RANGOLI - KOLANGAL

I have learnt how to put Kolam or Rangoli when I was in school in eightth Standard and Nineth Standard from my friend Kalpana and others.  Dotted Kolams were easy for me but only upto 17 or 18 dots.  There were certain kolams which can be drawn using 36, 45, 54, 64 dots. 

I cannot keep dots in a Mathematically straight line.  But I have watched girls, ladies and women drawing Big, Big and beautiful kolams.  They can keep the dots in a Straight line.  No Scale is required.  Such a Type of Clarity and strenght of Minds they have. mmm! (Jealousy burns me inside)

One thing that ocuupies me is Rangoli, No dots, only imagination. It can start from a circle or a flower or a square or a triangle.  Particularly, North Indian Women Folk are so experts at it.

My Aaya (Grand Mother) who lived in Chenguttai, Kaatpadi wud get up early in the morning like 5.00 am and sprinkle cow dung water on the Vaasal (wat it is called in English,, courtyard) and put small kolam which wud look elegantly beautiful in the white kola maavu powder.

I have seen Brahmins drawing Kolams with Arisi Maavu that is Rice Flour.  It becomes food to the ants and it is considered Auspicious.

I am so unhappy that I cannot draw Big kolams and rangolis.  Tho, I admire those girls and women folk who draw them, I can promise u Jealousy creeps in into my Heart. What wrong I did that I am not able to draw this, beautiful kolam.

Rangoli requires Color Combinations, Green with Red, Light green with Rose,
The alternative and contrast colors,  Actually, Our Kaatpadi women folk are great Interior decorators.  Yes, they live in huts and small houses but yet, By Birth,, Mark my words (N s Govindan sir style) Mark my words, they are born Interior decorators.  No need for them to pay Course Fee and learn it.  God has bestowed them with such knowledge by birth.  IN BUILT SYSTEMS THEY ARE.

May it be Sikkal Kolam or May it be Rangoli or May it be normal poo kolam, it needs lot of Calculations and color combinations. 

From where do these girls get these Mathematical precisions.  In our schools and colleges we do drawings only with the help of Scale, Compass, Protractor and measuring machines. 

In these kolams, Beauty and Mathematical precision both are seen.  From where do we get these?

Even in Caramboard game, there is a kolam in the centre of the Table, that Kolam is drawn with Mathematical Precision, If u can read it with Maths sense, It is TANGENTS, ALL OVER THE BOARD,  U HAVE TO CALCULATE IN UR MIND, like how to strike the coin with ur stricker, at which side u shd strike it, and to  which pocket ur aiming at.  I am again ashamed to tell that I can only admire the Carrom players,  It comes to me rarely only, May be I need lot of pracitce.

Kolangal, Not Abhi (devyani story.) 

Rangoli and Kolam Girls, U ppl rock, I admire u a lot and wud like to emulate u ppl.  Nice, it is.

I have seen a Documentary movie on Kolams and rangolis. Nice one.

Getting up early, putting kolams, what a life.  mmm!

Artists (Drawings & Paintists) I know

I am not a Connoissour in Paintings.  But, bcos of my reading Ananda Vikatan, Kumudam, Kalki and Amudhasurabhi I have slowly learnt to identify the strokes of the Painters.

Maniam Selvan is a typical South Indian Painter.  The lines he draw are so erect and sharp.  He gives a chiselled features to the Characters.  He never draws anything that is not respectable.  Its a sort of Divine semblance.  His father Maniam is a well known and renowned artist, whose paintings of God are there in many south Indian Pooja Rooms

Shyam, Aras, Silpi, Gopulu, Jeyaraj, Maruthi, Travotsky Marudhu - these are the ppl I know who draw sketches for the characters that are portrayed in the magazines I above mentioned.

Shyam is a person who draws only curvy ladies, His Men also have got curves.  U cannot stop admiring the beauty that is apparent in those curves.  His faces are also so beautiful. 

Aras, I think is a different person, with the colors he tries to show dimensions of the face but unfortunately the beauty that u get by avoiding the dimensions - that gets lost.  He is a nice artist but u wont fall in love with the figures that are being portrayed by his color paints.

Silpi is a Divine Artist.  I read that he goes to Temple, sits there for one hour or so, gets sinked in the  beauty, odour and  Grace of the God or Goddess and reproduces the image he saw there in the Sanctorium (Garba Graha)  I admire him and respect him a Lot.

Padma Vaasan, he is a favourite artist of Ramakrishna Mutt, Mylapore.  His Drawings are respectable and adorable.  He has got his own style.  Divine.

Jeyaraj is a sexy artist.  He will draw only thin and sensuous ladies,  they ll always look sexy.  His sketches will reveal the body of  ladies as such.  He can draw ladies wearing Negligees.  Sometimes, I myself feel shy to see those drawings.  But as u grow up, u tend to look up.  He cannot be borne solely responsbile, he has got to draw what the story teller and the magazine wants him to draw.  His men are also handsome.  I sometimes think shyam wud have been inspired by Jeyaraja sir.

Maaruthi is an excellent painter.  He draws so nicely.  The characters are always plumpy and round faced.  I can say by saying the outline and coloring, that it is Maruthi.

Gopulu sir is definitely a Legend.  There are certain similarites between Maarthi and Gopulu and there is a thin line differentiating their curves.

I am definitely not a connoisour but an identifier.  I love art.  U shd have photographic memory and a sense of color to draw pictures of what u see.  It is a form of Meditation.  It is an ART.  It makes u involve in the scene.  Refer John Keats Poem.

I thank God for giving me the sense of Admiration of Art. 

I have seen a female Artist Teacher in the Train in Chennai,  I saw her drawing the sketches of whatever she saw in the Railway station.  It is really a magic.  The lines and Curves, where to emboss, how to give 3 D effect.  I wud like to learn art from a Nice Teacher.  May be sometimes later.  I am used to draw faces and girls and flowers,  but not very nicely.  Somewat, OK pictures.

GARAM HAWA - THE MOVIE THAT LEFT A MARK IN MY HEART!

Garam Hawa

The movie talks about the Partition of India and Pakistan

The families that got separated by Mohammed Ali Jinnah!

The Lovers who were separated  bcos of the partition,

May be, I have not seen Veer Zaara, which bores a resemblance to this movie1

The Employment opportunities that were denied for Muslims who chose to stay back in India!

Muslims, I love this Muslim family that was shown in this movie

A scene that I cant forget is A Lady Love cuts her wrist veins and dies out of blood  Loss bcos she is not able to get her Lover bcos of Partition.

The way they have their food together, Lots of Chappathis on One plate, Biriyani and the sausage and the curries displayed and they sit together in an Oval shape dining position on the ground and have their food.  Oh lovely!

The color of Muslims is the one that I get attracted the most.  What a Radiant Rose color faces they have!

All the characters in that story makes u feel the Pain of the Partition of India and Pakistan.

The Hero is an owner of Leather Chappals and Shoes Manufacturer and the difficulties he has to face bcos inspite of being a Muslim, he chose to live in India.  The Denials and Rejections that makes him feel wretched.

The Movie ends with an Agitation being shown in which the Hero's son also joins to get equal rights and oppotunities.

U wont believe, If I say I saw this Movie 10 or 15 years back. But that is the Truth!

I can never forget Garam Hawa!  It is a Movie to be watched and Felt.

I think the Hero is Guru Dutt, If I am wrong Pls let me know the right name of the Hero!

Thanks for reading!

Lyrics

A Collection of my favourite Lyrics (Only Sample)

Vetti veru vaasam, Vidali ponnu nesam,
Poovukkum vaasam undu, Boomikkum vaasam undu,
Verukku vaasam unda Maane!

Nangaai, Nilavin Thangai,
Paavai, Nee en Thozhi Aavai,

Unnai Parrthadhum oorai vittu Aangilam odi ponadhe enna
enga amma un atthai dhan ma

unnai ondru ketpen unmai solla vendum
ennai paada chonnal enna paada thondrum

Raja rajadhi rajan indha raja
kooja thookadhe veru engum kooja

maanum meenum irandum indri maanum meenum undu

Yaar Yaar sivam, Nee Naan Sivam

ye jeel si neeli aankhen,
thareef karron uski jisne thumhe banaaya

jab hum jawaan honge, jaane kahan honge,
there yaad karenge, tere yaad karenge

jaanu, thu merra jaanu hai

oh mere sona re sona re sona, dhe dhoongi jaan juda math hona re
hua kassoor khafa math hona re

sau bar janam lenge,

Aawaaz dho humko, hum kho gayen,

Nee yaaro, Naan yaaro, (Ayidha Ezhuthu)

Dont have no faith(Back street Boys)

Make a better place, for u and me and for the entire human race (Michael jackson)

Why Auditors shd be Independent?

I have Studied in CA Exam Auditing Paper that Auditors shd not be Financially Dependent on Client, that is they should not have borrowed any money from the Client.  They should not be Indebted to the Client. 

This is a Real Qualification to be an Auditor.  bcos once u get money u feel Infereior to the person who gave u the money, bcos u have to show him Gratification.

Real Life Situation!

6 years back -

Myself and My Junior, a young boy from Kumbakonam, went to Audit to a Pvt Ltd. Co.  Usually, I dont get reimbursement from the Client. bcos my Father told we are not paying any money to the Principal as Guru Dhakshina, Instead we are getting some learnings from them, So, I shall pay u the Conveyance Money for which u shall stand indebted to me. No need to ask Clients.  I shall give u the conveyance, whenever u want.  So, I had never raised any reimbursement from My clients and Principal. 

But this Junior, started pricking me to ask for reimbursement, as he is away from his Family.

  He said, Idont have money in hand, I shall produce the tickets. get me the Money.  So, For his Sake, I went and stood before the Finance Manager of the Client Company and asked for the Money.

  Having not asked for myself in all the years of my Articleship, I felt delicate but still in order to help this Kumbakonam boy, I had to ask. 

I got the money and suddenly I felt inferior to the Finance Manager, My body language changed, I folded my hands before him and stood before him as If I am indebted to him and I started asking persmission from him - like can i leave the office?  When I analysed the Situation, I cud clearly see the Logic behind the Rule that Auditor should not be Dependent on the Client.  It is so True.

A lie about my Birthdate

I, hereby, confess to the Public that tho i was born on 15.10.1981, My parents have recorded the date as 15.5.1981 in Govt. Records,  Even when I came to know about this False Date, I had continued to keep up the false date in the Records.  I wud like to declare Publicly that My Official Birth date shd be 15.10.1981

Is there any way to change my Birthdate in Govt and Official Records?

My Conscience is Pricking me! Itching and Paining severely!

My Colleague told me, I am also sailing in the Same boat, U ask any Advocate!

Any Advocate who wud answer my question?

I dont want the extension in Official Service which I wud get by registering this New Birth date.  That is the only Punishment that I wud like to go thru for having maintained the false birthdate.

Help! Please!

Living by Principles - Not an Easy Job

A Flashback.

5 years back, I am sitting in T G Suresh Sir, Income Tax Class,
Myself and my Neighbour start chatting to cut the time off till Sir Comes,  My Neighbour, a Male, I dont remember his name, was fat,

 He said " U know one thing, I dont lie"

Bang -  I answered "Even cows dont lie, whats the big matter in it."

 He stared at me.  And out of fear and Understanding " I said, Sorry yaar, But I just studied this line from Swami Vivekananda Book,  U shd live by principles, and that is not a Matter to be Boasted off",  thats why I said so.  He became silent.

Now,  I purchased some Silver Articles, the Shop Keepers who were Young boys asked me " Do u want Bill, Why pay VAT, U can go by Auto by avoiding the VAT" 

I felt really Bad, bcos - bcos of that thought only I had bought some Silver Articles without VAT,  I Felt like a Villain to myself.  I had chosen to be a Villain in that Situation.  But,  I have a Chance to correct myself, Here is my Chance, I said, "OH, Please Bill it with VAT,  and Now I felt relieved and Good"

    I thought to myself, -  " Remember myself telling whats great in not lieing, Here was the situation, where Being Truthful costs me Rs.152/- but What I really lose is Character.

  Swami Vivekananda says - " Character is built by thousands of Stumbles"  But the catch is Thousand.  Not more than that.  So, Better, Dont Stumble in any Situation.  But, when u Stumble, remember his quote and be resilient.  Stand up by your Principles.

 You Earn Your Self Respect.  Self Respect gives u Confidence.  Confidence gives u Good Responses to any type of Situation. 

My Teacher M P Vijaykumar uses this often - "Get ur Fundas Right"  -  Ya, The Funda in Life is Dont Be a Villain in any Situation.

  Strive to be a Hero and u ll find that u start feeling easy as Time Goes.  Ya, there will be situations where U might find urself as a Harry Potter surrounded by Evil Magicians, but the practice of being a Hero in the situations that were given to u in the past, will help u and will allow u to be a Hero. 

Goodness is Important.  Loyalty is Important.  Values are Important.  We Keep on facing Situations.  The Choice is in our Hands.  God Power is there for u, within u, always.

Source of Inspiration: Swami Vivekananda, The Master!