Almost a month back, I saw a programme on Sun TV, on the day they celebrated their anniversary. The program is basically Sun TV's blatant publicity in promoting the movie that it is distributing - Ayan.
Anyways, at one point, Tamannah was asked to sing one of the songs in the movie and she sang the first stanza. I was quite mesmerised!!!
A week or two later, she was on Sun Music. The compere in that show, asked her to sing and she willingly obliged. At which point in time, I came up with this புதுக்கவிதை. This is very much along the lines of Parthiban's poem praising Rambha in one movie.
Here it is:
ஒரு
கவிதையே
பாட்டு
பாடுகிறதே
!
In English, it roughly transl(iter)ates to:
A
Poem
is Singing
a song
!
I have been wanting to post this for quite some time. The delay is because I wanted to give the link to Parthiban reciting his poem to Rambha in the presence of Vivek; but I have been unable to locate it.
Hope you liked the poem - I mean, the one I composed not the one I compared!
And to understand the poem, watch this video from minute 01:30.
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Monday, May 11, 2009
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Personalised gifts
When my parents had their wedding reception at Chennai in the recent past(!), they were given many gifts from their colleagues.
Needless to say, the gifts were varied in nature - some were useful stuff like cooking utensils, some were ornamental pieces, but some cannot really be classified anywhere.
Maybe your parents got similar things, but I don't know if they got a framed Vaazhthu-paa (poem praising a person or persons) from anyone. I guess this type of gift was in vogue in that era and is definitely one that requires some amount of customisation and personalisation. That way it is one to be cherished.
This particular item was lying in the paran all these years. I chanced to lay my hands on it when I was at home, during the house painting time.
I took a picture of it last week before it went back to its original place. Read it and have fun. But I seriously request you not to bring it up in front of them. Ever.
Needless to say, the gifts were varied in nature - some were useful stuff like cooking utensils, some were ornamental pieces, but some cannot really be classified anywhere.
Maybe your parents got similar things, but I don't know if they got a framed Vaazhthu-paa (poem praising a person or persons) from anyone. I guess this type of gift was in vogue in that era and is definitely one that requires some amount of customisation and personalisation. That way it is one to be cherished.
This particular item was lying in the paran all these years. I chanced to lay my hands on it when I was at home, during the house painting time.
I took a picture of it last week before it went back to its original place. Read it and have fun. But I seriously request you not to bring it up in front of them. Ever.
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Mr. Cho does it again
I think he has clearly indicated how much of a poet, that Kanimozhi actually is...
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Random Jotting #025
Maybe this has come in some movie, but if not, here's a super dialogue
143 sollara vayasu 16
adukku 144 podara vayasu 61
143 sollara vayasu 16
adukku 144 podara vayasu 61
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Multiple Choice Questions
I have been for long, a proponent of the Multiple Choice Question format. The main reason is that it saves me from having to write a lot and simply give the answer.
In our school days, all our Maths teachers insist that marks would be given for the steps used to arrive at an answer, even if the final value was wrong. Similarly, in college, the mantra was simply that the more number of pages that you consume in a semester exam, the greater are your chances of clearing that exam.
Going by my academic records, it is very evident that this format has not really suited me. Agreed that I do come across as someone who writes a lot, but then quite often it borders on rambling. Which may be okay with the average reader of my blog, but is obviously not what an examiner (or is it evaluator?) wants to see.
And there was the eternal confusion anyway. Do I write 10 sentences for a 2 mark question? If so, how many do I write for a 20 mark question? Should I use a direct proportion or should I use some exponential equation? Should I underline the key words? Should I draw more diagrams? How much margin should I leave? How much header and footer space? Is it okay to use a "Pillayar Suzhi"?
That’s why I used to love all these entrance exams for admission to Colleges and Universities. They were (and most probably still are) Multiple Choice Questions. And I simply had to shade the answer paper at the appropriate place.
But then, for most of these exams, there used to negative marks. That was a bummer. It was however a small price one had to pay for the bigger comfort that it gave me.
And if you were one with a gambling streak in your blood, you wouldn’t mind answering all questions irrespective of the outcome.
But that posed a challenge to you. How would you answer a question for which you didn’t know the answer? Again, the advantage of Multiple Choice Questions comes to the fore. Since you only have to select an answer and not justify how you arrived at that selection, you pick an answer at random.
The average Indian, while selecting the random option, uses the "Inky-Pinky-Ponky" strategy. If by any weird chance, you are not aware of Inky-Pinky-Ponky, it is a small limerick used by kids while selecting the catcher in the "Catching Game" or "Hide and Seek" (not to be confused with the biscuit; its a game also known by its pronunciations "ice-boys") or "Lock and Key" or any such game. The kids stand in a circle and one of them recites the poem and points to a kid for each word in the poem. This goes in sequence until the last one is left. The poem goes something like
Inky Pinky Ponky
Father had a donkey
Donkey died
Father cried
Inky Pinky Ponky
So, the person against whom the last Ponky was sounded, was either the catcher or was eliminated. In the latter case, the process would be repeated without that kid and the cycle would continue until the last kid standing would be designated as the catcher.
Extrapolating the same strategy, Inky-Pinky-Ponky is used to select the random answer in a Multiple Choice Question paper. You start the limerick with one option; point each word at the next option and cycle around till you reach/eliminate an answer.
On Tuesday, I had to take an examination at work (mandated as part of my career progression in the company) and the question paper consisted of MCQs. It was a technical paper and I had no clue about the questions. Using some residual memory and my knowledge of English, I was able to answer some 6-7 questions. It was a test with 50 questions and I was woefully short on numbers. So, I had to use the Inky-Pinky-Ponky route.
But I found that it was getting very predictable. Since there were always 4 options in each question, it turned out that I was landing up with the same option number. Faced with this humongous challenge, I came out with an outstanding solution. Why should I stick with only Inky-Pinky-Ponky? Why not put the popular nursery rhymes to this task?
I did. So I went ahead with the following rhymes to choose my answers:
1. Twinkle twinkle little star
2. Jack and Jill went up the hill
3. Humpty Dumpty
4. Piggy on the railway
5. Pussy cat pussy cat where have you been
6. Hickory dickory clock
Needless to say, I didn’t clear the exam.
Perhaps, I need to try other nursery rhymes. Or even movie songs.
In our school days, all our Maths teachers insist that marks would be given for the steps used to arrive at an answer, even if the final value was wrong. Similarly, in college, the mantra was simply that the more number of pages that you consume in a semester exam, the greater are your chances of clearing that exam.
Going by my academic records, it is very evident that this format has not really suited me. Agreed that I do come across as someone who writes a lot, but then quite often it borders on rambling. Which may be okay with the average reader of my blog, but is obviously not what an examiner (or is it evaluator?) wants to see.
And there was the eternal confusion anyway. Do I write 10 sentences for a 2 mark question? If so, how many do I write for a 20 mark question? Should I use a direct proportion or should I use some exponential equation? Should I underline the key words? Should I draw more diagrams? How much margin should I leave? How much header and footer space? Is it okay to use a "Pillayar Suzhi"?
That’s why I used to love all these entrance exams for admission to Colleges and Universities. They were (and most probably still are) Multiple Choice Questions. And I simply had to shade the answer paper at the appropriate place.
But then, for most of these exams, there used to negative marks. That was a bummer. It was however a small price one had to pay for the bigger comfort that it gave me.
And if you were one with a gambling streak in your blood, you wouldn’t mind answering all questions irrespective of the outcome.
But that posed a challenge to you. How would you answer a question for which you didn’t know the answer? Again, the advantage of Multiple Choice Questions comes to the fore. Since you only have to select an answer and not justify how you arrived at that selection, you pick an answer at random.
The average Indian, while selecting the random option, uses the "Inky-Pinky-Ponky" strategy. If by any weird chance, you are not aware of Inky-Pinky-Ponky, it is a small limerick used by kids while selecting the catcher in the "Catching Game" or "Hide and Seek" (not to be confused with the biscuit; its a game also known by its pronunciations "ice-boys") or "Lock and Key" or any such game. The kids stand in a circle and one of them recites the poem and points to a kid for each word in the poem. This goes in sequence until the last one is left. The poem goes something like
Inky Pinky Ponky
Father had a donkey
Donkey died
Father cried
Inky Pinky Ponky
So, the person against whom the last Ponky was sounded, was either the catcher or was eliminated. In the latter case, the process would be repeated without that kid and the cycle would continue until the last kid standing would be designated as the catcher.
Extrapolating the same strategy, Inky-Pinky-Ponky is used to select the random answer in a Multiple Choice Question paper. You start the limerick with one option; point each word at the next option and cycle around till you reach/eliminate an answer.
On Tuesday, I had to take an examination at work (mandated as part of my career progression in the company) and the question paper consisted of MCQs. It was a technical paper and I had no clue about the questions. Using some residual memory and my knowledge of English, I was able to answer some 6-7 questions. It was a test with 50 questions and I was woefully short on numbers. So, I had to use the Inky-Pinky-Ponky route.
But I found that it was getting very predictable. Since there were always 4 options in each question, it turned out that I was landing up with the same option number. Faced with this humongous challenge, I came out with an outstanding solution. Why should I stick with only Inky-Pinky-Ponky? Why not put the popular nursery rhymes to this task?
I did. So I went ahead with the following rhymes to choose my answers:
1. Twinkle twinkle little star
2. Jack and Jill went up the hill
3. Humpty Dumpty
4. Piggy on the railway
5. Pussy cat pussy cat where have you been
6. Hickory dickory clock
Needless to say, I didn’t clear the exam.
Perhaps, I need to try other nursery rhymes. Or even movie songs.
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
You are my....
Last evening, I was listening to FM on the way back home. The hosts of the show I usually listen to, were cajoling listeners to call up and speak to them about a specific topic.
The topic was being driven mainly by the lyrics of a tamizh song, from the movie 'pori'. Apparently, the lyricist came up with this fantastic line, where the hero refers to his girlfriend as the window seat in a bus.
And they were asking the listeners to come out with similar lines. And everyone was giving all senti stuff. But, the whole thing got me thinking.
If I were to have a girlfriend and if I were to write her a poem and if I were to compare her to something, then it could be on the lines of:
"You are the front seat in a car"
"You are the ice-cream attached to the wrapper"
"You are the ghee that is left on the fingers after iruttu kadai halwa"
"You are the candy given by the air-hostess in a plane"
"You are the lower berth in a train"
"You are the cashew nut in the mixture packet"
"You are the ear bud inserted in my ear after a refreshing bath"
"You are the free curry leaf given after purchasing vegetables"
"You are the cheese stuffing in the crust of a pizza"
"You are the lime soda taken after a heavy meal"
"You are the butter scotch topping on a vanilla ice cream"
"You are the crisp currency note from an ATM"
"You are the free calendar given after a purchase in January"
"You are the vacant parking spot in the first level of Citi Center"
Not too romantic obviously, but I am sure that you will agree to one thing. All the things listed above, are definitely heart-warming for you at some level or the other. So shouldn't a girl be impressed by this, instead of being compared to flowers and the likes!
The topic was being driven mainly by the lyrics of a tamizh song, from the movie 'pori'. Apparently, the lyricist came up with this fantastic line, where the hero refers to his girlfriend as the window seat in a bus.
And they were asking the listeners to come out with similar lines. And everyone was giving all senti stuff. But, the whole thing got me thinking.
If I were to have a girlfriend and if I were to write her a poem and if I were to compare her to something, then it could be on the lines of:
"You are the front seat in a car"
"You are the ice-cream attached to the wrapper"
"You are the ghee that is left on the fingers after iruttu kadai halwa"
"You are the candy given by the air-hostess in a plane"
"You are the lower berth in a train"
"You are the cashew nut in the mixture packet"
"You are the ear bud inserted in my ear after a refreshing bath"
"You are the free curry leaf given after purchasing vegetables"
"You are the cheese stuffing in the crust of a pizza"
"You are the lime soda taken after a heavy meal"
"You are the butter scotch topping on a vanilla ice cream"
"You are the crisp currency note from an ATM"
"You are the free calendar given after a purchase in January"
"You are the vacant parking spot in the first level of Citi Center"
Not too romantic obviously, but I am sure that you will agree to one thing. All the things listed above, are definitely heart-warming for you at some level or the other. So shouldn't a girl be impressed by this, instead of being compared to flowers and the likes!
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