i had a function at my place today. and for those who dont knw i come from a typical middle-class south indian family. now the first thing that strikes another non-southindian is that we southies hav tongue-twisters for names - betty bought some blah blah - those sorts. what also strikes them is dat we guys are heavily tanned...no matter where we stay. we can tan even in the dark if we wanted to.
u will also observe that we southies have pet-names or nicknames apart from are official name which are as...ya knw....wtv!
and we dont have surnames...for what good reason...i dont knw....but the bottomline is we dont. i was filling up my 6th semester form the other day and there was this place where i had to fill in my surname.i dint knw what to write over there n promptly left the place blank.
so, I on my birth certificate am Triprayar Ramachandran Sheshadri. i will not blame you for painfully trying to guess my name in there. ill make it a lot more easier for u. Triprayar is my native place's name , Ramachandran is my dad's name and Sheshadri is my name. Also Known As Raghav. oh n by the way...dats just the revised version of my name. I was supposed to be Triprayar Ramachandran Sheshadri-nathan. Till my mom decided to show mercy on me. imagine if i had to write that thing on my exam answer sheets!!!. or my examination forms!!! killer!
God Bless my grandmother for giving me another name to be called at home...Raghav.
so as i said... i had a function at my place today and had to wake up for that. my mom came into the room - raghavaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa get up!! (yeah we southies have this habit of extending the person's name whom we are calling...it puts in the emotions).
Hearing that an aunt of mine said - you children have been given such good names! each one of you has a God's name. there is lakshmi..then there is vijaylakshmy...there is padmavati....there is balasubramaniam....there is venkateshwaran...then there is you sheshadri!!and you also have pet names!!! you are Raghav...she is kavita...she is padma...he is balaji!!
i was like....yeah right!! its jus coz its a lot more easier for you guys to wake us up!!
imagine my mom going "triprayar Ramachandran Sheshadri-nathan!!! its time to wake up!!!"
Spare a thought for VVS Laxman's mum. He is Vangipurrappu Venkata Sai Laxman. phew! By the time shes done with his name...good ol' Lax must have finished breakfast!
then we have ace Sri Lankan Pacer - Chaminda Vass - who incidently is W.P.U.J.C. Vass!
heres how the name goes...Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas
i pity his mom when he was a kid!
i respect my name though. i respect it for the fact that i got it frm One of The greatest human beings i have heard off. i say "heard off" coz i dun remember seeing him coz he passed away when i was a year or so. He is my Grandfather. I consider it an honour to be named after him and can only hope that someday, somewhr i can be like him or even a fraction like him! I love you Tatha and i miss you!
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Friday, December 12, 2008
thud!
someone said, the higher you go...the harder you fall. whoever said it
must have suffered one helluva set back. i faced one to..... a very
minor one though. but it did teach me a lot. i had it in my grasp.
maybe i closed my fists a bit too quickly. just enough for it to slip
out of my hands. the pain that surges through your spine is not
something that can be measured. all i can do now is move on n wait for
it to come back.....
Friday, December 5, 2008
the aftermath
the aftermath....
it doesnt need a rocket scientist to try and analyse what this blogpost is gonna be about.
yes, its about the recent terror attacks that our beloved city of Bombay had to go through. property was damaged....lives were lost...lives were taken...lives were sacrificed.
Hieght of Audacity - thats how i'll describe this horrendous attack, not on bombay,not on India, nor on the citizens of India....but an attack on humanity as a whole. we all can go on and on about the security lapses dat our country has country has faced over the past decade and a half. we all can go on and on about the sacrifices dat were made over the years and lakhs of innocent human lives lost to terror. n we may never find an end to all of this. we may always face the "risk" - as the IRDA has now termed it as...of a bomb exploding in our train or a plane crashing on our heads or armed maniacs crossing national boundries as though they were crossing garden fences.
but these attacks have been instrumental in doing 1 good thing for a change. gradually awakening a sleeping giant.
the recent attacks on few of the most famous landmarks in Bombay, brought about a change in the way people were looking at de Indian political scene , terrorism and secularism.
what could have been brushed under the carpet became a nationwide cause for a full-fledged rebellion against the system and the people who were running the show. finally the police force which was usually mocked at, became the pearl of every Indian's eye.for years we have blamed our security forces for not being efficient without considering the fact that they are running errands for us with tied-up hands. hands that have been tied up by corrupt politicians.
now, im a sucker when it comes to politics. but i do know for a fact that India is the largest DEMOCRACY in the world. and as far as my knowledge goes a democracy is based on 9 words which go like this "of the people, by the people, for the people"
for ages we have been watchin politicians slug it out in the lok sabha, at election rallies and taking pot-shots at de opposite camp. i personally always believed dat our so called leaders were good people and deserved a chance to prove themselves. but recently a few statements by some idiotic, ridiculous and erratic personalities boiled my blood.
Mr.Naqvi said dat women wearin makeup and a pair of jeans were the ones behind the conspiracy. no hard feelings but all the offence meant and straight from my heart....sir....were u drunk when u made such a statement??? what on planet earth were you thinking when u made such a stupid statement whcih had me atleast in splits for almost two hours at a stretch. on a more serious note...mr.naqvi....jus watch it....ur not the only one around who can make racist comments....we are Indians too and we are pretty good at being racists too!
mr.achut-watever-i dont care...... you had de B**** to insult the family of a national hero. here's my reply to u.... id rather let a dog pee inside my house rahter than let u anywhere near it. id rather be bitten by a sick dog than have the honour of speakin to you. u look like a criminal who should have been hanged to death as soon as you were born and u have the audacity to turn up at Sandeep's place and offer your politically inclined condolences. maybe u were thinkin that de nation was miffed at sandeep's dad for throwin u out of his crib and made such a statement jus to invite sum support. ill tell u what u invited.....our wrath. u rubbed against our worng side and dun be surprised if ur never elected in ur life again. consider voluntary retirement A"chyut**"nadan....
mr. R.R. Patil....ur first comment surprised me....ur second comment dat ur hindi language is a bit too weak for comfort made me laugh. maybe blurtin out a SRK dialogue(badi badi shehron mein choti choti baatein hoti rehti hain) wasnt such a good idea afterall...that too at a time like this...n before u knew it...u were chucked out.
mr.deshmukh - sorry sir u got it all wrong this time....maybe u dint get the message from all the uproar ur collegues caused before sayin dat u did no wrong by inviting ur son and dat ass-of-a-director RGV for the tour...what exactly did u think it was?? a picnic??
that was my message coz i dint get an opportunity to come on tv and voice my opinions...but i do have a few ideas which our leaders can consider...if they'd like to...
1)now we citizens have the right to elect the candidate of our choice rite?? why not give us the right to "select" those people whom we would like to see standing for the election...as in...a shortlisting of candidates...
2) when we do elect a person....arrange for a mid-term performance appraisal programme where we citizens decide whether our elected candidate has done a satisfactory job. if hes clean..he stays...but if his hands are dirty we show him the door. this will keep the bum on his feet coz he'll knw at de back of his head dat if he fails he'll be chucked out for good.
3)now this one is point-blank silly...history exams for our so called leaders...lets see what they knw about India and its century old heritage which they boast of during their rallies. if not India's languages...are u listening mr.patil???
some people might object to my ideas by sayin that all these things are impossible. let me tell u what impossible is.... hijackin american planes and ramming them into the WTC...dats impossible...but osama did it dint he??
hijackin a trawler and sailin all the way to india frm pakistan and holdin a metropolitan hostage for 60 hours...dats impossible....but a 4th-grade dropout and his bunch of loosers were able to do it. why cant we citizens do our bit to ensure dat we get good people to lead us. we can do it... we have woken up now. and i would like to thank Qasav and his merry men for waking up a country dat was sleeping for the last 15 years. i have full faith in my country and my appeal to the nation is, lets not divide ourselves on the basis of religion and classes. lets fight a common enemy.
UP IN ARMS INDIA!!!
oh n yeah...i would also like to thank a certain raj for nt showin up....
it doesnt need a rocket scientist to try and analyse what this blogpost is gonna be about.
yes, its about the recent terror attacks that our beloved city of Bombay had to go through. property was damaged....lives were lost...lives were taken...lives were sacrificed.
Hieght of Audacity - thats how i'll describe this horrendous attack, not on bombay,not on India, nor on the citizens of India....but an attack on humanity as a whole. we all can go on and on about the security lapses dat our country has country has faced over the past decade and a half. we all can go on and on about the sacrifices dat were made over the years and lakhs of innocent human lives lost to terror. n we may never find an end to all of this. we may always face the "risk" - as the IRDA has now termed it as...of a bomb exploding in our train or a plane crashing on our heads or armed maniacs crossing national boundries as though they were crossing garden fences.
but these attacks have been instrumental in doing 1 good thing for a change. gradually awakening a sleeping giant.
the recent attacks on few of the most famous landmarks in Bombay, brought about a change in the way people were looking at de Indian political scene , terrorism and secularism.
what could have been brushed under the carpet became a nationwide cause for a full-fledged rebellion against the system and the people who were running the show. finally the police force which was usually mocked at, became the pearl of every Indian's eye.for years we have blamed our security forces for not being efficient without considering the fact that they are running errands for us with tied-up hands. hands that have been tied up by corrupt politicians.
now, im a sucker when it comes to politics. but i do know for a fact that India is the largest DEMOCRACY in the world. and as far as my knowledge goes a democracy is based on 9 words which go like this "of the people, by the people, for the people"
for ages we have been watchin politicians slug it out in the lok sabha, at election rallies and taking pot-shots at de opposite camp. i personally always believed dat our so called leaders were good people and deserved a chance to prove themselves. but recently a few statements by some idiotic, ridiculous and erratic personalities boiled my blood.
Mr.Naqvi said dat women wearin makeup and a pair of jeans were the ones behind the conspiracy. no hard feelings but all the offence meant and straight from my heart....sir....were u drunk when u made such a statement??? what on planet earth were you thinking when u made such a stupid statement whcih had me atleast in splits for almost two hours at a stretch. on a more serious note...mr.naqvi....jus watch it....ur not the only one around who can make racist comments....we are Indians too and we are pretty good at being racists too!
mr.achut-watever-i dont care...... you had de B**** to insult the family of a national hero. here's my reply to u.... id rather let a dog pee inside my house rahter than let u anywhere near it. id rather be bitten by a sick dog than have the honour of speakin to you. u look like a criminal who should have been hanged to death as soon as you were born and u have the audacity to turn up at Sandeep's place and offer your politically inclined condolences. maybe u were thinkin that de nation was miffed at sandeep's dad for throwin u out of his crib and made such a statement jus to invite sum support. ill tell u what u invited.....our wrath. u rubbed against our worng side and dun be surprised if ur never elected in ur life again. consider voluntary retirement A"chyut**"nadan....
mr. R.R. Patil....ur first comment surprised me....ur second comment dat ur hindi language is a bit too weak for comfort made me laugh. maybe blurtin out a SRK dialogue(badi badi shehron mein choti choti baatein hoti rehti hain) wasnt such a good idea afterall...that too at a time like this...n before u knew it...u were chucked out.
mr.deshmukh - sorry sir u got it all wrong this time....maybe u dint get the message from all the uproar ur collegues caused before sayin dat u did no wrong by inviting ur son and dat ass-of-a-director RGV for the tour...what exactly did u think it was?? a picnic??
that was my message coz i dint get an opportunity to come on tv and voice my opinions...but i do have a few ideas which our leaders can consider...if they'd like to...
1)now we citizens have the right to elect the candidate of our choice rite?? why not give us the right to "select" those people whom we would like to see standing for the election...as in...a shortlisting of candidates...
2) when we do elect a person....arrange for a mid-term performance appraisal programme where we citizens decide whether our elected candidate has done a satisfactory job. if hes clean..he stays...but if his hands are dirty we show him the door. this will keep the bum on his feet coz he'll knw at de back of his head dat if he fails he'll be chucked out for good.
3)now this one is point-blank silly...history exams for our so called leaders...lets see what they knw about India and its century old heritage which they boast of during their rallies. if not India's languages...are u listening mr.patil???
some people might object to my ideas by sayin that all these things are impossible. let me tell u what impossible is.... hijackin american planes and ramming them into the WTC...dats impossible...but osama did it dint he??
hijackin a trawler and sailin all the way to india frm pakistan and holdin a metropolitan hostage for 60 hours...dats impossible....but a 4th-grade dropout and his bunch of loosers were able to do it. why cant we citizens do our bit to ensure dat we get good people to lead us. we can do it... we have woken up now. and i would like to thank Qasav and his merry men for waking up a country dat was sleeping for the last 15 years. i have full faith in my country and my appeal to the nation is, lets not divide ourselves on the basis of religion and classes. lets fight a common enemy.
UP IN ARMS INDIA!!!
oh n yeah...i would also like to thank a certain raj for nt showin up....
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)