Saturday, September 24, 2011

Abandoned Railway station

photo courtesy - Sriraam kalingarayar.


‘Tell me a story” It is her way of asking me to tell something about what happened in the hospital.
‘I  am so tired, I have to wake up early, feel so sleepy’.
Adhi had  slept after listening to stories already read out from book.
‘You always have some reasons to tell only if I ask you to talk to me, while you talk so much to your friends over phone’.
‘ We talked so much about hospital gossips in the evening’..
‘Who did the talking? You started and I did the whole talking’.
‘Isn’t that enough? ‘I asked ‘ I got up early today too, and after college and clinic, let me sleep early on the days when I have no cases to operate’
Some song was ringing in my heart and I was singing “ thennai vanaththinil  unnai mugam thottu ennaththai sonnavan vaadugindren, ennathai sonnavan vaadugindren”
‘Is it MGR , Saroja devi movie?’ she asked
‘I don’t know, I just know the lyrics . Thats all’
‘How does the song start?’
‘ Sivagaami...Or should I sing Meenatchi..Hmm?  It starts with Ponezhil pooththathu puthu vaanil’
‘Oh! It is definitely MGR movie only’
(I spent my childhood in karnataka and we had our TV only when I reached 9th standard. No DVD players then. After I joined college , I was completely cutt off from tamil movies and songs. The college itself was in some interior part of karnataka, where I stayed for 5 years. I know only of the songs but not much about the movies )
‘Hmmm! Is it so? Let us  see from youtube’
Every other song is uploaded in You tube..There it was, MGR in his best ( I was never a fan of MGR, Rajini had captivated us with his style by then) and Saroja Devi, with her fluttering eye lids and roving eyes, singing this song.
‘MGR would have been in his forties, See how smart he looks, square jaw, broad shoulders and the charisma in his face’ she told
Not to be left behind ‘ Even Saroja Devi looks beautiful, though there is an extra layer of makeup, small face, round and attractive’ I complemented
‘Who wrote the lyrics? Kannadasan or Vali ? My dad used to say- the music doesn’t impede the lyrics and happens to flow along the voice’
We searched for that too and It was by Panchu Arunachalam ,a lesser known Lyricist
Though we both had not born when the movie was released
And then She told ‘Search for the Sivaji and Savitri Bharatiyar song’
‘I know all of Bharatiyar tamil songs which have come in movies. But what you tell has no head or tail’
‘The one which Sivaji sings commending  the greatness of each state of India’
‘Oh, that one.Sindhu nadhiyin misai ‘
After that it was quite a few bharatiyar songs.. And where was my tiredness?
Then there was an sms, “ watch Vijay tv super singer show’’. She was amused when I switched on the tv.
A new face was singing an old song based on carnatic music. ‘who sent the sms?’ She asked.
“Krishna, the anesthetist “
“Even your new friends know all about you, its only with me you don’t tell stories”
Oh My God.. It has started again..

The abandoned railway station

We sat  together ..
Where no one  comes
Where no train passes
Just  we two,like new friends
Like the rails of  the track..
The words couldn’t be rememberd
 It was enough that we Sat there..
 Intent to listen, eager to share..
Gossips, dreams and our past
We sat there at the station
Where the Gulmohar and silver oak
Wet after the night’s shower
Like two aged grandmothers
Stood still listening to our words
Dripping flowers now and then..

( This was written sometime back, about our old days spent in KGF..Hmmm those were days..though the station shown here is not  the same one)
 P.S. this is an excerpt from the blog which tells about the lyrics of the song.
There are just so many songs that have exceptional tunes and lyrics. Although I don't claim to be a genius in this department to critique them, I could write down the enjoyment.
Here are the lyrics for ponnezhil poothathu from kalankarai vilakkam:
 http://and-i-say.blogspot.com/2007/03/ponnezhil-poothathu.html


Sunday, September 18, 2011

Before the mind becomes flawed....




The questions posed by my son @ 5 years.

You told me that books, papers are goddess Saraswathy .. and if I blow this paper..will goddess Saraswathy become tickled?

Once you and mummy become old and die..will the younger sister in mother’s tummy call me brother or will she call me father?

‘I bought this ben ten book for Sriram’s son daddy, gift it to him’. I replied.”Sri ram is yet to have a kid son.” He replied .” what if he is not having one. Let him preserve and give him when he comes of age”.

Mummy, will you be afraid of lord Shiva if he comes in front of you?
 I interfered.’why do you ask , son?’
 ‘because i’m going to do penance now’..

What happens to Tara, Vali’s wife after his death? Will Sugreeva marry her because Vali abducted his wife?

( He is six years now.. all these I had stored last year in my file.. makes a good post to read.Isn't it? Maybe he would like it at a later date)

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

A veil of mist..

A moment for this , a moment for that
Each separated by a simple mist..
A moment of love, of passion and  bliss
A moment of vile, and of needless hiss.
Step into that , the world set in mirth
Step into this, a dull sombre birth
A thought, somewhere, someone could stop
The hapless fall, the abyss and depth
Set free! who dares to slug, my flight
Higher, soaring ,with wings spread still
A moment of joy, of spark and of mirth
A moment to stay forever in my thoughts..

( I will try to be regular in blogosphere. After the trip, I became lazy in blogging, and busy in practice.. Hope my photographer friend doesn't scold me for taking such bad photos.:(  ..Reading this, She asked - where did you copy this poem from? :((