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From Paris

After 2 ½ years of happy married life me and my Mrs., decided to go for a holiday. Our choice was Paris, thinking its going to be cheap and it’s not very far. After trying all possible travel websites, we “Eurekhad” a deal.

Other than Eiffel tower and Mona Lisa painting, no tourist place was known to me in Paris. My wife did a research in Wikipedia, Google images, local day tour guides and gave me a list of 12 museums, a shopping complex which icons the world fashion, historical places, Disneyland, opera halls and Notre-Dame/churches. But I took her only to Eiffel tower and the Museum De Louvre (Louvre Museum) where Mona Lisa is.

Eiffel Tower is the second wonder I am visiting (obviously the first one is…Taj Mahal) and pretty excited. The similarity between Eiffel tower and Taj Mahal is its wonder is felt as you walk close to it. Reaching the top of the Eiffel tower and looking down gave me the childhood memory of being in the terrace of grandparents’ house and watching the roads from there. I also had the same childhood temptation of spitting on someone from the top, but this time it did not materialise.

Many smokers lighted up the cigarette as soon as they reached the top and blew the smoke down at the earth. Wished I continued that college habit. There were few wax statues on the top but nothing as exciting as the view offered. After taking many photographs to show others and grump around, we came down to board a cruise for a city tour and loose pounds.

Down the Eiffel tower it was interesting to see many beggars, but they are years behind the begging techniques from India. Food was a major problem, especially for vegetarians. I was looking for the McDonalds ‘M’ as other restaurant were stinking with horse, snail and frog meat.

Louvre museum is special for Mona Lisa. It is indeed worth spending some time in front of this painting and to try decoding the Davinci’s code. Its worth buying a souvenir of Mona Lisa sold outside the museum.

Just like Paris corner in Chennai, every corner in Paris was jammed in traffic. It was also new to see the taxi drivers in a 3 piece suit. I spent nearly £300 only for the taxi charges in my 3 days trip….thanks to the bus and the metro rail strike in France.

The good things I noticed in France is even its peripherals are multicultural. Also, though being only few miles away from UK it was difficult to see a billboard, newspaper, menu card (even in ‘M’), and city map in English language. We are 60 years away from the UK, but we still have the boards in English and not in our own languages in India. Shouldn’t we think about it? Post your comments just like that!

Song of 1 billion

Well I know it’s a shame being an Indian that I do not watch the game of Cricket. I used to play cricket when I was in childhood and do remember asking for a cricket bat in return of scoring some high marks. But cricket did not fascinate me as stage shows did later. May be that’s the reason I didn’t get into watching cricket.

Whenever I sit with my friends in a tea shop, on compound walls and in bars I will pray that they should not speak about cricket. I will be a dumb and I don’t know any name of the players other than Sachin, Ganguly and Dravid and had to be mum till their talks on cricket get over.

Recently I won 2 tickets to Natwest Series match in Bristol at my work place. I casually mentioned this to my bitter…sorry better half and she was so excited like an electron towards proton. Had I said that we are not going for a match and we have better things to do on that day, I am sure to have faced a row from her. Unlike other houses where the wife watches movies, serials and the husbands watch cricket match, it’s a bit other way round in my case.

The Bristol stadium is not bigger than a corporation ground in India. We sat next to a group of college students to see the power of 1 billion. As the match started our guys roared for each and every ball which annoyed the ‘goras’ sitting near by. One Brit, turned back and commented at the Indian cheerers “Guys, cheer only for real cricket shots….it is a good shot for nothing”. In the very next ball it was the first four from Sachin and the cheer turned as scream. One guy from that group politely snubbed that ‘gora’ “Sir, is it a good shot for cricket…oh yes! by the way it’s a good shot for four runs”.

I got into the cheering mood, waving the Indian flag and blowing a horn while I saw my wife jumping for all the boundaries. I could see the real disappointment in everyone’s face when Sachin got out in 99 and brought back the cheer to the opponents. The match is indeed a memorable match to me as this is the first match I ever saw and fortunately India won the match.

On the way back home I was thinking how the 1 billion follow and cheer particularly this game. I would say this tempo shooted ‘only’ after winning the 1983 world cup. But it’s disappointing to know that India did not win a world cup after gaining this much of cheer.

A female cricket insect is attracted to the songs of a male cricket, arouses and gives him the larvae to cherish. Dear Cricketers, when are you going to hear the song of 1 billion and give them the world cup…..jus like dat!

Do you still admire?

Me and my father! Most of my friends, relations will burst into laughter when they read this sentence. Till I was 10, my father was the super model for me. He is the He-man, Spiderman and Giant robot (he is 5.5 inches in height). At that time my mother was secondary and I always used to bounce at him like a monkey when he comes back from work. His Hercules cycle, HMT watch, Shaving kit were some possessions I yearned for.

The best part of him was the bribery…lol. Yes, whenever I used to score good marks he bought an éclairs chocolate. After 8^th standard éclairs chocolate did not attract me.

My teenage was the best. I was a hidden notorious, while my brother was frankly notorious. So most of the times he was beaten and at those times I will laugh till I get a bone fracture. But soon my father James Bonded my actions as well. He used to peep while I was studying, jump in to the hall when I watch TV programs in midnight, give surprise visits to home to check if I am smoking or involved in any kind of naughty activities.

Like any teenager I started hating him and wonder if I could have been born to any rich father. I hated him when he speaks about my marks to any tresspassers. I used to steal money from his pockets, drive his yellow colour Vespa, wear his new T shirt for which my brother will be caught (Ofcourse, he did so as well). He does not speak English and I will wantonly ask him doubts in English. He will never unveil the secret and will say that I am busy reading “Maalai malar”. If I ask again, my books will fly to the balcony for disturbing him….and again I will go back to him. He stopped beating me once when I lifted the broomstick against his easy-chair pole. I no longer admired him though he always wears Ponds powder, Brut perfume and Ray ban glasses.

His comments were sarcastic against me. During the initial confusions on my marriage, I said that I don’t like the girl but his comment was “Don’t say so! I was really praying the girl should not reject you for your belly”.

For some reasons or the other, he always considered that I am better than my brother. Though I lived to the expectations of my mother she always thinks my brother is better than me. Of course my bro and I share a neat relationship.

But nowadays, don’t know the reason why, I am nearing the age of 30 and maybe my age makes me think my father was a super hero as well. His commitment to his wife, family members, advice, shielding nature, handling high degree of family politics is amazing which is hard and I admire it now.

Do you admire your father…post it in comments… just like dat!

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World Hero

1. OUT OF ALL THE SHANKAR MOVIES, THIS IS THE COSTLIEST . 68% OF EXPENSES HE SPENT FOR LOCATION.. AND SURPRISINGLY 12% TO GRAPHICS!!!! 8% TO SALARY (EXCLUDING OF THALAIVAR) 8% FOR COSTUMES 2% FOR A.R.RAHMAN AND OTHER TECHINCIANS, AND THE BALANCE 2% WASTAGES!!!! !!!!!
2. FIRST TIME IN TAMIL MOVIE AMITABH IS JOINING WITH THALAIVAR... AS GUEST ROLE.(BECOS OF HIS CONVINIENCE TWO DAYS SHOOTING WAS ARRANGED IN POONA.!! )
3. SIMILARLY MALAYALAM SUPERSTAR MAMOOTY ALSO ACTING IN THIS MOVIE FOR ONLY ONE SCENE.
4. SIVAJI MOVIE HAS SOLD ALREADY TO KERALA FOR 6 CRORES,(ALLTIME HIGH)-THE LUCKIEST PERSON WHO GOT DISTRIBUTION IS OUR ACTOR VINEETH!!!!
5. ALL TIME HIGH IN ANDHRA PRADESH-17 CRORES!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!(SLEEPLES S NITE FOR ALL TOP HERO'S OF ANDHRA)
6. ALL TIME HIGH IN KARNATAKA 9 CRORES!!!!!! !!!! (THE LUCKIEST PERSON WHO GOT DISTRIBUTION IS OUR KANNADA HERO RAVICHANDRAN! !!!!!!!
7. THE MOST EXPECTED AND VERY BIG COMPETITION IS GOING IN TAMIL NADU.... (AS PER THE LATEST INFORMATION THE FINAL FIGHT BETWEEN SUN-TV AND RELIANCE.... .......... ......) FOR AROUND 80 CRORES INCLUDING OF SATELITTE/DVD/ AUDIO RIGHTS.!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!
8. INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS FOR 100 U.S MILLION DOLLARS!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! (FOR 9 LOCATIONS/COUNTRIES INCLUDING OF DVD RIGHTS...)FIGHT IS GOING BETWEEN "AYANGARAN VIDEOS" OF CANADA AND PYRAMID OF INDIA....!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!
9. AVM PRODUCTION ANNOUNCED THEY WILL GIVE 25% PROFIT TO THE CHARITY(SIVAJI FOUNDATION) IF THE MOVIE TOUCH SILVER JUBLIEE...
10. FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF RAJINI MOVIE ... HE HIMSELF GIVEN INTERIVIEW AS THIS MOVIE WILL BE GREAT SUCCESS!!!!! !!!(COURTESY TIMES MAGAZINE)
11. AS PER THE COVER STORY OF NO:1 JAPANESE MAGAZINE CALLED "TOSHO" HAS MENTIONED THIS MOVIE HAS CROSSED THE EXPECTATION OF THE HOLLY WOOD MOVIE OF "CASINO ROYALE" AND THE HIGHEST PAID ACTOR IN THE WORLD IS OUR ONE AND ONLY SUPER STAR RAJINKANTH. ALSO THE "TOSHO"MAGAZINE REVEALED THE TOTAL REVENUE FOR AVM PRODUCTION (IF THE MOVIE SUCCESSFULLY RUNS FOR 50 DAYS IN SOUTHER REGION )WILL BE AROUND 430 CRORES......!!!!!!!
    
12. FIRST TIME THIS MOVIE IS GOING TO BE DUBBED IN LOCAL LANGUAGE OF TURKEY,HAUSA, GONGA(TRIBAL LANGUAGE OF SOUTHAFRICA) AND KSHINOLA(TRIBAL LANGUAGE OF ARGENTINA)
    

And now tell me who is the True ULAGA NAYAGAN?

Note: Credit for the above informations go to my friends who forward emails.

NEWS TODAY- Nothing New in the News

Preethi Varma, an unknown actress ran away.
“Vijaykanth is a drunkard” says Kalaignar.
Don’t speak about my personal life pleads sex bomb Shakeela

The above is just a snapshot of what’s been printed in the headlines in a Tamil newspaper. The news is the same most of the time and only the name changes. Typical questions in interviews especially with actresses like what you were doing before coming to film industry? (Better ask this question to ‘Mama Prasad’ next time). All they provide rusted news again and again.

Please visit BBC and type India. Look at the news you get. Does this mean that India is better understood by a foreigner than an Indian itself? Do the reporters think only gossips about HRH Nayanthara and His Highness Simbu alone can yield a good circulation?

There are so many topics to be on headlines other than city crime, cine news and politics. Agriculture, transport (traffic!!), entrepreneurs, food, culture, import & export, literature, gadgets, automobile, healthy living, religion, travel, education and of course also about my blog :).

Some people turn VIP’s only because of this silly news. People who are under educated take into mind that the news on the newspaper is genuine without analyzing the information on it and elect their Chief Minister….goodness!

Newspapers focus more on giving free bees to increase the circulation rather than the content. Media should never be controlled or owned by people ruling. Remember Kauveri water is in stake for the meagre reason that 4 Tamil Nadhu based satellite channels operating in Karnataka is in stake. This does not give room to the brave journalists and they too turn as boot licker.

What you think about it….post your comments just like that!

White Borat in India

Well ABC and BBC are two common terms referred to desi kids born in foreign nations, which means American born confused ‘desi’ and British born confused ‘desi’. Have you thought about IBM’s which means Indian born mad foreigners? Is it possible? Certainly, it is possible. Already Infosys is recruiting American graduates to their Bangalore head quarters, soon this trend will start and you will see many immigrants and illegal immigrants in India….lol

Every Indian suffers for the first two years and look like a ‘Borat’ to them. How about a White ‘Borat’ in India. Start reading the rest of the blog with Deva’s gana music as a background in your mind.

A white Borat goes to a road side food stall and orders for a meal, and looks at the cook Kabali’s wife for a long time expecting a fork and a knife. Kabali says “Kasmalam, don’t you have manners. You are like a barbarian starring Kannama, she is scared of you, country brute? You eat for five rupees and ask for a knife, fork, tissue, finger bowl! You eccentric”. Borat is tempted to complain of racism but changes his mind as he has come to India only to make money and not invite problems.

Scene 2

Borat buys a car and his wife says “We will go for shopping and it seems T. Nagar is the best place to shop”. In India, the trend of driving is you move your car wherever you get space and over here in abroad, you give way to everyone in front, back, beside and opposite to you. Now, this guy leaves way for every auto rickshaw, cyclist, bikes and cars and stays in the same place till 11 pm, waiting for the traffic to calm down and pulls away the car.

Scene 3

Mrs Borat was invited for a marriage by Panjagam mami. All mamis’ are seen with the most costly sari, thick gold jewels and boasting about their sons' and daughters' in software companies. Now, Mrs.Borat enters charmingly with a skirt and a bra…sorry ‘tops’ and with a thin pendant. All mami’s burst to laughter and curse her for being dressed up in an indecent way and chase her way out.

Scene 4

‘Gora’ shops at end of the cities and you get meat like pork, beef, red beans, and jacket potatoes. Mr Borat is seen shopping here once in a week spending his week’s earnings and by the way his hourly rate is Rs 5.50 per hour. His wife cribs to get her some tinned Pepsi and Coke but he denies as it is illegal and banned in India.

Can you think of such scenes post it in the comments box just like that?