tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236481702024-03-28T05:23:40.420+05:30BlogeswariBlogeswarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577999785808985783noreply@blogger.comBlogger345125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23648170.post-74861195614483850242023-03-05T16:15:00.004+05:302023-03-05T16:40:12.798+05:30The Legend“There is an army behind him… he is not alone…”“You know who he is”“Sir you are a true Legend!”- With supporting actors’ “build-up” dialogues, protagonist Saravanan is constantly projected as a do-gooder, one who fights for women’s rights, works for the downtrodden, wants to serve the people of his nation etc. An antibiotic scientist who refuses an offer to head All India Institute of Blogeswarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577999785808985783noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23648170.post-1911947913562876922022-10-11T13:06:00.001+05:302022-10-11T13:06:06.568+05:30முத்தைத் தருபத்தித் திருநகைI was invited to this beautiful Golu this year hosted by someone who I deeply respect and admire. Loved the entire Golu display and loved one of the bommais , in particular.The Golu Bommai narrates the story of Saint-Poet Arunagirinathar who decides to end his life jumping from the Temple tower. Lord Murugan comes to his rescue, preventing him from taking his own life. He blesses Blogeswarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577999785808985783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23648170.post-27809681367024052012022-10-11T09:07:00.004+05:302022-10-11T13:06:48.474+05:30Kuratthi MaganCousin Balaji, my அத்தை's son, and I have been living in the same city for decades. Yet , somehow we haven't met for years now. The last meeting in 2014 was opposite Kamala mills at Lower Parel, Mumbai where both of us worked. It was a filmi meeting to say "Hey neeeeeee Balaji daaaneee..." . After Upayakusalobaris, we promised to keep in touch, meet etc. and it never happened. Golu was a Blogeswarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577999785808985783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23648170.post-26585954322956920062022-10-10T08:42:00.002+05:302022-10-10T08:51:33.362+05:30தந்தனத்தோம் என்று சொல்லியே..."தந்தனத்தோம் என்று சொல்லியே வில்லினில் பாட... ஆமா...வில்லினில் பாட.. வந்தருள்வாய் கலைமகளே..."If you sang the above in Thiru. Subbu Arumugam and group's chorus voice, then you'll definitely relate to this post.This year, while it was fairly easy to explain most of my Golu Bommais including deities, art forms and Influenzas to non-Tamilians, I got stuck at Villu Paattu . I had to leave it at "Blogeswarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577999785808985783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23648170.post-47316856161322470452022-10-09T14:06:00.003+05:302022-10-09T14:08:05.315+05:30The Vyjayanthimala PoseWe went on a #Pondicherry trip with friends from college in December 2009, if my memory serves me right. On the way back spotted a road-side shop that sold #GoluBommais and I managed to buy a few including the one in the picture in red frock (called "dress" these days).Thanks to Sriram V's blog post, I learnt that this particular doll was inspired by the Legendary Vyjayanthimala's pose in Blogeswarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577999785808985783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23648170.post-75778657658507004922022-10-09T13:21:00.005+05:302022-10-09T13:22:09.158+05:30Idhu Muthuraman YaWhen a friend Swathi Rishi, had visited the Golu in October 2022, was explaining the Influenza (Influencer) bommais to her. Each of them, to me represented one type of influenza - Be it the I-am-single-and-happy-nambunga types or the typical saree types. (Ref earlier post/s)When it came to this particular doll of a man in glasses wearing a purple shirt and Khaki ‘doLa doLa’ pant, told her Blogeswarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577999785808985783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23648170.post-28893348161538209622022-10-09T13:13:00.004+05:302022-10-09T13:14:10.604+05:30The Saree InfluenzaVanakkam. She is Confident. Stylish. Fierce. Y00thful. Also, Body Positivity. Also, Bharathiyar's Poems. Also Blade.Meet your favourite #Saree #Influenza. She believes in ethically sustainable eco-friendly brands. She practises conscious living. She blesses this planet with regular 'pre loved' sales of pre-torn XXS Shaani Surunais. Sooooo Prettttty ya.Blogeswarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577999785808985783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23648170.post-81517706689633740492022-10-09T13:08:00.001+05:302022-10-09T13:08:41.047+05:30Bored Man“Kannathula Kai Vaikkadha” (Don’t rest your hands on your chin) was one of the many things that was told to us when we were kids. And one has no idea why older makkal said all these. Not that one followed anyway. If you think am going to discuss “toxic parenting”, sorry to disappoint. Head to outrage Aathas’ instagram profiles.Back to resting the hands on the chin - It helps one control yawning Blogeswarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577999785808985783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23648170.post-16622027285213250432022-10-09T12:58:00.002+05:302022-10-09T12:59:28.738+05:30Raga SistersHere's attempt in making a clay doll. Wanted to make ‘RaGa’ a.k.a Ranjani-Gayatri bommais featuring dolls with contrast pallu sarees. Chose Purple and Green and used the contrast in their blouses.It was sheer coincidence that when I had completed painting and opened Instagram, saw ‘RaGa’ Sisters post the same colour sarees that was used to paint the bommais’ sarees.Please do read my earlier postsBlogeswarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577999785808985783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23648170.post-51503475127165091192022-09-27T07:07:00.002+05:302022-09-27T07:07:14.794+05:30Kalyana Parisu SareesThe lady who cooks came home for Thamboolam (Haldi-Kumkum) and said "It's a good omen and whatever happens henceforth will be good" , in Hindi. I didn't quite get her. She pointed out to the Saree I was wearing and repeated the same, adding that it was torn at several places. And so it was a good omen. 🤔Yesterday, being Day 1 of Navarathri in 2022, i wanted to wear a comfortable, Blogeswarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577999785808985783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23648170.post-38621483044349427642022-09-24T21:42:00.003+05:302022-09-24T21:46:46.020+05:30Danceu Papa Danceu PapaThis is a guest post by my sister Ammani . Although it is a 9-day festival, preparations for Navarathri would begin quite a few days earlier. Chitthi, my great-aunt who lived with us, would summon help to bring the big cardboard boxes down from the loft. Careful, careful, she would say as the boxes would be brought down on uneven shoulders and arms. You would think they contained Blogeswarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577999785808985783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23648170.post-44692256702355459712022-09-24T08:12:00.000+05:302022-09-24T08:12:02.631+05:30The Reluctant PoserA few years ago, we visited our husband's hometown in the Southern most part of the country and decided to do a food-based trip in Tamilnadu. From Gopu Iyengar's Tiffin in Madurai to Needamangalam Paalgova to the breakfast place near Thanjavur Railway station, to Asoka Alwa in Tiruvaiyaaru, we went around the Thanjavur-Madurai belt to test some fantastic food / snacks.As part of the trip we also Blogeswarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577999785808985783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23648170.post-19172455582291634862022-09-23T18:12:00.003+05:302022-09-24T07:06:00.946+05:30Twins - Separated at Birth?Navarathri Golu Bommais means ki Mylapore Maada Veedhi only. Ya I know, that sounded like a Radio ad. It's one of the many things Mylapore boasts of unlike its poor distant cousin T.Nagar which has only Javuli Maaligais and Saree Stores by the kilo. The KuraLagam, Khadi Gramodyog Bhavan were / are still there, yet the joy of bargaining like Pakkis and buying the dolls is something else only. Blogeswarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577999785808985783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23648170.post-28286219022788966072022-09-22T20:53:00.002+05:302022-09-23T17:08:49.620+05:30MasterjiPlease do read my earlier posts on Navarathri Golu.Harini's Paatti - I met her last in October 2019, if I remember right. Maama (her husband) had passed away, her son and family had moved to UK. She was living alone in Mumbai. Have been trying to contact her with her mobile number and it seems to be switched off. Bommaigalil Oru BlooperDasavatharamChittieGolu 2012Bead WorkGolu Blogeswarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577999785808985783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23648170.post-4072292867167023662022-05-19T18:42:00.005+05:302022-05-19T19:04:12.888+05:30ராணி மகா ராணி - Short Story(Voice on Radio) “In the 1950s, as a young woman at the start of her reign, Queen Elizabeth was depicted as a glamorous "fairytale Queen"டக்கென்று கார் ரேடியோ பட்டனை அழுத்தி, அடுத்த சேனலுக்கு தாவினாள் தீபா.(“Voice on Radio) The Queen has two birthdays due to British weather..." தலையில் அடித்துக்கொண்டாள் தீபா. மறுபடியும் இன்னொரு சேனலுக்கு தாவ...(Voice on Radio) “30 years ago, during the CovidBlogeswarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577999785808985783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23648170.post-73642817105739991512021-05-15T23:52:00.011+05:302023-03-05T16:48:21.307+05:30TriggerIt was sometime in August 2018. I was given the bad news that I was going to have a new boss.Why bad news? Because I had suffered a bad news called (another) boss had just quit a month earlier and I was quite relieved to be left alone.It was a Good company. Great friends. Wonderful work. Decent monies. But everything was short-lived. I had had the fortune of reporting to two wonderful people in aBlogeswarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577999785808985783noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23648170.post-63631393239723668582021-04-18T22:28:00.031+05:302022-11-01T09:48:11.557+05:30Accepting Grief - 2Trigger Warning: Death, XXX Virus, GriefKindly read 'Accepting Grief' , incase you haven't, earlier.__________________________________________________Over the last few days, I have been in the midst of conversations around...Mother-in-law's..."I can continue to wear the taali (mangalsutra) right? or am I to remove it now? What about pottu (bindi)? hmm.. I don't think I will wear my Blogeswarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577999785808985783noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23648170.post-84198139538430681052021-04-13T20:40:00.025+05:302022-11-01T09:46:20.298+05:30Accepting Grief Trigger Warning : Death, XXX Virus, Grief12th April 2021We were both woken up by the loud ringtone of the husband's phone at 7:30 on a Monday morning."Ok.. ok..theek hai...ok", he said to the voice on the other side. He said to me, "Apparently Appa's breathing failed and they're trying to revive him..." the nurse called. 8:30 am - One more call. One more "Ok okBlogeswarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577999785808985783noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23648170.post-44124179163540885572020-09-25T19:12:00.008+05:302020-09-25T19:32:11.318+05:30Enga SPBEverybody is familiar with the ‘80s SPB during the Golden era of the Raaja... On to the ‘90s, we got introduced to Isaippuyal via SPB in Roja, Kadhalan, Uzhavan and so on. SPB continued continues to rule even in 2000s, until now. Ofcourse, the Indhi belt keeps talking about the Salmaan SPB from the ‘90s... the only SPB they probably know of.In Tamizh, not many people speak about the ‘60s Blogeswarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577999785808985783noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23648170.post-83775356529482314632020-08-31T15:47:00.001+05:302020-08-31T15:47:58.001+05:30A Walk Down Rahman Lane by AbhiramiIf you are here for the first time, please read this post.*********************************************Around the time my first son was born, there was a song that was topping the Tamil charts. It was a song that perfectly echoed the tumult of motherhood - the ecstatic peaks and the crushing challenges - with its soaring high and lilting low notes effortlessly rendered by a teenager who Blogeswarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577999785808985783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23648170.post-25319883403991624942020-08-30T16:18:00.001+05:302020-08-31T15:48:19.487+05:30A Walk Down Rahman Lane by VijuIf you are here for the first time, please read this post.**********************************************Down the memory laneA.R. Rahman’s music, being very special to me, plays a very important role in my long distance runs. A lot of these long distance runs are run by me solo and it gets very lonely. There are moments when you feel like giving up and/or hit the wall. To ensure I have some Blogeswarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577999785808985783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23648170.post-37723763920215246142020-08-29T16:00:00.002+05:302020-08-31T15:48:52.791+05:30A Walk Down Rahman Lane by HariIf you're here for the first time, please read this post*************************************************March 2015. The job season was at its peak, with multiple interviews lined up. ARR, too, reached his peak with the release of his OK Kanmani album. Three songs from the film played on my phone, and, eventually, in my mind, during my job search phase. The addictive Blogeswarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577999785808985783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23648170.post-19796312329768779962020-08-28T16:41:00.000+05:302020-08-28T16:41:01.024+05:30A Walk Down Rahman Lane by Sid Srinivas If you are here for the first time, please read this post.******************************************************A R Rahman and my life have always gone hand in hand. I would even call it a rain of destiny, because his songs have always been arriving at the right time, where I was able to relate to them with my personal happenings. I’ve mostly experienced A R Rahman’s songs for the Blogeswarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577999785808985783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23648170.post-10905510603090013152020-08-27T16:32:00.003+05:302020-08-31T15:49:31.655+05:30A Walk Down Rahman Lane by A M AravindIf you're here for the first time, please read this post*************************************************The first time I heard this song was when my neighbour used to play it, and it reached us in a muffled tone - because of the distance and the concrete walls interrupting the sound waves. I was intrigued. The neighbour played it again. And, again. And again. Several times that day. Blogeswarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577999785808985783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23648170.post-1555424803954434602020-08-26T16:30:00.002+05:302020-08-26T17:00:47.180+05:30A Walk Down Rahman Lane by Suresh If you are here for the first time, please read this post.****************************************************Every tea stall that played Raja now played Roja, only Roja. And yet, I don’t remember when and where I first heard the song “Chinna Chinna Aasai”. We had neither television nor any music player at home then. The song, however, was always in the air, long after Blogeswarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577999785808985783noreply@blogger.com0