pardus) is one of the five extant species in the genus Panthera. It has a pale yellowish to dark golden fur with dark spots grouped in rosettes. Its body is slender and muscular reaching a length of 92–183 cm (36–72 in) with a 66–102 cm (26–40 in) long tail and a shoulder height of 60–70 cm (24–28 in). Males typically weigh 30.9–72 kg (68–159 lb), and females 20.5–43 kg (45–95 lb). 

The English name "leopard" comes from Old French leupart or Middle French liepart, that derives from Latin leopardus and ancient Greek λέοπάρδος (leopardos). Leopardos could be a compound of λέων (leōn), meaning 'lion', and πάρδος (pardos), meaning 'spotted'. The leopard is a slender and muscular cat, with relatively short limbs and a broad head. 

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

He would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood

As a woodchuck would if a woodchuck could chuck wood. 

A tongue twister is a phrase that is designed to be difficult to articulate properly, and can be used as a type of spoken (or sung) word game. Additionally, they can be used as exercises to improve pronunciation and fluency. 

வாய் குழறாம நாக்கைச் சுழட்டிக் கஷ்டப்பட்டுப் பேசுற வாக்கியங்களை இங்கிலீஷ்ல ‘Toungue twisters’-  தமிழ்ல ‘நா நெகிழ் சொற்றொடர்கள்!’

சரக்கு ரயிலைக் குறுக்கு வழியில் நிறுத்த நினைத்த முறுக்கு மைனர் சறுக்கி விழுந்தும் முறுக்கு மீசை இறங்கவில்லை.

 

Good Morning message of the day 

With regards – S Sampathkumar

27.8.2024

Thinking ! Philosophy ! ~ Thales of Miletus

 

When one is calm and has time at his disposal, he tends to think, think logically said a great Philosopher (Anon.!)

 

In geometry, a famous  theorem states that if A, B, and C are distinct points on a circle where the line AC is a diameter, the angle ∠ ABC is a right angle. This theorem is a special case of the inscribed angle theorem and is mentioned and proved as part of the 31st proposition in the third book of Euclid's Elements.  (pic credit : Wikipedia) 

How much do you think !?! some great philosophers have left their indelible impression on the generations, making them think.    Philosophy (from Greek  philosophia, literally "love of wisdom") is the study of general and fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Philosophical methods include questioning, critical discussion, rational argument, and systematic presentation. Classic philosophical questions include: Is it possible to know anything and to prove it?  What is most real? Philosophers also pose more practical and concrete questions.     Historically, "philosophy" encompassed any body of knowledge 

Macedonia, a small kingdom in northern Greece, established a growing empire from 359 B.C. to 323 B.C. through the reign of several kings. It also gave to the World many great philosophers.   These brilliant scholars began to use reason and logic to try and unravel the workings of the cosmos. They also explored the intricacies of human morality. In ancient Greece, philosophers contemplated and theorized about many different ideas such as human nature, ethics, and moral dilemmas. Ancient Greek philosophers can be categorized into three groups: the Pre-Socratics, the Socratics, and the Post-Socratics. 

Pre-Socratic philosophers mostly investigated natural phenomena. They believed that humans originated from a single substance, which could be water, air, or an unlimited substance called “apeiron.” One well-known philosopher from this group was Pythagoras, the mathematician who created the Pythagorean Theorem.

The Socratic philosophers in ancient Greece were Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Plato  studied ethics, virtue, justice, and other ideas relating to human behavior. Following in Socrates’ footsteps, he became a teacher and inspired the work of the next great Greek philosopher, Aristotle.  The Post-Socratic philosophers established four schools of philosophy: Cynicism, Skepticism, Epicureanism, and Stoicism.

 

The earliest among them was ‘Thales of Miletus’ who  lived in Ancient Greece. He was the first scientist in history. Thales looked for patterns in nature to explain the way the world worked rather than believing everything happened only because one of the Greek gods commanded it. He replaced superstitions with science. He was the first person to use deductive logic to find new results in geometry and, through requiring proof of theorems, took mathematics to a new, higher level. When pronouncing his name, we say thail-eez, emphasizing the first syllable.

There may have been other scientists before Thales, but if there were, we do not know their names. Thales of Miletus (623  – c. 548  BC)   was one of the Seven Sages, founding figures of Ancient Greece. The first philosophers followed him in explaining all of nature as based on the existence of a single ultimate substance. Thales theorized that this single substance was water. Thales thought the Earth floated on water.  

In mathematics, Thales is the namesake of Thales's theorem (read para 2 again!), and the intercept theorem can also be known as Thales's theorem. Thales was said to have calculated the heights of the pyramids and the distance of ships from the shore. In science, Thales was an astronomer who reportedly predicted the weather and a solar eclipse. The discovery of the position of the constellation Ursa Major is also attributed to Thales, as well as the timings of the solstices and equinoxes. He was also an engineer, known for having diverted the Halys River. Thales of Miletus is credited with the discovery of 5 geometric theorems:

•        A circle is bisected by its diameter

•        Angles opposite two equal sides of a triangle are equal

•        Opposite angles of two intersecting angles are equal

•        An angle inscribed in a semi-circle is a right-angled triangle

•        We can determine a triangle if we have the length of its base and two angles at the base are given 

 

Just in case you wonder, what all these is about ! –  the  Chimpanzee in this pic taken by me appears to be thinking ! – and the images of Thales of Miletus portray him sporting a flowing white beard.

 

தாடிகள் எல்லாம் தாகோர் அல்ல ! எனினும் தாடி உடையோரைக்  கண்டால், அவர்கள் அறிவார்ந்தவர்கள் என நினைக்கும் குழுமத்தில் அடியேனும் ஒருவன் !

 
Interesting !
 
With regards – S Sampathkumar
26.8.2024

White dove !! - வெள்ளை புறா ஒன்று

 

 Good Morning.   – welcome to my Photo story – today  a beautiful dove – not full white !

 

Doves, typically domestic pigeons white in plumage, are used in many settings as symbols of peace, freedom, or love.  It is a white bird of   Columbidae family symbolic of beauty, goodness, peace and more. 

Pigeons traditionally were released in public functions and political functions globally.   A release dove is usually a small white domestic rock  and typically one or more are released. Sadly sometimes they could meet the cruel fate immediately being attacked and consumed by predators.   Barbary doves (Streptopelia risoria), also known as ringneck doves, carry a mutation that makes them completely white. These white Barbary doves are most commonly used in stage magic acts.   

மரபுக்கவிதை போன்று யாப்பிலக்கணத்திற்குக் கட்டுப்படாமல்,  சீர், தளை, அடி, தொடை என்னும் கட்டுப்பாடுகளை கொண்டிராத ஒன்றாக புதுக்கவிதை காணப்படுகின்றது. புதுக்கவிதைகளில் காணும் காட்சியினை அலங்கார வார்த்தைகளின்றி, உள்ளதை உள்ளபடியே எளிய தமிழ்ச் சொற்கள் கொண்டே எழுதப்படும் கவிதை வடிவம்.   

இதையே பெயராக கொண்டு எஸ். பி. முத்துராமன் இயக்கத்தில் ரஜனிகாந்த், ஜோதி நடிக்க1982ல் வெளிவந்த காதல் திரைப்படம் - புதுக்கவிதை (Pudhu kavithai),    1976ல் கன்னடத்தில் வெளிவந்த "நா நின்ன மரேயலரே" (Na Ninna Mareyalare) திரைப்படத்தின் மறுதயாரிப்பு.  திரைப்படத்தில் இடம்பெற்ற 'வெள்ளைப் புறா ஒன்று ஏங்குது கையில் வராமலே' பாடல் பிரபலமானது.   கதைப்படி நாயகனின் நிறத்தின் காரணமாக வெறுக்கும் நாயகி, பின்னர் காதலிக்கத் தொடங்குவார். அதுபோன்ற சூழலில் இந்தப் பாடல் வரும்.  பின்னர் சோக கீதமாக சில வார்த்தைகள் மாற்றி மறுபடியும் ஒலிக்கும் இந்த பாடல்.  

வெள்ளை புறா ஒன்று போனது கையில் வராமலே

முதலெழுத்து தாய்மொழியில் தலையெழுத்து யார் மொழியில்

என் வாழ்க்கை வான்வெளியில்

The release of doves is associated with the Genesis flood narrative; where a dove is sent out three times as the flood waters are receding. The Genesis flood narrative  is a Hebrew flood mythology. It tells of God's decision to return the universe to its pre-creation state of watery chaos and remake it through the microcosm of Noah's ark.  

Pigeons flutter !  A few months ago, a  member of the European parliament created flutter releasing a white dove in the parliamentary chamber in what he claimed was a gesture of peace. Miroslav Radačovský, an MEP from the Slovak Patriot party, made a short speech in what he said was his 'last intervention' in parliament. He wished Europe and the world peace, before releasing the bird from a bag around his waist. 'Let's let this dove unite all of us. Let this dove, a symbol of peace … let us realise that what we need most is really peace,' he said.  

A French Green MEP said the gesture was a violation of parliamentary rules. 'What are you going to do now to get this animal back?' asked Caroline Roose. 'Where is animal welfare in this speaker's gesture? I find this absolutely unacceptable'  

Well there are views and there could be views against too ! – let us learn to live peacefully encompassing all opinions.

 
With regards – S Sampathkumar
26.8.2024

Parrot raises hand to say Good Morning !!!

 

 

In this modern age, many send Good Morning messages daily. A lengthy post may not attract people and make them read ! – a hand Salute is often seen. No one knows the precise origin of today’s hand salute. From earliest times the right hand has been raised as a greeting of friendship.

 

A picture is worth thousand words – and for sure this is understood !!

Thiruvallikkeni Sri Parthasarathi Dwajasthambam

 

திருவல்லிக்கேணி ஸ்ரீபார்த்தசாரதி எம்பெருமான் துவாஜஸ்தம்பம்

SYMA திரு ரமணிக்கு ஸ்ரீபார்த்தசாரதி ஸ்வாமி ஸ்ரீபாதம் டிரஸ்ட்

சார்பில் அளிக்கப்பட்ட பரிசு

SYMA distributes spectacles ! Remebering KE Raghavan

Today is Sunday  – 25th August 2024.   It is  Independence Day, or Día de la Independencia, in Uruguay. On this day in 1825, the Thirty-Three Orientals declared independence, hoping to establish a free and sovereign Uruguay after more than three centuries of foreign rule. This declaration led to a 500-day-long struggle until 1828 when the Treaty of Montevideo was passed, and Uruguay was recognized as an independent nation.   

On 15^th Aug 2024, Nation’s 78th Independence Day was grandly celebrated at Triplicane by Srinivas Youngmens’ Association [SYMA]  with flag hoisting infront of our Medical centre followed by Cataract Detection Camp.  His Holiness Parama Pujaniya Sri Sri Viswaprasanna  Theertha Swamiji, Pontiff of Pejawar Mutt hoisted the National flag and spoke about the significance of freedom and the importance of Nation and religion.  He inaugurated ‘Free Cataract detection and surgery camp’ at SYMA Medical Centre  conducted by SYMA in association with Sankara Eye Hospital, Pammal & Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Sankara Medical Trust. 

Browsing the annals of history shows some of these important occurrences on this day :  

•        1258 – George Mouzalon, the regent of the Empire of Nicaea, was assassinated as part of a conspiracy led by nobles under the future emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos.

•        The Honourable Artillery Company (HAC) is a reserve regiment in the British Army. It is one of the oldest surviving regiments – this was incorporated by royal charter, this day  in 1537 by King Henry VIII

•        On this day in 1609 - Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei demonstrated his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.

•        1914 – World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.

•        1960 – The Games of the XVII Olympiad commence in Rome, Italy.

•        In 2012, on this day, the NASA space probe Voyager 1 became the first man-made object to enter interstellar space.

•        Couple of years back in Covid era the 3rd Test began at Leeds this day 2021 -  we expected it to be a high stakes game but proved to be a damp squib.    James Anderson, Ollie Robertson  and co. running in with a bright red Dukes, on a Headingley surface that never really dies outsmarted India by an innings and 76 runs !!.

. .. no post on History or Cricket but on a man who made a deep impact in our lives as also in Social service ! Srinivas Youngmens Association (SYMA) has been doing service relentlessly since 1977.  Of our many services, Medical services and Education services are our prime activities. 

 

Srinivas Youngmens Association (SYMA) has been doing service relentlessly since 1977.  Of our many services, Medical services and Education services are our prime activities. We have come a long way since 1989 when our medical services were launched in a small street corner at Peyalwar Street ~ many our volunteers have striven so hard ensuring that pleasant and quality service is extended to poor and needy.  Of the many people involved – we recall and remember the passionate services of dear KE Raghavan born on 12.10.1953 would have been 71 if fate had not cruelly snatched him this day 17 years ago.  

The  person liked by us all “Kunnavakkam Elayavalli Raghavan”  [Alamu Stores] passed away in 2007  – his sudden death shocked Triplicane and hundreds turned up at his funeral.  He would ever be remembered for his nice words, smiling face, hard work done always at the background without ever showing up on stage.  

On a day when His Holiness  Sri Sankaracharya was to visit our medical centre in its nascent stage, he took upon himself, the task of whitewashing the entire premises and the day beckoned with the place so neat and clean.  He was exceptionally good in cooking and the sambar that he used to make still lingers.  In SYMA tours, besides other manual work, cooking and serving was his area and he made everyone feel happy with that.  He was part of MTR for sometime, later managing the provision stores of his brother.  

Every year we remember him on 25th of August – this year on Nation’s Independence day in our Eye camp conducted alongwith Sri Sankara Eye Hospital, Pammal – 150 people were screened ~ 23 persons were identified, 14 were taken to Sri Sankara Eye Hospital, Pammal.  Cataract surgery was done free for  them, later,  they were brought back to Triplicane. 41  persons were prescribed spectacles.  The eye-glasses have been  made by Sri Sankara Eye Hospital, Pammal and they were distributed in a function held at SYMA Medical Centre today @ 6.30 pm. 

Me with KER taken at Vellore in 1994

Today SYMA remembers Mr KE Raghavan, who left us this day in 2007.  The edifice of SYMA has been built brick by brick by the efforts of some and late KE Raghavan played a great part in maintaining the Centre those days. His brother Mr KE Srinivasan, Prop. Alamu Stores, distributed the glasses alongwith Mr TJ Ramani, SR Parthasarathi, AV Kasturi Rangan, R Sanjeevi, KV Rangarajan, MA Sadagopan, Arvind, SC Balaji and myself. Here are some photos taken on the occasion.

 
With regards – S. Sampathkumar
25.8.2024.