Jus 4 fun

Two-friends

2011-03-22T18:10:00.001+05:30

Two-friends:

"Good Morning Class, Today we have a new student among us, her name is Samyuktha” announced the class teacher “Samyuktha come here, introduce yourself to the class”

Samyuktha a 12 year old girl, with fair complexion skin and a neatly pleated hair on either side of her head was sitting in the one corner of the class. She slowly got up from her seat. Each one of the student in class started staring at her. With all those stares, new faces, new city, new school, she was scared to death. She moved slowly to where her teacher was standing and faced the class with lowered head as if it were a punishment.

“Samyuktha introduce yourself to class. Why are you lowering your head? Stand straight up. Don’t waste the time of the class” said teacher somewhat sternly.

“My name is Samyuktha..I..I…I know no English much..i..i..” said samyuktha with a very feeble voice.The whole class started giggling and started hush-hushing comments on Samyuktha. The teacher asked Samyuktha to go back to her seat hearing the commotion in the class and asked the class to be quite. Samyuktha almost had tears in her eyes. She was lost in her own world for the rest of the class.

During Interval she sat alone at her desk, looking at her book but not looking at the words but thinking about the world she left back in her small town, Varanasi. “Hi” said a voice. Samyuktha looked up to see a girl standing there. She was slightly dark complexioned, with a smiling face, and had hair exactly like Samyuktha’s.

“I am Prachi, your classmate. Why are you not having lunch?” said prachi.

“a..umm..i not feeling hungry much.” replied Samyuktha.

“Why not? Common I know you felt bad when the class laughed at you. Even I felt bad but don’t care about them. If you don’t eat, you will become sick. Did you bring your lunch box?” said Prachi.

Samyuktha felt a sense of relief after hearing what Prachi said and started feeling hungry too.

“Yes I brought. Will you eat with me?”asked Samyuktha..

“Yes sure. Lets go outside and eat. We will have some fresh air” said prachi and took samyuktha’s hand and went outside the class to a playground. Both sat and started eating together. They shared a bit of each others lunch too.

“so, you miss your old school..isnt it?” asked prachi.

“Yes a lot. I am from Varanasi. Daddy got transfer here. I got no admission here as my English is poor but daddy gave donation and I got admission..i will fail sure” said samyuktha sadly.

“Oh don’t be sad Samyuktha. I will help you. You will learn everything easily. Where is your house?” asked Prachi.

“In Vasant Kunj, Phase-1” said Samyuktha. “hey even I stay in same place!” said Prachi happily.

“Is it.” Said Samyuktha gladly.

“Yes, now don’t worry at all. We both can study together.” Said Prachi assuring Samyuktha.

“Hey can I call you Samyu?” asked prachi..

“Yes sure, my friends in Varanasicall me with same name. I am happy” said Samyuktha with a glitter in her eyes. Thus the friendship between Prachi and Samyuktha started in the 6th standard/grade which grew manifold during the years to come.

Samyuktha had an intelligent mind which needed some shining and polishing whereas Prachi was a creative person. Samyuktha and Prachi became best friends during their first year together itself. They were totally inseparable. Due to them, both the families of Samyuktha and Prachi too became good family friends. Samyuktha just about managed to clear her 6th grade but later with Prachi’s support she became more and more confidant. Prachi used to force Samyuktha to be a flamboyant and aggressive in school activities which boosted Samyuktha’s inner confidence. Samyuktha overcame all her inhibitions within few years. Prachi was very jovial and used to crack jokes which Samyuktha cherished. The whole class used to be jealous of their friendship. Samyuktha and Prachi both excelled with good marks in their 12th standard and both got admission in B.tech in DelhiUniversity.

Through all these years Samyuktha became very outgoing person. She was now no more the person which she was 6years ago. She became a smart, stylish and trendy by the time she turned 18. Prachi on the other hand remained same. Prachi still doted on Samyuktha and was very possessive about her. Samyuktha started drawing lot of attention in college. Due to her looks and attitude, boys went crazy for her on the other hand Prachi was not at all approachable and she hardly cared about her looks. Samyuktha started loving the attention showered on her from her B.tech classmates. She participated in a fashion parade in College’s annual function and with that she became an instant hit through out the college. Prachi always used to pull back Samyuktha to the ground and asked her not to neglect her studies. Other than Prachi, Samyuktha started having her own circle of friends in college. When Prachi and Samyuktha were together, Samyuktha’s friends used to talk to her but didn’t give much attention to Prachi. Samyuktha did try to mingle Prachi with her other friends but Prachi didn’t show much interest. There were lot of times when Samyuktha bunked her classes and Prachi used to make a copy of notes for Samyuktha too. As Samyuktha became more and more involved in other activities of college rather than studies, Prachi became too much involved with her academics and had very few friends or one can say acquaintances other than Samyuktha. During 2nd year of B.tech, Prachi and Samyuktha started having some arguments and fights. Samyuktha wanted to enjoy the college life with fun and being naughty sometimes. Prachi on the other hand didn’t approve with Samyuktha’s thinking.

It was during 3rd year of college when Aakash, the 4th year B.tech student entered Samyuktha’s life. He was supposed to be the most handsome guy of the college. Aakash had the looks of a model with a very sexy voice due to which he used to compere most of the college shows. Aakash came in touch with Samyuktha through some common friends and instantly fell in love with her. Samyuktha, was on top of the world when she came to know about Aakash’s feelings. With Samyuktha and Aakash’s love affair going strong, Prachi distanced more and more from Samyuktha. Prachi hated Aakash to the core and blamed him for ruining the friendship between her and Samyuktha. Samyuktha who was blind in love, didn’t understand the feelings of Prachi. During 3rd and 4th year of college, Samyuktha and Prachi rarely used to spend together. Going to each others homes became almost null. Samyuktha started suspecting Prachi to be jealous of her on the other hand Prachi used to miss Samyuktha and longed for her to be like her old school friend.

One day during the 4th year of her college, Prachi was alone in her room and was crying looking at the old photos and greeting cards which she got from Samyuktha for different occasions.

“Prachi what happened? Why are you crying?” asked Prachi’s mom with worried look.

“Nothing..its just that” said Prachi trying to wipe of the tears from her cheeks.

“Kya hua beta..something wrong in college?” said Prachi’s mom

With that Prachi hugged her mom and started sobbing.

“arey arey..what is this..i never saw you crying this way..tell me what happened..did Samyuktha say something to u?” asked Prachi’s mom. Prachi’s mom observed the growing distance between Prachi and Samyuktha but she never talked about it with Prachi.

“mom..why do people change in college..why do we get old..school days used to be so good” said Prachi between her sobs.

“beta..thats life..there’s a saying “the only thing which remains constant is change”..you are not a small girl now..you should understand this..going to college, getting married, getting career, getting old..all this is part of life..you should learn to accept this..”said Prachi’s mom caressing p’s hair.

“No I will never marry in my life for sure. I cannot accept tha some outsider comes and changes other relationships in life. I will not let that happen to my life” said Prachi strongly.

Prachi’s mom chose not to argue with her at that time and hoped time will change her attitude towards life.

“Mom you know this year Samyu forgot to wish me on my birthday. Since that Aakash came into her life, nothing else is important to her. And tomorrow its her birthday and I don’t feel like wishing her either” said Prachi

“Why not..thats wrong..you should wish her..if you don’t wish her there wont be difference between you and her. May be after u wish she will realize her mistake. You should atleast give a try to revive your old friendship.” Said Prachi’s mom convincing Prachi to call Samyuktha.

When clock struck 12, Prachi decided to call Samyuktha and dialed her mobile number. Her mobile was engaged. She tried calling 3-4 times more but still her line was busy. When it was almost 12:30 A.M she thought of calling her landline but she held back fearing everybody at her home might get disturbed. Prachi knew that Samyuktha might be busy talking with Aakash and hated him more. Next day Samyu didn’t turn up at college either. After college, she went straight to Samyuktha’s house with a greeting card and a small painting which she herself did. Samyuktha was not at home as well, when confronted with her parents..

“Hey Prachi, Samyu is not with you?” asked Samyukhtha’s mom.

“uh…No..Infact I came here to wish her” said Prachi

“She said she will go with you to Aakash’s home. Aakash is leaving to US today. She said she will see him off to the airport and that you will accompany her” said samyuktha’s mother with a angry tone.

“hmm oh, actually I was late to college today..may be that’s why she went alone” said Prachi knowing that Samyuktha would have definetly not taken her along to meet Aakash and that she simply bluffed her parents. “Anyway aunty, once she comes, give her this card and gift” continued Prachi.

On the way back home Prachi felt happy that Aakash is leaving Indiabut at the same time felt bad that she was not able to wish Samyuktha personally.

Next day in the college, Prachi was eagerly waiting for Samyuktha to come. She wanted to see how she reacted for the card and gift. As soon as Samyuktha entered the class, everybody in the class started wishing her belated birthday greetings. Many of them showered gifts to her. She greeted them all with a sad smile. Prachi guessed it must be because Aakash left to US. After that Samyuktha came to Prachi with a serious expression on her face..

“So, you must be very happy now?” said Samyuktha.

Prachi was puzzled, but then she immediately remembered that her parents might have caught her lying to them. “Samyu I had no idea about your plan yesterday” said Prachi with innocent look.

“Oh don’t be so innocent Prachi. The whole class knew I was with Aakash yesterday.

Since last 5 months you never came to my house. Suddenly you came home yesterday to spoil my day. That was your plan” accused samyuktha

Prachi was shocked with Samyuktha’s behavior and was almost in tears “No, what will I gain with this Samyu. You are my only friend. I tried calling you day before yesterday night to wish you at 12 but your line was constantly busy. Yesterday nobody informed me about your plan.”

“C’mon Prachi. I know how much you are jealous of me since I met Aakash. Prachi you should go and get some life. I never thought that you would come down to such cheap tricks. Thanks to you my parents have stopped trusting on me” said Samyuktha and left the class fuming.

Prachi stood there with tears and embarrassed with all the stares towards her in the class. The whole class saw what happened between Prachi and Samyuktha. After that incident almost everybody stopped talking to Prachi. Prachi remained aloof from everybody even outside the college. She remained to her self and kept herself busy with studies. After 6 months, college was over and since then Prachi and Samyuktha never met.

Soon after graduation Prachi started searching for jobs and almost immediately she was placed in TCS, Bangalore. Prachi didn’t knew what happened to Samyuktha and didn’t care to find out. She moved to Bangaloreimmediately and took an apartment all by for herself. She lived alone. In office she used to talk with others when only it was required for work. She was not friendly with anybody. She used to eat alone in the office canteen. Everybody in the office used to call her with different names like ‘sadist’, ‘psycho’,’poor thing’..etc etc. Life went on.

2 years later, one fine day early in the morning at around 7:00 AM Prachi heard the door bell. She looked at her watch and wondered who would be ringing the bell at this time. She just got up to get ready for the office. She went and opened the door to see a young man standing there with a small bowl in his hand. He was about 6 feet height with curly hair and lean figure and good features. Prachi looked at him with red face.

“Hi..umm..i am Mayank, your new neighbor” said Mayank.

“So….”said Prachi with irritation.

“I am sorry, actually I came to borrow some sugar. I moved in this apartment today morning. I have the habit of drinking tea early in the morning..so if you plz don’t mind can u plz lend some teaspoons of sugar” said mayank with pleading eyes.

“So..for your tea..you disturb other people early in the morning” said Prachi and started closing her door.

‘Plz plz plz don’t close the door..if I don’t have tea in the morning I get sick.. I tried many other doors, but only you opened it..plz ‘ pleaded Mayank once again.Prachi closed the door on the face of Mayank and he stood there stand still for a minute and started moving to his apartment when he heard the click of the door open from his behind. He looked back to see Prachi standing there with Sugar bottle in her hand.

“Hey..thank u so much..errr…i thought..u got angry…u saved my life..u know” said mayank gladly.

“How many teaspoons do u want?” said Prachi seriously ignoring the excitement of Mayank.

“umm..oh..umm..2 spoons” said Mayank somewhat embarrassed.

Prachi took 2 teaspoons of sugar and poured it in the bowl of Mayank and without a word went back inside the home closing the door behind.

“Thank you” said Mayank to the closed door!

Prachi got ready for the office and left the home exactly at 8.45am as she used to do daily. Her day in the office went on as usual and at one instance while having tea she remembered the early morning incident. She realized she doesn’t even remember the face of the guy clearly.

Back at the home at around 8pm she heard her door bell ringing again. When she opened, she realized it’s the same morning guy standing outside.

“Now what??” said Prachi again irritated.

“Actually I bought the sugar in the afternoon…so thought of giving you back your 2 spoons of sugar which u gave me……” said Mayank with little naughtiness in his eyes.“Whaaaat” said Prachi with disbelief.

“Here your 2 spoons of sugar” said mayank again bringing the small bowl in his hand towards her.

“Godddd..wait…here” said Prachi and closed the door. She went back inside the home to her kitchen and came back with Sugar bottle. When she opened the door, Mayank was still standing there waiting for her.

“Here now put that sugar inside this bottle” said Prachi handing over the bottle to Mayank.

Mayank pours down the sugar in the bottle.

“Ok..Anything else?” Said Prachi with an angry tone.

“Nope..thats it..thank you for lending me sugar in the morning..otherwise I would have been dead by now” grinned Mayank

“Its ok. Goodnight!” said Prachi somewhat mellowing down and closed the door.Prachi felt amused by the behavior of Mayank and the fact that he came to return back the two spoons of sugar.

“Was he trying to impress me” thought Prachi…“Anyway good, I didn’t give him any kind of that impression..now he will never approach me again”

Next day after coming back from work, again her door bell rang. Prachi somehow suspected it must be Mayank again and she was right.

“What??” Said Prachi hardly opening the door enough.

“umm..i am sorry…umm..to disturb u again..actually I need to make an urgent call to my parents in Bombay. I don’t know why but my mobile is not activated yet. So, can I please make a call from your phone?” asked Mayank.

“Good lord..there are thousand PCO’s outside this apartment..why don’t u go and call from there?” said Prachi annoyed.

“Actually there’s only one PCO nearby and today that is closed due to ID festival..i went and enquired and the next one is 3kms from here..well it was urgent..otherwise I am sorry I wouldn’t have disturbed you” said Mayank with pleading eyes again.

“huh..wait I will bring my mobile..” said prachi and closed the door behind , again to come back with her mobile.

Mayank takes the fone and moves little far away from her. Prachi stands there for a while and then goes back inside the home, with door almost closed. After a short while she hears a knock on her door.

“Thank you so much..i cant tell you..how grateful I am today..had it been not your Mobile..i would have not known that in khichdi I need to add 3 glasses of water for 1 cup of rice..” said mayank happily

“Whaatttttt…your urgent call was about khichdi???” said Prachi somewhat angrily.

“umm..yaa…u know..i love the khichdi which my mom makes..so..anyway..here take this 10rs for the STD call” said mayank handing over a 10 rupee note to Prachi.Prachi takes 10Rs note without a word and hopes not to create any good image of herself in front of him.

“Hey thanks a lot..for everything Prachi” said Mayank

“How do you know my name?” said Prachi with surprise.

“Well you wrote Prachi on your Mobile’s screen” smiled Mayank.

“Ok..goodnight” said Prachi and closed the door.

“There is something peculiar with this man…” thought Prachi again. Through out that day and next day Prachi kept thinking about Mayank and felt bad that he was coming again and again in her thoughts. She tried her best to remind herself that she should not fall into any kind of distractions in her life. There is no place for a man in her life.

Till next couple of days she never met Mayank but he never went out of her mind. She was angry that she was thinking about him how much ever she tried avoiding. One day again in the evening she heard her door bell. She was in kitchen cooking dinner for herself and when the door bell rang, she ran into the bathroom to comb her hair neatly and then went to open the door .

“Hi” said Mayank with his ever charming smile.

Prachi making sure that she is not pleased seeing him asked him with monotonous tone “ yes, what do u want now?”

“nothing..today I came to give you something?” said Mayank.

“well you have given me money for the call you made from my fone last time..now what?” said Prachi

“not that..today I made gajar ka halwa and it came out really well..so came here to share with you some” said Mayank bringing his hand forward from behind with a box.Gajar ka halwa was Prachi’s favourite sweet dish but she resisted from showing any kind of positive emotion.

“see mayank..i don’t know what you think about me..but I don’t like such gestures from anybody..i hardly know you..as a neighbor I helped you ..thats all..dont expect anything else…do u understand that?..now you can leave..” said Prachi fighting back her inner emotions.

Mayank stood there like a rock for a minute .

“sorry Prachi..i don’t consider you just as a neighbor but as a friend in need..but ..but..i respect your privacy..today is my birthday…I don’t know anybody else in this city..so thought to share this halwa with the first person I came to know in this city..anyway I wont disturb you again” said Mayank and started to leave.

After hearing that its his birthday, Prachi felt a guilt pang and stopped him “hello..wait..umm..i am sorry..i didn’t know its your birthday..Happy Birthday” said Prachi loudly.

“Thank you” said Mayank turning back to look at her.

“Well, can I taste your Halwa..ofcourse if you are not mad at me” said Prachi with a smile for the first time.

Mayank was surprised to look at her beautiful smiling face for the first time and was smitten.

“Heyyy..no..not at all..” said Mayank and gave her the box he brought.

Prachi opened the box and tried some with her hand.

“ummm..it tastes great” said Prachi licking her fingers “can I keep whole of this box.”

“oh sure.. that was for you anyway..” said Mayank “I guess I should be leaving now”.

“Ok..will return the box tomorrow..by the way happy birthday again” said Prachi.

“umm..u know what..i was lying..its not my birthday” said Mayank and before Prachi could say anything, he ran back upstairs to his apartment.

Prachi stood there in disbelief but later smiled at herself thinking how easily she got fooled. She somehow didn’t feel mad at Mayank later and relished the halwa.

As usual Mayank’s magic lingered on Prachi for that day and next day. When it was time to return the box to Mayank, Prachi questioned herself whether to go or not to go to his house to return the box. Finally she decided to listen to her heart and braced herself to go to Mayank’s house.

She pressed the door bell of Mayank’s house and waited for few seconds when Mayank opened the door.

He had a big cutlery spoon in one hand and was wearing an apron.

“Hey, what a correct timing..can u plz taste my rajma curry and let me know if everything is ok?” saying this Mayank left her at the door went towards his kitchen.

Prachi was standing at the door steps unable to decide whether to go in or not. “Prachi…come in..where are you” shouted Mayank from his Kitchen.

Prachi stepped in the house and realized that this was the first time since she came to Bangaloredid she stepped into anybody’s house. She noticed, the house was clean and neat, had decent furniture and she could listen some soft soothing music from the speakers somewhere. Prachi walked slowly towards the kitchen. Mayank was ready with some rajma in a small bowl and asked her to taste it.

“ummm..its nice…everything is ok…” said Prachi after tasting the Rajma

“oh good…see my mom doesn’t believe that I am good cook..i will have to make you talk to her one day…then only she might believe” said Mayank feeling satisfied.

“Ok, I will leave now” said Prachi.

“Why?..i have prepared dinner for both of us.” Said Mayank.

“What….?” Said prachi.

“Well I knew you would come home to return my box today and obviously you will come little early..and also I am sure you would not have got time to cook dinner by now” said Mayank while putting plates on the dining table.

“How were you so sure that I would come?” asked Prachi amused.

“Well I can read People’s mind..after all I am a Psychiatrist” said Mayank

“Psychiatrist!!” exclaimed Prachi.

“ya why?..cant handsome men become psychiatrists?” said Mayank naughtily.

“aha..i didn’t mean that” smiled Prachi “I don’t know if you are lying or telling truth..yesterday you were saying it was your birthday..now today you are saying you are a Psychiatrist!”

“no..seriously..i am a Psychiatrist..i don’t lie on Wednesdays..u know” said Mayank.

“uh..u r impossible..anyway what made u believe that I will have dinner with you” asked Prachi

“Well, today is my birthday..and I knew you wont be able to say no” said Mayank.

“What..plz..you think I can be fooled twice?” said Prachi

“ha ha..see I was born on 6th aug and today its 6th nov ..so its my monthly birthday” said Mayank showing her the seat to sit.

Prachi and Mayank laughed together and started having dinner together. Mayank was indeed a good cook and Prachi liked everything prepared by him..no not only the food..but she realized she liked Mayank’s charming nature.

“So, what made you come to Bangalore?” asked Prachi having her sweet dish.

“I saw that this city had lot of scope for doctors like me..so I choose this place for my practice” said Mayank.

“Scope!” exclaimed Prachi

“yeah..you see..Bangaloreis a software hub for India..and hence more patients for me” said Mayank with a naughty smile again.

“aha..so you mean software engineers are mad people?..Mister..Even I am a software engineer..remember that!” said Prachi.

“Oh..is it..i never knew that beautiful gals too are becoming software engineers” said Mayank flirtingly.

Prachi wanted to reply him back and suddenly realized that Mayank was complementing her and gave him a smile.

“thanks” said Prachi blushing.

“thank god..you understood that” said Mayank with a twinkle in his eyes.

While Prachi was about to leave his house after dinner. Mayank asked “So at what time should I come for dinner tomorrow at your house?”

“what?” said prachi and stared at him questioningly.

“yeah..you are a self-respect girl right..i know you will return my dinner!!” said Mayank again with his flirting smile.

Prachi couldn’t stop smiling and said “hmmm..smart..haan..come at 8pm..dinner will be ready.”

After coming home , thoughts of Mayank and whatever they talked lingered in Prachi’s mind. She looked herself in mirror a thousand times. All her life never did any guy talked to her the way, Mayank talked. She realized she smiled and laughed so many times on that single day. Mayank did some magic on her.

Next day she was not able to concentrate in her office work too. She was too busy thinking what she should prepare for dinner and what all she need to buy to prepare food. She even tried searching some recipes on the internet.

She left office early at 5 pm and went to grocery store to buy all vegetables and groceries to prepare dinner. She decided to make Jeera rice, Palak Paneer, Cabbaga kofta, rotis, fruit salad and lassi. She finished off everything by 7:30 and cleaned the kitchen and dining hall. She realized she never cooked so fast earlier. She dressed herself in one of her best casual salwar suits and waited for him. Exactly at 8pm her door bell rang. She wanted to run and open the door but she resisted and took some time to open.

Mayank looked handsome as ever. He wore a short kurti and jeans and looked cute.“Wow you look wonderful” said Mayank.

“Thanks. Come in.” Said Prachi blushing.

Mayank stepped into her house for first time and was soon impressed.

“You did all those paintings?” asked mayank looking at big canvas paintings in her hall.

“Hmm..yeah..i do it for my timepass” said Prachi.

“Oh man…they don’t look like timepass paintings Prachi..these are master pieces!!” said Mayank who kept gazing at those beautiful paintings.

“Oh please…I am not a trained painter..thanks anyway..come lets have dinner” said Prachi.

When Mayank saw what all she prepared, he said “sorry for giving you trouble!”

“No its fine. Cooking for one person extra is not a trouble” said Prachi while serving food in his plate.“Don’t say that otherwise I might come everyday” said Mayank.

Prachi wanted that to happen everyday. She never felt so happy after a long time. Throughout the dinner, Mayank kept on praising her food and she got more and more attracted to Mayank’s charm. After dinner they talked for long time. Mayank kept making jokes and Prachi laughed non-stop. Prachi never realized when it was already 11:30pm.

Mayank suddenly looked at his watch and realized it was late. “Hey ..sorry..its late..i should leave..you have to get up early to the office again tomorrow” said mayank and got up to leave.

Prachi didn’t want him to leave and wanted to stop him for some more time.

“yeah..it was …it was nice having you here today” stammered Prachi.

“really?” said Mayank

“yeah…u know..i never smiled and laughed this much before Mayank. You brought something back which I lost long time ago.” Said prachi, her eyes were almost in tears.

Mayank kept looking at her for sometime.

“so where is my fees?” said mayank.

“Fees??” questioned Prachi.

“yeah for bringing back what u lost!” said Mayank.

“aha..so I am your first patient it seems…tell me whats urfees, I will give you” said Prachi with a smile.

“ummm…lets see..umm” said mayank making a thinking gesture “how about one more dinner, this time somewhere outside”

“done” said prachi almost immediately.

“wow…that’s an improvement ..i thought you would me hit” said Mayank laughing.

And then for coming weeks they were inseparable. They met almost everyday for dinner. Mayank and Prachi were madly in love with each other but never expressed it to each other. Prachi started smiling more and more and became more communicative in office with colleagues. All her colleagues were surprised to see the change in her behavior. She even started taking care on what she was wearing and how she looked.

One day in a restaurant, Mayank seemed little restless.

“What happened to you today?” asked Prachi.

“Actually I wanted to tell you something..dont know how you will react!” confessed Mayank.

Prachi suspected that he might propose her and felt little nervous deep beneath her heart but was still waiting for this moment since long.

“Its ok Mayank..tell me…since when did u get so nervous in front of me?” said Prachi.

“hmm..its not nervousness but..i don’t want you to hate me after what I will tell you” said Mayank.

“Now…plz..dont keep me in suspense!!” requested Prachi not able to keep bear the excitement.

“Actually, few days back I read a article in a newspaper. There is going to be a painting exhibition for new talents in Mumbai. That’s going to be conducted by Tina Ambani, wife of Anil Ambani of Reliance Industries. Without your permission I sent your name and one of the photos of your painting. Today I got a reply from Tina Ambani herself and she is pleased with your painting and want that to be exhibited. I know you are going to be mad at me now but Prachi I want the whole world to know your talent” said Mayank holding one of the hands of Prachi.

Prachi listened to all with complete silence. She didn’t knew how to react. She was expecting something else. She was in love with Mayank but with what Mayank told her, she could not hold back her tears. Tears rolled over her cheeks and she couldn’t speak.

“uh..oh..sorry Prachi..i dreaded this..i didn’t want to hurt you..Your paintings were so impressive, that I felt it should not confine just within four walls of your home. I guess I should have asked you before. I am sorry again” said Mayank with guilty.

“uh..no no..dont say sorry Mayank..its just that..i never thought you cared about me so much..i never realized that you felt my paintings were worth sending to an exhibition…i..i..am surprised …but I don’t think I am worth it….i do it for my own pleasure..” said Prachi with chocking voice.

Mayank holding her hand tight “I already told you this before..your painting are master pieces and now the response from Tina Ambani herself tells you what you are worth of. Prachi you should learn to be proud of your own talent..you really don’t know what you are worth of…”

After a 2 minutes of silence. “I don’t know Mayank..how to thank you for all this…how will I be able to return the favour” said Prachi.

“The fact that you are not mad at mr after hearing this, is itself a big favor” said Mayank smiling “And the by the way, there would be competition too in that exhibition and whoever wins, will get a sum of Rs 5lakhs and a contract to do the painting of Reliance’s New office in Mumbai.”

“oh is it…that sounds interesting..i hope you wont ask 5lakhs in return of favour” said Prachi teasingly.

“ha ha..may be” said Mayank.

Mayank took care of logistics of sending Paintings to Mumbai. All 5 of her paintings were selected for exhibition. Prachi and Mayank both went to Mumbai together on the day of the opening of the exhibition. There were total of 25 paintings altogether. Prachi was nervous to talk to Tina Ambani but Mayank stood beside her and gave his support. Prachi and Mayank could notice that Prachi’s painting caught most of the attention from viewers. Prachi and Mayank spent that day in Mumbai doing shopping and sight-seeing. She couldn’t believe she was with Mayank for whole day. They were hardly in their hotel rooms and were roaming around till 2 am midnight. When they came back to their hotel, they were both tired and dozed of almost immediately in their respective rooms. They returned back to Bangalorenext day by early morning flight. Exhibition was held for 2 more weeks and results were out the last day. As expected Prachi’s paintings won the first place.

Mayank was ecstatic with the news and Prachi was more pleased to see Mayank happy than winning the actual award. Calls didn’t stop pouring in Prachi’s phone that day. Her office was proud of her after hearing the news. Prachi’s parents were both surprised and felt on top of the world.

While they both were on flight to Mumbai to receive the award.. Mayank whispered in Prachi’s ears “Prachi when we will go back to Bangalore, I will ask you to return my favour”

Prachi looked surprised and said “I will be pleased”

The award ceremony went on very well. Prachi had to speak few words on the stage after receiving the award and she was very nervous about it but one look at Mayank and words flew from her mouth smoothely. She became a celebrity overnight. It was one of the memorable days ever for Prachi and now Prachi was looking forward to what Mayank would ask her after returning to Bangalore.

Mayank asked her to come home for dinner the day they returned. Prachi was on cloud 9 and she was sure that Mayank would propose her. She looked forward for the evening and got ready on time. She looked in the mirror some 100 times before making sure she looked perfect. Sharp at 8pm she went to Mayank’s home and rang the bell.

Mayank opened the door and stared at her.

“Oh my god..dont do this to me!” said Mayank.

“What did I do?” said Prachi surprised.

“You look ravishing..what if I get heartattack? I am just a psychiatrist not a cardiologist” said Mayank again with his flirting smile.

Prachi blushed and felt shy.

Mayank took her hand and made her sit on the sofa. Mayank sat on the small chair beside her still holding her hand.

Mayank stared at her for a minute and said “actually I have two things to ask from you Prachi”

“And what are those?” said Prachi, her hands going numb.

Mayank took a deep breath.

“Prachi I want you to forgive Samyu..i mean Samyuktha” said Mayank.

Prachi didn’t understand what was Mayank talking about for a second and later got shocked.

“Yes your friend Samyuktha, Prachi” said Mayank.

Prachi took back her hand which Mayank was holding and stared at him with thousand questions in her mind. Mayank looked away from her and stared behind her. Prachi didn’t understand where he was looking and turned to the direction where he was looking. Samyuktha was standing there behind her. Prachi got shocked looking at her after all these years.

“Prachi..hi…how are you?….” said Samyuktha slowly.

Prachi looked back at Mayank.. “So you knew me from before hand..and all this was one big drama?” said Prachi with anger.

“See Prachi..yes I knew you ..but all this is not a drama…don’t get me wrong…i…” said Mayank when Prachi cut him in mid-sentence and left his home in rage without looking back.

Mayank ran for her but Prachi didn’t let him in her house. She closed the doors and went to her bedroom weeping. Mayank tried calling her mobile, but she kept it off. Mayank tried knocking her door many times but she didn’t budge from her bedroom. The whole night Prachi kept reeling back to the time she met Mayank for first time, how she spent time with Mayank and felt sad that all that was a drama. He did it all for Samyuktha not because he liked her. She hated Samyuktha for coming back in her life again. Everything was so beautiful till yesterday. She ruined everything again.

She slept sobbing in her bedroom and didnt know when it was already 9am in the morning. She realized she had headache and called her office to tell she will be on leave. She noticed a letter near her main door. She knew it must be from Mayank and didn’t touch it for long but kept looking at it. After few hours passed she decided to read it. It was not from Mayank but from Samyuktha.

Dear Prachi,

I know you are still very angry with me. And I know I deserved it. Prachi I cam here all the way from US just for you. After leaving college, I soon went to US for higher studies and later married Aakash. Life was rosy for few years but I realized I lost all my friends. Even after marriage Aakash kept in touch with his old school friends but I didn’t had any genuine friends. The one genuine friend I had, I broke her heart. I wanted to get in touch with you again but was afraid of your reaction. I tried contacting your parents in delhiand they said you left Bangalore. They told me how much you have changed and distanced yourself from everybody even with your own parents. Then I realized I am the reason behind it. Prachi when I was in college I was naïve and was drawn to all attentions. I didn’t understand what was right or wrong. When I was in school, you helped me to come out of my shell and later you went into the same cocoon because of me. You don’t know how bad I felt later when I realized my mistake. I wanted to repent for everything I did and wanted to bring back that old charming Prachi.

Mayank is school friend of Aakash. I met him when i visited Indialast time and became good friends. When Mayank decided that he wanted to go to Bangalorefor his medical practice, I told him about you. I asked him if its possible for him to get in touch with you. I took your address from your parents and luckily Mayank got a flat for rent in your apartment. Mayank kept telling me about you whenever he met you. I realized you have changed a lot and felt guilty. Mayank and I decided to tell you about me when the right time comes. Prachi, Mayank likes and respects you a lot. Being a psychiatrist he knew you are not the person you were projecting. He wanted to bring out real you and I was happy that what I couldn’t do, atleast he can do that and did that.

Prachi I am leaving to Delhitoday by 5pm flight. I want to say sorry to you again in person though its ok if you don’t forgive me. And one more thing, if you want to hate me still, its ok, but don’t hate Mayank. Whatever he did was not because I asked him to do but he himself wanted it to do. I primarily wanted to be in touch with you through Mayank, nothing else. I am not sure if you will forgive me or not but I want to say Sorry for one last time.

LoveSamyu.

Prachi read that letter for 10 times and tear swelled from her eyes. At 4’o clock she decided to go to Airport. She reached airport by 4:30 and saw Samyu there. Samyu was overwhelmed with joy when she saw prachi. As Prachi came near she swung and hugged her with tears.

“I knew..i knew you would come” said Samyuktha

“How wouldn’t I ..i wanted to hear a sorry from you” said Prachi with tears.

“I am so so so so sorry Prachi..you don’t know how happy and relieved I am after all these years…” said Samyuktha.

“Me too…and…I want to say thank you!” said prachi

“Thank you?” puzzled Samyuktha

“Yeah..thank you for sending Mayank in my life” said Prachi

“I guess that was fate Prachi…I didn’t send him..but it was a co-incidence that you happened to be my friend…err…aren’t we friends”

“Yes..yes..now again don’t make me cry..cried a lot since yesterday” said prachi with a smile.

“ha ha ok ok..” said Samyuktha.

“That’s bad, you friends are having good time and forgot about me” said Mayank from behind.

Prachi looked back with surprise and became happy to see him there.

“Mayank, you wanted to ask one more thing to Prachi yesterday night right..why don’t you ask that?” said Samyuktha looking at Mayank.

“May I madam?” asked Mayank looking at Prachi.

Mayank bent down on his knees and took out a small box from his pocket.

“Will you make tea for me early in the morning everyday , will you cook dinner for me every day, listen to my bak-bak everyday, sleep with me in my bed, ….be my better half for rest of my life” said Mayank showing the ring to her.

“Yes” said Prachi smiling but with tears “ you guys are making me cry like anything”.

“I hope you will not cry for rest of your life” said Mayank and hugged Prachi.

It was time Samyuktha to leave and she once again hugged and congratulated Prachi. Then congratulated Mayank and thanked him for everything.

Ponniyin Selvan PDF

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பொன்னியின் செல்வன்

Ponniyin Selvan is a famous 2400 page 20th-century Tamil historical novel written by Kalki Krishnamurthy. Written in 5 volumes, this narrates the story of Arulmozhivarman (later crowned as Rajaraja Chola – one of the Greatest Kings in Tamil history who ruled in the 10th – 11th century AD).
Ponniyin Selvan is widely regarded as the greatest novel ever written in Tamil. It deals with the fortunes of the Chola empire during the 10th century. It was serialised in the Tamil periodical Kalki. The serialisation went on for three and a half years and every week its publication was awaited with great interest.
This novel was first published, as chapters in the Tamil weekly Kalki for about 3.5 years during the 1950s. Considering the huge popularity of the book and the author this novel was Nationalized by the Government of Tamil Nadu.

பொன்னியின் செல்வன்

பொன்னியின் செல்வன், கல்கி எழுதிய புகழ் பெற்ற தமிழ் புதினமாகும். 1950 - 1955 ஆண்டு வரை கல்கி வார இதழில் தொடர்கதையாக வெளியிடப்பட்டது. இப் புதினத்துக்குக் கிடைத்த மக்கள் ஆதரவு காரணமாகத் தொடர்ந்தும் பல்வேறு காலகட்டங்களில் இதே புதினத்தைக் கல்கி இதழ் தொடராக வெளியிட்டது. தவிர தனி நூலாகவும் வெளியிடப்பட்டுப் பல பதிப்புக்களைக் கண்டுள்ளது. கி.பி. 1000 ஆம் ஆண்டு வாக்கில் இருந்த சோழப் பேரரசை அடிப்படையாகக் கொண்டு இந்த வரலாற்றுப் புதினம் எழுதப்பட்டிருக்கிறது. பொன்னியின் செல்வன், பல்வேறு நாடகக் குழுக்களால் நாடகமாகவும் அரங்கேற்றப்பட்டுள்ளது.
இப் புதினம், புது வெள்ளம், சுழல்காற்று, கொலைவாள், மணிமகுடம், தியாக சிகரம் என 5 பாகங்களாகப் பிரிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. மொத்தமாக 300க்கு மேற்பட்ட அத்தியாயங்களைக் கொண்டது.

வரலாற்றில் முக்கிய இடம்பெறுவோர்

Bermuda Triangle Facts & Myths

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The 'myth' about Sachin ton and India losing

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The 'myth' about Sachin's ton and India losing

Sachin Tendulkar gets to yet another century but India end up on the losing side - How many times have we seen that? Even in this World Cup, the batting legend went past 100 on two occasions but neither facilitated an Indian win. However, it is not the fault of the great cricketer that India ended up on the losing side yet again.

While there would be the Tendulkar bashers and critics who say that India lose a match whenever Sachin scores a century, the statistics prove otherwise. Of the 48 ODI centuries that Tendulkar has scored so far, only 13 such three-figure scores have ended up in a losing cause for India, while in 33 matches, where the batting maestro has gone past 100, India have emerged victors. One match against England in July 2002 saw a Sachin ton yield no result while the recently concluded match against the same side resulted in a tied game.

Here's a look at Sachin's ODI hundreds in losing causes:

Runs	4s	6s	Strike Rate	Innings	Against	Venue	Date
137	8	5	100.00	1	Sri Lanka	Delhi	2-Mar-96
100	9	1	90.09	1	Pakistan	Singapore	5-Apr-96
110	5	1	79.71	1	Sri Lanka	Colombo	28-Aug-96
143	9	5	109.16	2	Australia	Sharjah	22-Apr-98
101	3	1	72.14	1	Sri Lanka	Sharjah	20-Oct-00
146	15	2	95.42	1	Zimbabwe	Jodhpur	8-Dec-00
101	9	0	78.29	1	South Africa	Johannesburg	5-Oct-01
141	17	1	104.44	2	Pakistan	Rawalpindi	16-Mar-04
123	12	2	94.61	1	Pakistan	Ahmedabad	12-Apr-05
100	10	1	88.49	1	Pakistan	Peshawar	6-Feb-06
141*	13	5	95.27	1	West Indies	Kuala Lumpur	14-Sep-06
175	19	4	124.11	2	Australia	Hyderabad	5-Nov-09
111	8	3	109.90	1	South Africa	Nagpur	12-Mar-11

Now that the statistics prove Sachin's hundreds have yielded more wins than losses for India, let us see what the maestro has done for India's cause when he has gone past 50 but not a ton.

Out of the 93 times Sachin Tendulkar has scored a fifty, India have secured 56 wins while ending up on the losing side 35 times. Two games yielded no results. Digging deeper, India has won 28 times whenever Sachin has scored between 70 to 99.

The next question that will come up on peoples' minds is "Who has scored the maximum number of tons in winning causes for their respective teams?" Once again, Tendulkar's critics will have their mouths tightly shut because the master tops the chart with most number of tons resulting in a team's win. He also has stayed unbeaten the most number of times while leading a team's win.

Here is the list:

Player	Country	Hundreds	Not-outs	Highest
Sachin Tendulkar	India	33	13	200*
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	24	5	189
Ricky Ponting	Australia	25	8	145
Sourav Ganguly	India	18	10	183
Brian Lara	West Indies	16	3	169
Adam Gilchrist	Australia	16	1	172
Desmond Haynes	West Indies	16	10	152*
Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	16	6	194
Mark Waugh	Australia	15	4	173
Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	15	1	175

To add to all these, Sachin Tendulkar has the most number of 'Man of the Match' and 'Man of the series' awards than any other cricketer in ODIs - evidence to the fact that Tendulkar is a major contributor in Indian wins.

To conclude, Sachin's contribution to the game and to India, regardless of what people say, is undoubted and he has more often than not provided joy than agony to the cricket fan. The South Africa match was another instance of the legend putting up his hand and giving his all to the team while the others failed, but can Tendulkar be blamed for his teammates not performing?

Awesome Quotes

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Awesome Quotes….

UNIX is simple. But It just needs a genius to understand its simplicity.

-Dennis Ritchie

Before software can be reusable, it first has to be usable.

—Ralph Johnson

Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.

-Fred Brooks

It's hard enough to find an error in your code when you're looking for it;

It's even harder when you've assumed your code is error-free.

-Steve McConnell

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are sure,

and the intelligent are full of doubt.

-Bertrand Russell

(This is the best 1.....)

If debugging is the process of removing bugs,

Then programming must be the process of putting them in..

-Edsger Dijkstra

You can either have software quality or you can have pointer arithmetic;

You cannot have both at the same time.

–Bertrand Meyer

There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third works.

-Alan J. Perlis

Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring

aircraft building progress by weight.

-Bill Gates

The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time.

The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time.

-Tom Cargill

Programmers are in a race with the Universe to create bigger and better idiot-proof programs.

The Universe is trying to create bigger and better idiots.

So far the Universe is winning.

-Anonymous

Theory is when you know something, but it doesn't work.

Practice is when something works, but you don't know why it works.

Programmers combine Theory and Practice:

Nothing works and they don't know why.

The Six Phases of a Project:

· Enthusiasm

· Disillusionment

· Panic

· Search for the Guilty

· Punishment of the Innocent

· Praise for non-participants

Three Wishes

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Once an angel appears before a girl & grants her 3 wishes.

Under the condtion that her boyfriend gets 10 times what she gets.

The girl asks these 3 wishes:

1. "I must be rich."

This made her boy friend 10 times richer

2. "I must become very beautiful."

This made her boyfriend extremely handsome

3. And ...... "I must get a mild heart attack!!!"

Moral of the story - Girls are extremely SMART.

Story ends here for girls.

Boys read on....

The boy friend gets a heart attack 10 times milder!!! :D :D :D :D :D

Actual moral - Girls think they are smart. But they are stupid.

Rajini Rocks!!!

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Rajnikant rocks.. JJJ
1. Once a big stone obstructed Rajani's way.
He kicked high in sky and now it is so called
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2. Once when shooting on a beach in Tamil Nadu, Rajanikant kicked a stone..
Now that stone is known as
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SRI LANKA

3. Rajinikant participated in 100 meter race and obviously he came first...
But Einstein died after watching that...
bcoz..
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LIGHT came second...

4.Once Rajinikant participated in Moto gp Bike race......
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Don't even try to guess wat happened
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Rajinikant won d race on neutral gear!

5. Rajinikanth doesnt breathe. Air hides in his lungs for protection.

6. Once Rajinikant went to Bhopal for shooting and had a stomach upset.....and the result was..
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BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY...

7. 1 day Rajinikant got angry on his sweeper boy., he kicked him so hard that he went flying in the sky with is broom...
2day that boy is famous as "HARRY POTTER"...

8. Before tom cruise,rajnikant was approached for
the movie "mission impossible"
but he refused
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as he found the title insulting

9. Once Rajnikanth was asked how he felt about the jokes made on him which were spreading through sms and internet.
To everyones surprise he started laughing and replied-Ennada Do you really think they are jokes?

10. Rajni once taught a child how to play

counter strike and that guy is now
called..............
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"OSAMA BIN LADEN"

11. Once Dinosaurs borrowed money from Rajnikanth and refused to payhim back... .
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That was the last time anyone saw Dinosaurs

12. Rajinikanth once kicked a horse in the chin. Its descendants are today called giraffes.

13. An e-mail was sent from Pune to Mumbai
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Rajnikant stopped it in Lonavla ... : D

14. as a kid Rajnikant maintained a diary of day to day activities,
today that diary called as.
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Guinness Book Of World Records

15. once Rajnikan taught a kid how to enter a house without ringing the doorbell....
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today that kid is known as inspector Daya.

16. Once a boy inserted A CD named rajnikanth
into his PC...
Guess wot...
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.His PC started Rotating around the CD rom

17. Intel's new tag line for its processors ...
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"Rajnikanth Inside"

18. Rajnikant's school time homework is now known as
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wikipedia

19. Rajnikant was caught on d highway for speeding................
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While walking

20. Once Rajnikant taught a boy how to kiss. Now that boy is known as '.
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Emran Hashmi'

21. When Rajinikant croses the Road, the cars have to look
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left and right before moving.

22. After release of Robot, Rajnikanth gave Times of India 3 stars.

23. Rajnikanth goes to court and sentences the judge...

24. Rajnikanth kills harry potter in the 8th book.

25. Rajnikanth can kill Spiderman with BAYGON!!!

26. Time and tide, wait for Rajnikanth.....

27. Rajnikanth was practicing for a spelling test... The rough sheet he used is known as ...
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OXFORD DICTIONARY !! :D

28. Rajnikanth has seen the face of the fat lady who owns the house in ...
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TOM and JERRY !! :D

29. If Rajnikant was born 100 years back, Britishers would have fought to get independence from India !! :)

30. The ultimate RAJNI fact :

Even GHAJINI remebers RAJNI !!!!!

Rajni Rox !!! :)

31. People who set CAT paper will have to pass RAT paper from this year onwards.

Yes RAT paper....
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Rajnikant Aptitude Test !!!

RECENTLY CHINA AIRPORTS WERE CLOSED DUE TO HEAVY FOG
........ LATER IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT RAJINIKANTH WAS SMOKING IN INDIA !!!!!!!!!!

* GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PAYS TAX TO RAJINIKANTH FOR LIVING IN INDIA !!!!!!!

* DEFINITION OF SOLAR ECLIPSE:
WHEN RAJINIKANTH STARES AT SUN WITH ANGER, SUN HIDES BEHIND THE MOON. THIS GREATEST PHENOMENA IS CALLED SOLAR ECLIPSE.........!!!!!

* RAJINIKANTH WOKE UP ONE DAY AND DECIDED HE SHOULD SHARE ATLEAST ONE PERCENT OF HIS KNOWLEDGE WITH THE WORLD...... THUS....................... THE GOOGLE WAS BORN!!!!

* WHY DO EARTHQUAKE OCCURS?????
BECAUSE AT THAT TIME RAJINIKANTH'S MOBILE IS ON VIBRATION MODE!!!!!!!!!

* WHY DID RAJINI BUY AN ACRE OF LAND WITH 4 WELLS ON EACH CORNER?????
....................... TO PLAY CARROM!!!!!!

* Rajnikanth’s next project. Titanic in Tamil. Climax revised. Both survive. Rajnikant swims across the Atlantic Ocean with heroine in one hand and… Titanic in the other.

Rajini Vs Amitabh

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Rajini Vs Amitabh Bachan - Too Good

Rajnikant was bragging to Amitabh Bachan one day, "You know, I know
everyone Just name someone, anyone, and I know them.
Tired of his boasting, Amitabh Bachan called his bluff, "OK, Rajini how
about Tom Cruise?"
"Sure, yes, Tom and I are old friends, and I can prove it" Rajini said.
So Rajini and Amitabh Bachan fly out to Hollywood and knock on Tom
Cruise's door,
and sure enough, Tom Cruise shouts :--- "Thalaiva! Great to see you! You
and your friend come right in and join me for lunch!"

..Although impressed, Amitabh Bachan is still skeptical.After they leave
Cruise's house, he tells Rajini that he thinks Rajini knowing Cruise was
just lucky.

"No, no, just name anyone else" Rajini says

."President Obama???", Amitabh Bachan quickly retorts

.."Yes", Rajini says, "I know him"....

And off they go. At the White House, Obama spots Rajini on the tour and
motions him, saying, "!!!Rajini, what a surprise, I was just on my way to a meeting, but you and your friend come on in and let's have a cup of coffee first and catch up".

Well, Amitabh Bachan is much shaken by now, but still not totally convinced. After they leave the White House grounds, he implores him to name anyone else.

"The Pope????????" Amitabh Bachan replies
..."Sure!" says Rajini, "My folks are from Italy and I've known the Pope a long time".

Rajini and Amitabh Bachan are assembled with the masses in Vatican
Square when Rajini says, "This will never work...I cant catch the Pope's eye among all these people.Tell you what,I know all the guards...so let me just go upstairs and i'll come out on the balcony with the Pope.."
he disappears into the crowd headed toward the Vatican .. Sure
enough,half an hour later,Rajini emerges with the Pope on the balcony.
But by the time Rajini returns, he finds that Amitabh Bachan has had a heart attack and is surrounded by paramedics. Working his way to Amitabh Bachan's side, Rajini asks him, "What happened?"

Amitabh Bachan looks up and says, "I was doing fine until u and the pope came out on the balcony and the guy next to me asked..

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Super staru yaaru nu keta... chinna kozhandayum sollum...................................

Facts about Julian Assange

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Some facts about Julian Assange, founder of the WikiLeaks website, who was arrested by British police on Tuesday.

Ø       Assange was born in Townsville, Australia, in July 1971, to parents who were involved in theatre and travelled frequently. Assange's mother runs a puppet theatre.

Ø       In his teens, Assange gained a reputation as a sophisticated computer programmer.

Ø       In 1995 he was arrested and pleaded guilty to hacking. He was fined, but avoided prison on condition he did not reoffend.

Ø       In his late 20s, he went to Melbourne University to study mathematics and physics.

Ø       Assange has no permanent home and was often seen carrying a rucksack, moving from city to city and staying with friends in countries from Iceland to Kenya.

Ø       He is described by those he has worked with as highly intelligent, determined, intense and at times paranoid.

Ø       He is known for being highly secretive. It has been reported that he carries several mobile phones and at one point believed he was being followed.

Ø       Assange is wanted in Sweden for questioning about allegations of rape, sexual molestation and unlawful coercion, and an arrest warrant was received by London's Metropolitan Police. Authorities in Sweden, where Assange has spent much of his time, were seeking to have him detained to investigate the allegations by two Swedish women. He has denied any wrongdoing.

Ø       Assange began WikiLeaks in 2006, creating a web-based "dead letter drop" for would-be leakers.

Ø       His website has five full-time staff, several dozen active volunteers and 800 part-time volunteers. Assange has said he has received hundreds of documents and does not have enough resources to go through all of them.

Ø       Assange said he thinks there is still a place for investigative journalism and hoped that WikiLeaks could complement traditional media.

Ø       He said that WikiLeaks has never compromised a source.

Ø       Assange is an avid user of social media networks such as Facebook and Twitter and is known for his sometimes sharply worded tweets. WikiLeaks' pages have some 300,000 to 400,000 followers.

Funny Jokes - Not for Vijay Fans

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Really gud ones..

This is not for Vijay fans…

Dr. Vijay SSLC goes 2 a shop and shouts: Where is the free item with
Mineral water??
Seller: There is no free item issued with it.
Dr. Vijay: But on the label it is written as Bacteria free...Dont Cheat me
I am a Doctor.. Mind it.

Dr.Vijay got the 4th child. He fills data in the birth certificate
"Mother: Indian
Father: Indian
Kid:Chinese."
"How come you write "Chinese" when both parents are Indians?" "
Dr.vijay:ah haa u cant fool me i read a newspaper,
it says that every 4th person born on the Earth now is a Chinese"

Officer : Where were you born ?
V chai : tamilnadu
Officer :which part ?
V chai: wat na which part ? My Whole body born in Tamilnadu only na.

Ennathan Vijay ku Kulandhai Pirandhaalum,
Avanukku pirantha Mudhal Kulandhaiya Ellarumae
" THALA" pullanu dhan koopduvaanga....

Surya: Chess Vilayaadalaama?
Dr. VijaySSLC: Neenga Poi Ground la wait pannunga naan sports shoe pottutu
varaen!

Reporter: When is kavalan film releasing?
Vijay: I will not tell that?
Reporter:Why
Vijay: Sagara naal therunguchuduna vazhra naal naragam ayudum

Interviewer: Do you know MS office ?
Dr. Vijay SSLC fail: Address kudunga sir poi paarthutu vandhurren!!!!
Interviewer: Sabba Mudiyalaiyae!!!!!!!

Tell any Microsoft Products
Surya: MS Excel
Ajith: MS Word
Vikram: MS Powerpoint
Doctor Vijay SSLC Fail: MS Dhoni

INDIAN ATHLETIC LOST GOLD MEDAL IN OLYMPICS LONG JUMPd
Dr.visay reads this in news paper and says,
"WHO TOLD HIM TO WEAR GOLD MEDAL WHILE JUMPING"

What Dr.Vijay do if he becomes a chief minister? (Impossible anyway, just
imagine)
He will take a copy of Andhra Budget and declare it as Tamil Nadu budget
(Remake)

Vijay went to cloth shop. he asked INDIA flag.. the worker gave him.. but
after some seconds the worker shouted.. do u know WHY??
vijay asked him "vera colour illayaa!!''

Professor: Neenga ennava aaga aasai padureenga?
Student: Naan MBBS padichu, Police aagi, Nalla software companyla, lawyera
work panni periya periya building ah katti research panna poraen....
Professor: Aei niruthu... Nee enna Vijay fan' a?

SHIP CAPTAIN-
oh!!!!what shall we do???????the water level is rising above the danger
mark???????
DR.VIJAY-
raise the danger mark above the water level.......
SHIP CAPTAIN-?????

DR.VIJAY- hey y traffic???
MAN-bcoz prime minister is coming
DR.VIJAY-PRIME MINISTER na enna periya COLLECTORA?????

DR.VIJAY with CHENNAI SUPER KINGS
DR.VIJAY- i am one of the best actor in tamil film industry
MORKEL- joke adichathu pothum.......poi tea sollu.....
RAINA- enakku sugar jasthiya.........
DR.VIJAY(crying)- dai enga amma sathiyama na hero da..........
DHONI- thambi tea innum varala......

Dad:-doctor! en son'a kaapathave mudiyaadha?
Doc:-poison ethuvum saptu irundha kaapathi irukalam but paiyan veverama
"VIJAY" padatha pathirukran
Dad:-interval'la kondu vandhirundha avanai kaapathi irukkalama?
Doc:-vaaipe illa..introduction scene liye uyir poyidichu

Dr. Vijay SSLC started a college....

The Name of the college is
Dr. VIJAY MEDICAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING....

WHERE DO YOU/ WE STAND???

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WHERE DO YOU/ WE STAND???

TRUST is a very important factor for all relationships. When trust is broken, it is the end of the relationship. Lack of trust leads to suspicion, suspicion generates anger, anger causes enmity and enmity may result in separation.

A telephone operator told me that one day she received a phone call. She answered, 'Public Utilities Board.' There was silence. She repeated, 'PUB.' There was still no answer. When she was going to cut off the line, she heard a lady's voice, 'Oh, so this is PUB. Sorry, I got the number from my husband's pocket but I do not know whose number it is.'

Without mutual trust, just imagine what will happen to the couple if the telephone operator answered with just 'hello' instead of 'PUB'.

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NO POINTING FINGERS

A man asked his father-in-law, 'Many people praised you for a successful marriage. Could you please share with me your secret?'
The father-in-law answered in a smile, 'Never criticize your wife for her shortcomings or when she does something wrong. Always bear in mind that because of her shortcomings and weaknesses, she could not find a better husband than you.'

We all look forward to being loved and respected. Many people are afraid of losing face. Generally, when a person makes a mistake, he would look around to find a scapegoat to point the finger at. This is the start of a war. We should always remember that when we point one finger at a person, the other four fingers are pointing at ourselves.

If we forgive the others, others will ignore our mistake too.

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CREATING PERFECT RELATIONSHIPS?

A person visited the government matchmaker for marriage, SDU, and requested 'I am looking for a spouse. Please help me to find a suitable one.' The SDU officer said, 'Your requirements, please.' 'Oh, good looking, polite, humorous, sporty, knowledgeable, good in singing and dancing. Willing to accompany me the whole day at home during my leisure hour, if I don't go out. Telling me interesting stories when I need a companion for conversation and be silent when I want to rest.' The officer listened carefully and replied, 'I understand, you need television.'

There is a saying that a perfect match can only be found between a blind wife and a deaf husband, because the blind wife cannot see the faults of the husband and the deaf husband cannot hear the nagging of the wife. Many couples are blind and deaf at the courting stage and dream of perpetual perfect relationship. Unfortunately, when the excitement of love wears off, they wake up and discover that marriage is not a bed of roses. The nightmare begins.

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NO OVERPOWERING

Many relationships fail because one party tries to overpower another, or demands too much. People in love tend to think that love will conquer all and their spouses will change the bad habits after marriage. Actually, this is not the case. There is a Chinese saying which carries the meaning that 'It is easier to reshape a mountain or a river than a person's character.'

It is not easy to change. Thus, having high expectations on changing the spouse's character will cause disappointment and unpleasantness.

It would be less painful to change ourselves and lower our expectations..

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RIGHT SPEECH

There is a Chinese saying which carries the meaning that 'A speech will either prosper or ruin a nation.' Many relationships break off because of wrong speech. When a couple is too close with each other, we always forget mutual respect and courtesy. We may say anything without considering if it would hurt the other party.

A friend and her millionaire husband visited their construction site. A worker who wore a helmet saw her and shouted, 'Hi, Emily! Remember me? We used to date in the secondary school.' On the way home, her millionaire husband teased her, 'Luckily you married me. Otherwise you will be the wife of a construction worker.' She answered, 'You should appreciate that you married me. Otherwise, he will be the millionaire and not you.'

Frequently exchanging these remarks plants the seed for a bad relationship. It's like a broken egg - cannot be reversed.

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PERSONAL PERCEPTION

Different people have different perceptions. One man's meat could be another man's poison. A couple bought a donkey from the market. On the way home, a boy commented, 'Very stupid. Why neither of them ride on the donkey?' Upon hearing that, the husband let the wife ride on the donkey. He walked besides them. Later, an old man saw it and commented, 'The husband is the head of family. How can the wife ride on the donkey while the husband is on foot?' Hearing this, the wife quickly got down and let the husband ride on the donkey.

Further on the way home, they met an old Lady. She commented, 'How can the man ride on the donkey but let the wife walk. He is no gentleman.' The husband thus quickly asked the wife to join him on the donkey. Then, they met a young man. He commented, 'Poor donkey, how can you hold up the weight of two persons. They are cruel to you.' Hearing that, the husband and wife immediately climbed down from the donkey and carried it on their shoulders.

It seems to be the only choice left. Later, on a narrow bridge, the donkey was frightened and struggled. They lost their balance and fell into the river. You can never have everyone praise you, nor will everyone condemn you. Never in the past, not at present, and never will be in the future.

Thus, do not be too bothered by others words if our conscience is clear..

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BE PATIENT

This is a true story which happened in the States. A man came out of his home to admire his new truck. To his puzzlement, his three-year-old son was happily hammering dents into the shiny paint of the truck. The man ran to his son, knocked him away, hammered the little boy's hands into pulp as punishment. When the father calmed down, he rushed his son to the hospital.

Although the doctor tried desperately to save the crushed bones, he finally had to amputate the fingers from both the boy's hands. When the boy woke up from the surgery & saw his bandaged stubs, he innocently said, 'Daddy, I'm sorry about your truck.' Then he asked, 'but when are my fingers going to grow back?' The father went home & committed suicide.

Think about this story the next time someone steps on your feet or you wish to take revenge. Think first before you lose your patience with someone you love. Trucks can be repaired.. Broken bones & hurt feelings often can't. Too often we fail to recognize the difference between the person and the performance. We forget that forgiveness is greater than revenge.

People make mistakes. We are allowed to make mistakes. But the actions we take while in a rage will haunt us forever.

'Good Life starts only when you stop wanting a better One'
'Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away '

Top Hit Movies - 2010

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Hit Movies - 2010

The big difference

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The big difference:

How bloggers led the way in Arab protests - Complete Story

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How bloggers led the way in Arab protests

Cairo: As protesters in Tahrir Square faced off against pro-government forces, they drew a lesson from their counterparts in Tunisia: "Advice to the youth of Egypt: Put vinegar or onion under your scarf for tear gas."

The exchange on Facebook was part of a remarkable two-year collaboration that has given birth to a new force in the Arab world -- a pan-Arab youth movement dedicated to spreading democracy in a region without it. Young Egyptian and Tunisian activists brainstormed on the use of technology to evade surveillance, commiserated about torture and traded practical tips on how to stand up to rubber bullets and organize barricades.

They fused their secular expertise in social networks with a discipline culled from religious movements and combined the energy of soccer fans with the sophistication of surgeons. Breaking free from older veterans of the Arab political opposition, they relied on tactics of nonviolent resistance channeled from an American scholar through a Serbian youth brigade -- but also on marketing tactics borrowed from Silicon Valley.

As their swelling protests shook the Egyptian state, they were locked in a virtual tug of war with a leader with a very different vision -- Gamal Mubarak, the son of President Hosni Mubarak, a wealthy investment banker and ruling-party power broker. Considered the heir apparent to his father until the youth revolt eliminated any thought of dynastic succession, the younger Mubarak pushed his father to hold on to power even after his top generals and the prime minister were urging an exit, according to American officials who tracked Hosni Mubarak's final days.

The defiant tone of the president's speech on Thursday, the officials said, was largely his son's work.

"He was probably more strident than his father was," said one American official, who characterized Gamal's role as "sugarcoating what was for Mubarak a disastrous situation." But the speech backfired, prompting Egypt's military to force the president out and assert control of what they promise will be a transition to civilian government.

Now the young leaders are looking beyond Egypt. "Tunis is the force that pushed Egypt, but what Egypt did will be the force that will push the world," said Walid Rachid, one of the members of the April 6 Youth Movement, which helped organize the January 25 protests that set off the uprising. He spoke at a meeting on Sunday night where the members discussed sharing their experiences with similar youth movements in Libya, Algeria, Morocco and Iran.

"If a small group of people in every Arab country went out and persevered as we did, then that would be the end of all the regimes," he said, joking that the next Arab summit might be "a coming-out party" for all the ascendant youth leaders.

Bloggers Lead the Way

The Egyptian revolt was years in the making. Ahmed Maher, a 30-year-old civil engineer and a leading organizer of the April 6 Youth Movement, first became engaged in a political movement known as Kefaya, or Enough, in about 2005. Mr. Maher and others organized their own brigade, Youth for Change. But they could not muster enough followers; arrests decimated their leadership ranks, and many of those left became mired in the timid, legally recognized opposition parties. "What destroyed the movement were the old parties," said Mr. Maher, who has since been arrested four times.

By 2008, many of the young organizers had retreated to their computer keyboards and turned into bloggers, attempting to raise support for a wave of isolated labor strikes set off by government privatizations and runaway inflation.

After a strike that March in the city of Malhalla, Egypt, Mr. Maher and his friends called for a nationwide general strike for April 6. To promote it, they set up a Facebook group that became the nexus of their movement, which they were determined to keep independent from any of the established political groups. Bad weather turned the strike into a nonevent in most places, but in Malhalla a demonstration by the workers' families led to a violent police crackdown -- the first major labor confrontation in years.

Just a few months later, after a strike in the Tunisian city of Hawd el-Mongamy, a group of young online organizers followed the same model, setting up what became the Progressive Youth of Tunisia. The organizers in both countries began exchanging their experiences over Facebook. The Tunisians faced a more pervasive police state than the Egyptians, with less latitude for blogging or press freedom, but their trade unions were stronger and more independent. "We shared our experience with strikes and blogging," Mr. Maher recalled.

For their part, Mr. Maher and his colleagues began reading about nonviolent struggles. They were especially drawn to a Serbian youth movement called Otpor, which had helped topple the dictator Slobodan Milosovic by drawing on the ideas of an American political thinker, Gene Sharp. The hallmark of Mr. Sharp's work is well-tailored to Mr. Mubark's Egypt: He argues that nonviolence is a singularly effective way to undermine police states that might cite violent resistance to justify repression in the name of stability.

The April 6 Youth Movement modeled its logo -- a vaguely Soviet looking red and white clenched fist--after Otpor's, and some of its members traveled to Serbia to meet with Otpor activists.

Another influence, several said, was a group of Egyptian expatriates in their 30s who set up an organization in Qatar called the Academy of Change, which promotes ideas drawn in part on Mr. Sharp's work. One of the group's organizers, Hisham Morsy, was arrested during the Cairo protests and remained in detention.

"The Academy of Change is sort of like Karl Marx, and we are like Lenin," said Basem Fathy, another organizer who sometimes works with the April 6 Youth Movement and is also the project director at the Egyptian Democratic Academy, which receives grants from the United States and focuses on human rights and election-monitoring. During the protesters' occupation of Tahrir Square, he said, he used his connections to raise about $5,100 from Egyptian businessmen to buy blankets and tents.

'This Is Your Country'

Then, about a year ago, the growing Egyptian youth movement acquired a strategic ally, Wael Ghonim, a 31-year-old Google marketing executive. Like many others, he was introduced into the informal network of young organizers by the movement that came together around Mohamed ElBaradei, the Nobel Prize-winning diplomat who returned to Egypt a year ago to try to jump-start its moribund political opposition.

Mr. Ghonim had little experience in politics but an intense dislike for the abusive Egyptian police, the mainstay of the government's power. He offered his business savvy to the cause. "I worked in marketing, and I knew that if you build a brand you can get people to trust the brand," he said.

The result was a Facebook group Mr. Ghonim set up: We Are All Khalid Said, after a young Egyptian who was beaten to death by police. Mr. Ghonim -- unknown to the public, but working closely with Mr. Maher of the April 6 Youth Movement and a contact from Mr. ElBaradei's group -- said that he used Mr. Said's killing to educate Egyptians about democracy movements.

He filled the site with video clips and newspaper articles about police violence. He repeatedly hammered home a simple message: "This is your country; a government official is your employee who gets his salary from your tax money, and you have your rights." He took special aim at the distortions of the official media, because when the people "distrust the media then you know you are not going to lose them," he said.

He eventually attracted hundreds of thousands of users, building their allegiance through exercises in online democratic participation. When organizers planned a "day of silence" in the Cairo streets, for example, he polled users on what color shirts they should all wear -- black or white.

After the Tunisian revolution on Jan. 14, the April 6 Youth Movement saw an opportunity to turn its little-noticed annual protest on Police Day -- the Jan. 25 holiday that celebrates a police revolt that was suppressed by the British -- into a much bigger event. Mr. Ghonim used the Facebook site to mobilize support. If at least 50,000 people committed to turn out that day, the site suggested, the protest could be held. More than 100,000 signed up.

"I have never seen a revolution that was preannounced before," Mr. Ghonim said.

By then, the April 6 movement had teamed up with Mr. ElBaradei's supporters, some liberal and leftist parties, and the youth wing of the Muslim Brotherhood to plaster Cairo with eye-catching modernist posters advertising their Tunisia-inspired Police Day protest. But their elders -- even members of the Brotherhood who had long been portrayed as extremists by Mr. Mubarak and the West -- shied away from taking to the streets.

Explaining that Police Day was supposed to honour the fight against British colonialism, Essem Erian, a Brotherhood leader, said, "On that day we should all be celebrating together.

"All these people are on Facebook, but do we know who they are?" he asked. "We cannot tie our parties and entities to a virtual world."

'This Was It'

When the 25th came, the coalition of young activists, almost all of them affluent, wanted to tap into the widespread frustration with the country's autocracy, and also with the grinding poverty of Egyptian life. They started their day trying to rally poor people with complaints about pocketbook issues: "They are eating pigeon and chicken, but we eat beans every day."

By the end of the day, when tens of thousands had marched to Tahrir Square, their chants had become more sweeping. "The people want to bring down the regime," they shouted, a slogan that the organizers said they had read in signs and on Facebook pages from Tunisia. Mr. Maher of the April 6 Youth Movement said the organizers even debated storming Parliament and the state television building -- classic revolutionary moves.

"When I looked around me and I saw all these unfamiliar faces in the protests, and they were braver than us -- I knew that this was it for the regime," Mr. Maher said.

It was then that they began to rely on advice from Tunisia, Serbia and the Academy of Change, which had sent staff members to Cairo a week before to train the protest organizers. After the police used tear gas to break up the protest on Tuesday, the organisers came back better prepared for their next march on Friday, the 28th, the "Day of Rage."

This time, they brought lemons, onions and vinegar to sniff for relief from the tear gas, and soda or milk to pour into their eyes. Some had fashioned cardboard or plastic bottles into makeshift armor worn under their clothes to protect against riot police bullets. They brought spray paint to cover the windshields of police cars, and they were ready to stuff the exhaust pipes and jam the wheels to render them useless. By the early afternoon, a few thousand protesters faced off against well over a thousand heavily armed riot police officers on the four-lane Kasr al-Nile Bridge in perhaps the most pivotal battle of the revolution.

"We pulled out all the tricks of the game -- the Pepsi, the onion, the vinegar," said Mr. Maher, who wore cardboard and plastic bottles under his sweater, a bike helmet on his head and a barrel-top shield on his arm. "The strategy was the people who were injured would go to the back and other people would replace them," he said. "We just kept rotating." After more than five hours of battle, they had finally won -- and burned down the empty headquarters of the ruling party on their way to occupy Tahrir Square.

Pressuring Mubarak

In Washington that day, President Obama turned up, unexpectedly, at a 3:30 p.m. Situation Room meeting of his "principals," the key members of the national security team, where he displaced Thomas E. Donilon, the national security adviser, from his seat at the head of the table.

The White House had been debating the likelihood of a domino effect since youth-driven revolts had toppled President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia, even though the American intelligence community and Israel's intelligence services had estimated that the risk to President Mubarak was low -- less than 20 percent, some officials said.

According to senior officials who participated in Mr. Obama's policy debates, the president took a different view. He made the point early on, a senior official said, that "this was a trend" that could spread to other authoritarian governments in the region, including in Iran. By the end of the 18-day uprising, by a White House count, there were 38 meetings with the president about Egypt. Mr. Obama said that this was a chance to create an alternative to "the Al Qaeda narrative" of Western interference.

American officials had seen no evidence of overtly anti-American or anti-Western sentiment. "When we saw people bringing their children to Tahrir Square, wanting to see history being made, we knew this was something different," one official said.

On January 28, the debate quickly turned to how to pressure Mr. Mubarak in private and in public -- and whether Mr. Obama should appear on television urging change. Mr. Obama decided to call Mr. Mubarak, and several aides listened in on the line. Mr. Obama did not suggest that the 82-year-old leader step aside or transfer power. At this point, "the argument was that he really needed to do the reforms, and do them fast," a senior official said. Mr. Mubarak resisted, saying the protests were about outside interference.

According to the official, Mr. Obama told him, "You have a large portion of your people who are not satisfied, and they won't be until you make concrete political, social and economic reforms."

The conversation continued for 30 minutes or so, with Mr. Obama trying to convince Mr. Mubarak that he was not being singled out.

Mr. Obama hung up, and remarked to his aides that Mr. Mubarak did not seem to understand the different nature of these protests. Mr. Obama's public statement was carefully edited to refer to the demands of the Egyptian people. It was an effort to make it harder for the Mubarak government to claim that the United States was a ringleader.

The next day, the decision was made to send former Ambassador Frank G. Wisner to Cairo as an envoy. Mr. Obama began placing calls to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey and other regional leaders.

The most difficult calls, officials said, were with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and Mr. Netanyahu, who feared regional instability and urged the United States to stick with Mr. Mubarak. According to American officials, senior members of the government in Saudi Arabia argued that the United States should back Mr. Mubarak even if he used force against the demonstrators. Some Israelis argued for the unconditional backing of Mr. Mubarak, while others recognized there was little that anyone could do to stop the protests.

By February 1, when Mr. Mubarak broadcast a speech pledging that he would not run again and that elections would be held in September, Mr. Obama concluded that the Egyptian president still had not gotten the message.

Within an hour, Mr. Obama called Mr. Mubarak again in the toughest, and last, of their conversations. "He said if this transition process drags out for months, the protests will, too," one of Mr. Obama's aides said.

Mr. Mubarak told Mr. Obama that the protests would be over in a few days.

Mr. Obama ended the call, the official said, with these words: "I respect my elders. And you have been in politics for a very long time, Mr. President. But there are moments in history when just because things were the same way in the past doesn't mean they will be that way in the future."

The next day, heedless of Mr. Obama's admonitions, Mr. Mubarak launched another attack against the protesters, many of whom had by then spent five nights camped out in Tahrir Square. By about 2:30 p.m., thousands of burly men loyal to Mr. Mubarak and armed with rocks, clubs and, eventually, improvised explosives had come crashing into the square.

The protesters -- trying to stay true to the lessons they had learned from Gandhi, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Junior and Gene Sharp -- tried for a time to avoid retaliating. A row of men stood silent as rocks rained down on them. An older man told a younger one to put down his stick.

But by 3:30 p.m., the battle was joined. A rhythmic din of stones on metal rang out as the protesters beat street lamps and fences to rally their troops.

The Muslim Brotherhood, after sitting out the first day, had reversed itself, issuing an order for all able-bodied men to join the occupation of Tahrir Square. They now took the lead. As a secret, illegal organization, the Brotherhood was accustomed to operating in a disciplined hierarchy. The group's members helped the protesters divide into teams to organize their defense, several organizers said. One team broke the pavement into rocks, while another ferried the rocks to makeshift barricades along their perimeter and the third defended the front.

"The youth of the Muslim Brotherhood played a really big role," Mr. Maher said. "But actually so did the soccer fans" of Egypt's two leading teams, usually rivals. "These are always used to having confrontations with police at the stadiums," he said.

Soldiers of the Egyptian military, evidently under orders to stay neutral, stood watching from behind the iron gates of the Egyptian Museum as the war of stone missiles and improvised bombs continued for 14 hours until about four in the morning.

Then, unable to break the protesters' discipline or determination, the Mubarak forces resorted to guns, shooting 45 and killing 2, according to witnesses and doctors interviewed early that morning. The soldiers -- perhaps following orders to prevent excessive bloodshed, perhaps acting on their own -- finally intervened. They fired rounds of their machine guns into the ground and into the air, several witnesses said, scattering the Mubarak forces and leaving the protesters in unmolested control of the square, and by extension, the streets.

Their intervention prefigured the military's role in ultimately ushering Mr. Mubarak out on Friday. On Thursday, Mr. Mubarak's vice president, Omar Suleiman, was on the phone with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. at 2 p.m. in Washington, the third time they had spoken in a week. The airwaves were filled with rumors that Mr. Mubarak was stepping down, and Mr. Suleiman told Mr. Biden that he was preparing to assume Mr. Mubarak's powers. But as he spoke to Mr. Biden and other officials, Mr. Suleiman said that "certain powers" would remain with Mr. Mubarak under the Constitution, including the power to dissolve the Parliament and fire the cabinet. "The message from Suleiman was that he would be the de facto president," one person involved in the call said.

But while Mr. Mubarak huddled with his son Gamal, the Obama administration was in the dark about how events would unfold, reduced to watching cable television to see what Mr. Mubarak would decide. What they heard on Thursday night was a drastically rewritten speech, delivered in the unbowed tone of the father of the country, with scarcely any mention of a presumably temporary "delegation" of his power.

It was that rambling, convoluted address that proved the final straw for the Egyptian military, now fairly certain that it would have Washington's backing if it moved against Mr. Mubarak, American officials said. Mr. Mubarak's generals ramped up the pressure that led him at last, without further comment, to relinquish his power.

"Eighty-five million people live in Egypt, and less than 1,000 people died in this revolution -- most of them killed by the police," said Mr. Ghonim, the Google executive. "It shows how civilized the Egyptian people are." He added, "Now our nightmare is over. Now it is time to dream."

Australia's newest tourist attraction

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Australia's newest tourist attraction.. ......... ...

The theme park's 'cage of death' that drops tourists into a crocodile's lair
Without the cage you wouldn't stand a chance swimming with a massive saltwater crocodile.

But for brave punters who still want to get cosy with a feisty croc, a new Australian tourist attraction is offering the chance for a close encounter in the safety of a clear acrylic box dubbed the 'cage of death'.

Just 4cm of acrylic, a pair of goggles and a swimsuit, will separate thrill-seekers from the jaws of Choppa, a saltwater crocodile.

The cage has no bars, unlike cages used in shark dives, which prevents the reptiles from gripping on but deep teeth scratches are visible on the sides, deterring some hesitant participants.

Top End tourists climb into the clear box before being lowered into Choppa's lair.
They then spend 15 minutes inside the 9ft high cage and watch Choppa, who lost both front feet while fighting other crocodiles, trying to take a bite out of them.

The attraction at Crocosaurus Cove in the heart of the city of Darwin in the Northern Territory has been given high marks by adrenaline-junkies.

Face-to-face: The experience is made even more thrilling for tourists because the cage has no bars.

Saltwater crocodiles, known locally as "salties," are the largest crocodile species, with the males growing up to 6m long and weighing up to 1000Kg.

They are found in across Southeast Asia but the highest numbers are found in northern Australia .

Michael Scott, who opened the attraction in July, said there was plenty of demand for the A$ 65 thrill.

'In the Northern Territory , the saltwater crocodile is an icon and is part of our life. They are always in the news, either in someone's swimming pool or killing someone's favourite horse,' Mr Scott said.

Hunting for food: Up to two people are allowed in the cage at the one time.

The most famous crocodile to be housed at the park is Burt, who starred as the beast that nearly ate Linda Koslowski's character in Crocodile Dundee .

Although saltwater crocodiles are dangerous, fatal attacks on humans are rare in Australia with only one or two reported a year.

Swimming face-to-face with a massive saltwater crocodile might not be everyone's idea of fun but thrill-seekers are snapping up Australia 's newest tourist

RBI launched 150 Rupee Coin

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Reserve Bank of India launched 150 Rupee Coin

India celebrating the Rabindranath Tagore's 150th birth anniversary. On this celebration Reserve Bank of India launched the 150 Rupee coin in the memory of Nobel Winner Sir Rabindranath Tagore. Newly launched 150 Rupee coin is about 40 mm in diameter and It's weighs is about 35 grams. The coin of 150 Rupee contain Rabindranath Tagore image on one side and on another side it will contain the image of Ashok Stambha.
Both Side of Indian 150 Rupee Coin

Want to Touch Water???

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Want to Touch Water???

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23 வயதில் பாட்டியான பெண்

2011-03-09T12:44:00.000+05:30

ருமேனியாவை சேர்ந்தவர் ரிப்கா ஸ்டேன்ங்கு (23). தற்போது இவர் இங்கிலாந்தில் கணவர் அயோனஸ் ஸ்டேன்ஸ் (25). தங்க நகை வியாபாரி.

ரிப்கா தனது 11 வயதில் ஸ்டேன்ஸ்சை காதலித்து திருமணம் செய்து கொண்டாள். அப்போது ஸ்டேன்ஸ்சுக்கு 13 வயது. இந்த நிலையில் தனது 12-வது வயதில் ரிப்கா ஒரு பெண் குழந்தையை பெற்றெடுத்தார்.

அதற்கு மரியா என பெயரிட்டார். அதன் பின்னர் நிக்கோல் என்ற மகன் பிறந்தான். குறைந்த வயதில் சிறுமியாக இருந்த போதே குழந்தை பெற்ற ரிப்கா இருந்த நிலை தனது மகள் மரியாவுக்கு வரக்கூடாது என விரும்பினார்.

எனவே, அவரை ஒரு பள்ளியில் தங்க வைத்து படிக்க வைத்தார். ஆனால் விதி யாரை விட்டது. படிக்கும் பொழுதே மரியா ஒரு மாணவனை காதலித்தாள்.

அவனுடன் நெருங்கி பழகினாள். விளைவு கர்ப்பம் அடைந்தாள். சமீபத்தில் ஒரு ஆண் குழந்தையை பெற்றெடுத்தாள். தற்போது மரியாவுக்கு வயது 11.

இதன் மூலம் தனது 23-வது வயதில் ரிப்கா பாட்டி ஆகவும், அவரது கணவர் ஸ்டேன்ங்கு தாத்தாவாகவும் ஆகி விட்டனர். இதனால் அவர்கள் மகிழ்ச்சி அடைந்துள்ளனர். இது குறித்து ரிப்கா கூறும்போது, எனது நிலை மகளுக்கும் வரக்கூடாது என நினைத்தேன்.

40 வயதில் தான் பாட்டியாகவேண்டும் என விரும்பினேன். ஆனால் என்னை 23 வயதிலேயே என் மகள் பாட்டியாக்கி விட்டாள் என்று தனது பேரனை கொஞ்சியபடியே அவர் கூறினார்.

இதற்கு முன்பு ரோதர்ம் நகரைச்சேர்ந்த 26 வயது பெண்தான் இங்கிலாந்தின் மிக இளமையான பாட்டி என்ற பெருமையை பெற்று இருந்தார்.

கடந்த 1999-ம் ஆண்டு அவரது மகள் 12 வயதில் குழந்தை பெற்றார். ஆனால் ரிப்காவின் மகள் மரியா 11 வயதிலேயே குழந்தை பெற்று பரபரப்பை ஏற்படுத்தியதுடன் தனது தாயை மிக இளமையான பாட்டி ஆக்கி விட்டாள்.

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2011-03-06T16:26:00.000+05:30

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Madras Tamil

2011-03-03T18:07:00.000+05:30

Madras Tamil:

Word/phrase	Meaning in context	Origin, usage
Aapu adchichu (ஆப்பு அடிச்சு)	To result in failure.	Tamil aapu (ஆப்பு) is a thin triangular wedge (usually made of metal) used in carpentry to split wood or hold half-split wood. adchichu(அடிச்சு) means to hit. So this phrase literally means hit/split by a wedge implying a failure
AaaKoa (ஆக்கோ)	Over enthusiastic.	Tamil aarva kolaaru (ஆர்வக் கோளாறு - over enthusiasm).
Adan kokka makka (அடாங் கொக்க மக்கா)	your sister's son or daughter.	Tamil Ada un akka magan / magal
Aaf-Paayil (ஆஃப் பாயில்)	Half-boiled egg. Vendhum vegathathu.	English Half boiled
Aleka (அலெகா)	Smoothly	Tamil Aazhaga (அழகா) (beautifully)
Aalinaal Alaguraaja (ஆலின்ஆல் அழகுராஜா)	Jack of all arts.	English All in all
Aathaadi (ஆத்தாடி)	Oh my Lady!!.	Tamil Aatha referring to mother;'di'is a suffix that is always added when referring to female while 'da' is used for males.
Aattaya poadrathu (ஆட்டய போடறது)	...To steal. Usage Avan Aattaya potutan meaning He Stole. Similar to Abase panradhu (அபேஸ் பண்றது)	Madurai Tamil Madurai local slang.
Abase panradhu	To steal.	English abase and Tamil panradhu (to do). Also used as English loot and Tamil udradhu (உட்றது), sudradhu (சுடுறது) and amukardhu (அமுக்குறது).
Adho paaru kaaka	A very intelligent way to trick people and make a fool of them.
annty	Older woman who is really hot.
Akkisht (அக்கிஸ்ட்)	rogue, Accused, criminal	English Accused
A-haan (ஆஹாங்)	yes	English A-Haa. (When one has just discovered or remembered something)
Allakai' (அல்லக்கை)	Meaning a weaker person who lives in the shadow of a stronger person or one who has no got no guts to say wrong about a stronger one. AlLakai actually came from the word Alra kai meaning the person will even clean any shit of a stronger person. Typically meaning a weaselly acquaintance	Use Less Fellow Tamil valathu kai
Allu illa'	Shit Scared!	No idea.
Alva kudukradhu'	Act of deceiving,chicanery or cheating - done very smartly.Dialogue made famous by Tamil actor Sathyaraaj.	English Leaving someone who believed in you helpless, in the hour of need.
Allo (அலோ)	Hey, there...	English hello. Used to draw attention. Pure Tamil does not have the sound'Ha'
Annthanda po' (அந்தாண்ட போ)	Go There (go that side)	Tamil Athan andai po. (அதன் அண்டை போ)
Annaathe (அண்ணாத்தே)	Elder brother. Often referred to a respectable person. Also used when one wants to surrender unconditionally. annathe utturu meaning, Oh Lord please give me life.	Tamil Annan (அண்ணன்)
Apeetu (அபீடு)	To exit quickly/Vanish from the spot.	Language English [abate-die away], rhyme/antonym of repeatu, as in 'mudhala apeetu apparam repeatu'(First apeetu, then repeat)
Aani Pudunga Vendaam- Do not try to play around.
Appalae' (அப்பாலே)	Afterwards, later	Tamil appuram (அப்புறம்)
Asalta (அசால்டா)	To do something very easily.	Etymology not known for certain. Possibly from Hindi 'Aasaan' easy or from English(assault).
Ashtan	To hit someone, or to steal something, or consume something	From Tamil 'Adi'. Example: Parsa ashatu ottan!, or as in Sarakku ashtu parthunindhaba
Attu	Synonym of Dochhu, Waste	As is Attu Figaru, Attu Padam Tamil asattai.
Ayye	Saying So? in a derogatory way.	From English 'Hey!, as in Ayye, eppo innandre? Tamil Iyo, Iyako
Baamaayilu	Palm oil.	English Palm + English oil.
Baadu	A servant who is holding the light when the king and queen indulge in intercourse. Derogatory.	A person acting as a pimp for his own sister. An impotent person who has erectile dysfunction. Often used as ஒத்தா பாடு...
Bondy	Unrecoverable failure	Etymology uncertain.
Bucketu	refers to the female who engages in 'kadalai'(flirting/random talk with opposite sex)	refers to the bucket used by vendors to sell the ground nuts in beaches to couples.
Bagilu	Hip and region around it.	Hindi bagal (underarm).
Bajaari	A loud, unruly woman, like a fish-seller.	Urdu bazaar (market).
Bandha	Stylish	Possibly from the style statements of James Bond. (Bond = Bandha)
Batli	Derogatory term for a woman.	English From bottle. A reference to a woman's hourglass shape. Used as Batli maadiri oru figure
Bejaar	Nuisance or Boring	English language From Badger (Often irrirated)
Belaak	Experience the akula	English language From Bela Belaak (Often used as akula)
Bigilu	Whistle.	English Language From Bugle - taken most probably from the music of the army.
Baeku	Imbecile.	Urdu bevkoof (stupid).
Baemani.(Beimaan in Urdu means a person who has no ethics/ scruples/ integrity and Beimaani means the trait of dishonesty)	Urdu bae + imani (without + shame).
Bigjang	Someone who wears Westernized clothes and/or accessories, even sunglasses. Derogatory.	Probably from the Hollywood western Django popular in the 1970s in Madras.
Bikki (பிக்கி)	Illustrates the whimsical way girls dump Chennai guys. Guys never do that!	From Britannia Milk Bikis biscuit (hand the guy a Milk Bikis that you'd normally give a kid)
Biscothu	bigwig, usually sarcastically meant.	as in 'mama biscothu'(Tamil movie : Oora Therinjukitten (1998))! Just as they say biskut for biscuit in Hindi. See also: paruppu
'Bittu	A small strip of pornographic/sexually suggestive scene that is run during the screening of a legitimate movie. Also refers to a strip of paper especially used for copying in exams.	English bit
Bhel, Piila	Telling Lies.	Unknown
Blaydu	Boring, worthless or useless	English blade.Example usage: Dey, blaydu padam da meaning The film was a drag or A boring film
Buddi	Someone who wears thick glasses. Derogatory.	From soda buddi (soft drink bottle). Analogous to Coke bottom glasses.
Balubu	Jovial insult.	English Bulb. Example usage: Balubu vangniya meaning Got an insult?
Chinna Veedu	Brothel	Tamil for small house. Usually the concubines/prostitutes used to stay in a small house which would have just enough room for their business activities.
Certigaatu	Refers to certificate	Derived from the English word certificate.
Cycle Gapla	Derived from the English word Cycle and Gap	Tamil for trying to get things done without anyone noticing it
Daar	Torn	English 'Tear'. Example usage: Mavane, Daaraiyiduve
Dakaalte also pronounced as Takaalti or Dakaitee	To cheat	English 'Dacoit' (which is itself derived from the Hindi dakaiti). Example usage: Intha dakaalte velai yellam or Avan oru bayangaram-aana dakaitee party Made popular by Tamil comedian, Goundamani.
Darr	Afraid, tensed	Hindi 'Fear'. Example usage: Darr aayittan
Dabba	Junk.	Hindi dabba (box). Used in colloquial speech such as Dabba padam (junk movie).
Dabbu	Money.	Telugu dabbu (money). See Also: Dabbu
Dada	Kingpin, ganglord, don.	Hindi dada (literally paternal grandfather, used as a term of respect among underworld crime families). *More apt would be Bengali dada* (meaning big brother who lays the rules or dictates terms.
Dhanks	Refers to Thanks.	Romba Dhanks Ba
Dhavlundu	Refers to less.	similar to ravunudu and Damathoondu. Popularized by Rajni Kanth in the movie Annamalai, when he sees Kushbhu naked in the washroom. Dhamathoondu thuni kooda illa baa meaning Not even a small bit of cloth in her body.
Domaru	Used with prefix 'Poda' to say Poda Domar.	Word of insult, usually said in a humorous way.
Dum	Stamina, strength,	Urdu dum breath. Also used for referring to smoking.
Dumeel	Untrue, false.	Unknown. Could refer to the sound made by an explosion that leaves nothing behind, as does a false statement. See also: Reel
Dhanda Soru	Similar to Allakai	useless Fellow
Dharma adi	Merciless beating, usually by a group.	Tamil dharma adi meaning just (as in justice) or destined beating. dharmam = charity/to donate. Dharma adi means free beating.
Dhoda	Synonym of 'Ayye',saying 'So?' in a belittling manner	Likely from Tamil idho da (here da), could be used effectively in humiliating manner in the midst of a conversation to ascertain authority over the counterpart in debate/conversation.
Dhool	A superlative, as in well done! or kick ass!.	Likely from Hindi dhool (dust), referring to the dust cloud after a good ass-kicking. 'Dhool' is also used as 'Dhool kalappitai' where kalappitai refers to the action of starting or kicking up (dust).
Dil	Chutzpah, guts, as in Do you have the guts to step outside and fight like a man?!.	Urdu dil (heart), metaphorically indicates courage.
Ditchu	Drainage derived from English Ditch and spoken as Kawa
Dokku	Unattractive Woman	as in Dokku Figaru. Antonym of Figaru
Dubaakour	Consummate liar	(Popularized by comedians Chinni Jayanth and Veeniraadai Moorthy)
Dumil udradhu	Acting Too Smart
Dhuddu	Money.	Kannada duddu (money).
DingDong	Egg mixed with gravy.	Famous and delicious food item name in Triplicane. Sourced from South part of Tamil Nadu.
Dommai	Glutton. Carefree.	Origin uncertain (Gourmet?). Used mostly by college students.
Doen	Used to refer to the word DOWN. Eg. DSN Doen	Origin some BPO guy, who misspelled the word. Used mostly by tech support.
Eguru	Run fast, Run away, Scold, Jump (Depends on the context)	Telugu Eguru, as in Macha, mama varaan, eguru or Sarkkadichi voottukku pona, engappa emmele egiritaruda or Egiri bus-le erittanda aven. egiRuthal in normal Tamil means to jump, bounce.
Es agurudhu	To escape	English From first syllable of the English word 'escape'
Feelingu/Pheeling/Feelings	sadness. Also means love (usually used in a 'mushy-mushy' sense)	English Feelings, as in Emotions.
Figaru	Attractive woman.	English figure, as in Oru semma figaru varathu meaning An attractive woman is approaching. Note: Used in neuter gender.
Free-a-Vidu	Literally let it free. Figuratively, let bygones be bygones. Pronounced as Pree-a-vudu.	English free.
Fublic	Public! Famous in puthupettai and the surroundings	English Public.
Fukaard	Derivative of the F-Word. Becoming very popular among BPO guys. Refers to someone who does all Goodhal's & Ulkutthu.	English Fucker. Origin: Some person in Team Inferno from an anonymous BPO. Also spelt as Fukaad, Fukard, Fukad, Fuckard, Fuckaard, Fuckhard. Moto: Live Free or Fuckaad!
Gabbu	Stink, foul odour. Often used figuratively to describe situations, personalities etc.	Telugu gabbu (stink, foul odor).
Gaajju	Sleazy, dirty.	For example a Gaajju joke.
Gaali	Finished, as in He's finished!.	Urdu khali meaning empty or finished. Originally from Arabic.
Gaana paattu	A subgenre of Tamil film music.	Hindi gaana (song) + Tamil paattu (song). Used for songs with fast rhythmic beats.
Gaandu	to irritate a person	Usage gaanda kelappathe. Gaand refers to butttocks in Hindi. See Also: Kaduppu
Galatta	1. Fracas, brouhaha 2. Chaos 3. Celebration.	Etymology not known for certain. Possibly from Turkey (Galata was a suburb of Istanbul known for its nightlife) or from English gala.
Galiju	Dirty, Can be used in any context. Widely used to refer to bit(matter)	Kannada, meaning dirty.
Gandhi kannakku	Fraudulent accounting.	Before 1947, when India was fighting against British occupation, companies and individuals often included Contribution to Freedom movement as an item in accounting statements. Most often accounting statements would not tally because management funneled money out. Contribution to Gandhi's freedom movement provided an excellent means to account for the missing money. Hence the term Gandhi Kanakku. One should apologise to Mahatma Gandhi as this term brings a small amount of disrepute to him, for no fault of his!!!
Gapsaa	Disinformation, lies.	Connotes deliberate disinformation, as opposed to genuine misinformation. Usually refers to fundamental falsehoods, as opposed to lame excuses. Compare reel, peela. Most probably related to gabbu (stink), somparable to stinking lies.
Gelichan	He won.	Telugu gelupu (victory).
Gethu	Super, Better than normal.	Origin unknown
Gokka-Makka	(Figuratively eq of) My goodness!, Holy cow!, etc	Tamil Unga akka (your sister's) + makka (magan - son)
Gilfans	A person with a shady background	(This word is of recent origin) Gilfans, Silfans etc have their etymological roots in comedian Chinni Jayanth's repository of words.
Gujal	Fun	Ore gujala irundichi machi
Gilma	Strange stuff	One more from Chinni Jayanth
Gilli	Talented Person.	Also called Ghilli, from a street game played with wooden sticks. Highly became famous after Vijay's blockbuster movie Ghilli
Godavula Gudhi	Jump into the fray	Root - Goda from the Hindi word for a wrestling pit, Gudhi from Tamil meaning Jump
Goiya,Goyyala	A form of address similar to Machi. But it can be interpreted as dumb or useless person also.	Possibly from Tamil for 'guava'.
Golti	Telugu speaker. Can be derogatory.	By reversing the consonants in te-lu-gu to give gulti or golti
Goodhal	Trickery, fraud	Tamil goodhal (error, mistake). Usually derogatory, as in He resorted to trickery to win that business deal.
Gumbal	Crowd	Used in the context of 'Gumbaloda Govinda' 'Gumbala porom'
GumbalOda gOvinda	Usually refers to situations like peer-pressure, or societal norms, where individual beliefs/actions are overridden by mass reaction. Also refers to insignificant individual contributions overlooked in a group.	Tamil gumbal (crowd), Sanskrit gOvinda (name of Vishnu). Derived from the large crowds of pilgrims at Tirupati. Play on words gOvinda and the English go or gone.
Gumbalukku Porandavane	Someone born to a crowd. Probably to a victim of gang rape.
Gujjaals	Petting, making out.	Tamil konjal (petting, excess affection) .This behavior is often shown by Srihari Shankar and Varun Vaitheeswaran
Gujili	Young girl, usually attractive and easily available	invented when there was a heavy influx of Gujaratis into Madras: Gujju + Kili = Gujili
Gum Paapa	Young girl, usually attractive (large breasted) and easily available	invented when Indians went to the west and saw large breasted white skin females: Gum + Paapa = Gum Paapa also referred to as Gumthaax
Goinda	Unexpected failure.
Inglipeesu	The language 'English', usually in ridicule.	Also called Ingleesu or Engleesu.
Ippidikaa	This way.	Origin Tamil from the word Ippadi
Iskool	literal meaning of School	Probably in use due to ease for typical Tamil tongue to pronounce iskool. Similar words are Institute is pronounced as instoot, Excuse is pronounced as esoos or echoos
Isthukunu po	literal meaning taking away	Telling someone to take it away or carrying it away (See also 'Vali')
Itta/Ittinnuva/Isthunuva	Fetch (someone)	Tamil izhuthu-kondu-vaa (Pull him over here). Also pronounced as Ista
Jaburu or Jabaradastu	Something similar to bandha - show off , acting pricey, like in innaadaa jabardastu paNRE?	from zabardast - Urdu meaning grand, extra ordinary, forceful
Jagaa vaangaradhu	To escape from the scene.	Hindi jagah (space, room) and Tamil vaangaradhu (to buy, to get). Literally means to get room [to escape].
Jalaai	To have a bowel movement	Hindi Widely believed that a Hindi ignorant Tamil guy read the word written in Hindi, near the compartment toilet and misunderstood that Jalaai in Hindi meant to shit. Apparently, the person had read Inflammable objects not allowed written as Jalaaishi padaarth mana hai
Jalpu	To catch cold.	Tamil jaladosham' saLippu (N, common cold)
Jalsa	Enjoy	probably from Salsa, with its suggestive fast moves and close contact in life. Or from Urdu Jalsa which means something like a carnival.
Jatkaa	Hindi-speaker, North Indian person. Derogatory.	Hindi jhatkaa (cart, also sudden shock). Play of words Jat and Jhatkaa.
Joadreppai	Cobbler.	Possibly from Hindi joota (shoe) and English repair or from Tamil jodi (pair[of slippers]) and English repair.
Jollu Vidurathu	To ogle at a girl.	Literally means to drool. To look at a girl with open mouth that one does not realise the saliva dripping.
Joot	To escape/hide/run/give the slip.	Abbreviation of Just out of time; often used in kid's games of Catch, or Hide and Seek - Waitees for pause, and Jooties for resume.
Jujube/jujupee	Small, unimportant, easy or minuscule.	Examples:1)Ithu ellam jujupee velai=This is such an easy (or unimportant) job. 2)Ivan oru jujubee da=He's just small fry (he can't do anything) Origin possible from a type of candy that could have been available during the British era. Jujube now freely available in many countries for very small change.
Kaava Vidradhu	Misfielding an easy chance in cricket
Kabodhi	Blind. used in a derogative sense
Kaboor	Anyone of north Indian origin, whose native language is Hindi.	Derived from Kapoor, a common north Indian surname.
Kanpiece	Refers to the English word confuse.	Example : Don't Kanpiece me.., Machi romba kanpiece panadha da..
KD	1. Petty crook. 2. An unusually intelligent criminal.3;Cunning person	English. Old Chennai police abbreviation for either known delinquent, known depredator or known defaulter or Known Denotified person.
Kacheri	Drinking party.	Tamil kutcheri which is a traditional Tamil music concert. Derived as the party 'play' the mouth of the bottles with both hands like a naadaswaram (South Indian instrument like a saxophone)
Kadalai	Verbal flirting.	Tamil kadalai, verkadalai (nut, groundnut). Possibly from groundnut vendors who provided snack food to couples on the beach, or in trains. Connotes flirting without serious intentions. See Also: Batting
"Kai Adi"	Masturbation. Derogatory/sexual connotation	Tamil "Poi Kai Adi" could also mean 'Try to grow up' since being aware of sex and sexuality is a sign of growing up.
Kalakaradhu	To impress with one's performance.	Tamil, (to mix, to stir).
Kalaaikkaradhu	To make fun of someone, or to belittle someone	Also used as 'Kalasi', Example: College pasanga kalaisiduvanunge!
Kamnatti	A clown or a jerk.	An interesting off-shoot of classical Tamil, kamnatti derives from KaimpeNdaati paiyan which stands for a young widow's son, who is expected to grow up without parental guidance and hence a kamnatti. Some say, it originated from English sahibs in TN addressing their kids as Come, naughty boy!!
Kakkoos	Lavatory.	origin from the Dutch kakhuis (shit house)
Kasmaalam	Synonymous with idiot(the idiot being a litote).	Possibly from Sanskrit kash malam is sanskrit word with meaning 'கழிக்கப்பட்டது ' or kash mailam (black dirt). Comparing someone with hair is considered rude in Tamil culture. Maalam is also a slang word for shit. Some say ' kasmalam' (one word) in Sanskrit means a dirty thing worthy of discarding.
Kattai	Referring to a hot female.	Tamil,Kattai (literally log of wood) - the sturdier higher quality wood can easily be distinguished by their distinctive curvy grain pattern.
Kattai	Referring to some one who does not respond. Inert.	Tamil,Kattai refers to wood. Comparable to sleeping/lying like a log.
Kaidhe	Donkey.	Derogatory word and derived from Kazhudai(donkey) in chaste Tamil
Kandukunu Varen	I Will Meet Him And Come.	Tamil Avarai sandhikiren
Kenai	Fool.	Malayalam kenai (mad).
Keivi	An old Woman.	Refers to an old woman. Derived from Kizhavi in chaste Tamil. Mostly used in a derogatory sense.
Kepmaari	Invariably goes with 'moLLa maaRi' and ' mudichchavikki' (this term literally means one who unties knots!!!)	In British times people were given different coloured caps based on their status in work. The guy who changes the cap (mathurdu in Tamil) is a traitor/thief hence the word kepmaari (cap-maari).
Kozha adi sandai	Major catfight.	Tamil kozha adi sandai (water pump fight). Connotes fighting over who gets how much water and in what order.
Kiithaa	Is it there? used for objects, things etc eg: dabbu kiithaa? - is there any money?- irukkiRathaa? in chaste Tamil
Kiiraana/Kiiraala	Is he/she there? used for people. eg: kabali kiiraana? - is kabali there? irukkiRanaa ? in chaste Tamil
Kishnayil	Kerosene oil.	(or) 'Krishayil' a colloquial probably due to saying KeRoSeNe oil quickly.due to its blue colour..krishna oil,lord krishna's blue colour..
Kondhivudu	To mix up the things in improper fashion or not aligned.	Common usage in games like carroms, to spread the coins, use coinsa kondhivudu
Koral kudukaradhu	Unnecessarily showing off by using loud voice(koral). kudukaradhu literally means to give
Kottikaradhu	To eat shamelessly, especially if the food is free (OC food).	Tamil kotta To pour/dump. Literally means to dump for oneself.
Kundhu	Sit down!	The reuse of an ancient Tamil word. In contemporary formal Tamil, utkaaral. Related to Kannada kuLithukoLLi (please sit down), ,Telugu koochandi
Kuthu	RevelryTamil	Tamil kuthu paattu (literally a song with punch!), as in dappaankuthu.
Kutti	Synonymous with figaru.	Possibly from Malayalam kutti (young girl).
Kotikiniye	Synonymous with thunutiye.	Kotikiniye (had food).
Laard Labakdass	A person who thinks very highly of himself (without any solid basis for that assumption).	English lord
Lavad-e-ke-baal	Person who is extremely annoying.	Hindi Male genitial hair
Leevu	Holiday.	From English leave, as in leave of absence. Also used in formal business English as 'leave' (shortened form of leave of absence)
Lollu	Bantering. Fussing.	Tamil for the sound made by a dog (analogous to bow wow in English).
Lookku vudaradhu	To check someone out, especially if it's an attractive person.	English look and Tamil vudaradhu (to let off, to flash). Implies a much shorter duration and less intensity than jollu vittufication or sight adichification.
Loosu	Crazy.	English loose as in screw-loose or nut-job. Also see arai-loosu.
Loosule Vudu	Let it go.	English lose as in Lose it or leave it be/ignore it.
Lowe	Puppy Love.	English pronounced like love but with a w replacing the v. It plays on the accent used in Tamil movies where a protagonist expresses their affection for someone, usually in a Romeo and Juliet-style situation. It is used to show contempt for someone who has superficial romantic feelings for another but over-dramatises it.
Lumpaa	Lump sum.	English Lump sum. Popularized by comedians Goundamani and Senthil.
Maal / Maalu	Any kind of commission paid to middle men, also used to mean bribes/money. Usually followed vettu (maalu vettu - give commission/bribe). Urdu maal- saamaan- material.
Maamool	Bribe paid to police man	(Urdu-Hindi)Maamool = money.
Machi	Synonymous with dude, used in a positive sense.	Tamil machinan, colloquial machan (wife's brother). Implies familiarity, cannot be used with strangers. See also maams.
Majaa	Fun	(Hindi-Urdu) Mazaa = 'fun'.
Mama or Mamey	refers to either a policeman or pimp depending on the context.	Tamil mama = uncle. Not to be confused with maams.
Mama Veedu	Brothel, bar	Tamil for uncle's house. Usually the uncle's house was the main centre for a group of people to have a good time.
Mami	refers to either a brahmin girl/woman, or a middle-aged woman in general, depending on the context.	Tamil for aunt.
Mamiyaar veedu	refers to jail, police lock-up	Tamil maamiyaar = mother-in-law; veedu = house;.
Mangaattha	refers to a 3-card game played on street by con-men to lure a passer-by to steal their money. Related phrases are 'Ulle-Veliye' (In-Out) refers to the sleight of hand that the card dealer uses to move the cards around	Refers to the Queen of spades. (literal Tamil origin Mangal + Aatha = dark complexioned woman)
Maanja	refers to an additive added to make the kites string (also called Noolu) stronger, the additive is apparently a concotion of tar, glass pieces, dogs shit and battery covers. This additive when applied on the string makes the string strong for kite (called Banas) fights commonly referred to as Deal.	The glass powdered based chemical used in kite strings used in deal fights in kite flying usage mamey deala innika banava ashcitunga.
Manjaa Soru	refers to a bravery of Men. Related phrases are 'Nenjula Manjaa soru irukaaa maaamu?? meaning i will beat the crap out of you so that i will bring your bile out of you. (which is yellow in colour hence Manja Soru - meaning Yellow rice - Bile)
Maramandai	Wooden head.	Tamil origin Maram + Mandai = Tree head.
Mattai	To become flat due to excessive intake of alcoholic tuff. Also used for Cricket bat.	Example: paiyan over a sarakku adichitu mattai aayitanba!!.
Matteru	Refers to an important happening/incident, eulogically referring to sex or Matter film or Blue Film.	English Matter, as in Enna matteru? (What's the matter?), or Enna machi, mattera?
Massa massa	Refers to a sooper figure whose body mass index is a little high and moves lazily.	English Full of mass
Mayiru / Mayiraandi	Literally refers to hair, but used to abuse a person 'as worthless as a hair-strand'.	Mayir - Ancient Tamil for 'hair', Poda Mayiru or Poda Mayiraandi (Poda-Off you go, Mayir-hair, Aandi-loser)
Meteru	Bribe (used as a question mostly/surprise)	Tamil --
Meyaaluma	Really? (used as an exclamation of disbelief/surprise)	Tamil Mey = Truth.
Mokkai group	Superlative usage of blaydu	This is a derivative of the word Mokkaiyappar who was a king, famous for his blaydu jokes. (Poor Jokes - PJ)
Mucha	Referring to urine	Sometimes MUCHA is referred as UCCHA Probably from CHITTOOR SLANG.
Muniyammaa	Refers to a woman belonging to the lower economic strata - usually a slum dweller in urban Chennai.	Antonym of Mary. Possibly (Sanskrit)Muni + Amma = ascetic lady.
Mudchavikee	Literally means a person who unties knots.	For meaning refer to molla maari
Military hotel	Restaurant that serves non-vegetarian food.	The armed forces are thought to have fewer vegetarians than the general population.
Naina	A secondary version of dude, used to imply criticism.	Telugu nana (father). Some Tamilians with Telegu ancestry use this term in their homes to address the father.
Nashta	Breakfast.	Urdu nashta (light snacks). Also referred as 'Tiffin'. However tiffin could also mean evening snacks or any light meal.
Neataa	Straight. As in 'Appadiya neeataa weld pannu.'	From the Tamil word Neettum meaning long. Probably because of the association of length with straigthness especially in machine shops.
Ngoiyaaley'	Useless fellow. Probably invented and popularised by Comedy Hero Vadivelu (Viagai Puyal)
Nijaar	Knickers or shorts. As in 'Nijaar kaituradhu.' meaning 'fucked'	From the English word Knickers.
OB adikaradhu	To waste time.	OB is pronounced as the individual letters O and B. Etymology not known for certain. Possibly from Off Beat, old British military term meaning off duty. Also possibly from Out of Business or from O'l Bhajanai (local slang for doing nothing).
OC	Free, at no cost. (Could also mean Old Cask Rum at wine shops)	From OCS, Indian Railways abbreviation meaning On Company Service. Parcels marked OCS travel free.Some say this is an abbreviation for Others' Cost!!
"Okkala Ozhi"	Tamil Go fuck your sister. Also means 'Go die you impotent bastard'. Explitive
OLE	the art of lying.Making your lie an obvious one so that others can figure it out very easily.	manasakshiye illaama ole udaraan da meaning he's lying ruthlessly
OLEMARI	One who cant stop telling lies.
Otha	Literally means fuck. Known in Singara Chennai (Madras) as initial.	"Otha Ungommala" is used infamously by all middle, upper middle, lower middle, low class. High class kamminaatis say "Fuck" in Engilibees
Oor Nattan.	Referring to a person from rural regions Ooru or Oor refers to villages and Nattan being any person.
Okkanchikka	To sit	Derived from the Tamil word 'Utkarunga'. Rule of madras bashai is that you should not give respect. Example, dei ramesu, appdiye okkachikkada, intha vantten!!
Oor Othavane	Person who has fooled large number of people	Example:'oor otha naye'
Oru Flow thaan	Making fun of someone/thing without missing a beat.	Kalaiee (the one being made fun of): yen machi ippadi kalai'kire? Kalaier (the one making fun of the kalaiee): Seri vidu, ellam oru flow thaan.
Outte	Same as Gaali.	English out, used in the context of cricket or other sports.
Paal mararadhu	To switch camps, to betray a confidence.	Tamil, paal (milk) and mararadhu (to change). Implies a cow unexpectedly changing to a bull as one is milking it, with unwanted consequences.
"Paal Pappali"	Milky white breasts	Tamil Made popular by Vishal in the Tamil film song 'Paal Pappalli'
Panni Gumbal	Vulgar term for person who is born by intercourse with animals.	Root Word: Gumbal...Example:'Poda #REDIRECT Panni Gumbal'.
Parandhu parandhu adikkaradhu	To fight by jumping and flying in the air	Refers to stunt wired moves made by heroes in local movies in street-fight scenes which feature impossible kicks and moves defying physics. (Lately the term 'Matrix stunt kudukkardhu' (offer Matrix-style stunts) has come to mean something similar)
Paruppu	The G-spot in a female.	The testicles of a male.
Peela	Petty lie/ boast.	Example: Enna peela vudre?
Pee	Aai/ Shit.	Example: Pee porikki means shit gatherer, Pee Thinnu means eat shit.
Pikkaali	Completely dumb / Idiotic	Example: Pikkaali Payale means a dumb person or someone completely useless.
Peter, Mary	Persons of Tamil origin who speak English in preference to the Tamil language, especially if his intention is to impress others.	Also Peter party. Also used to label those who consider Tamil infra dig, or those who speak it with a fake Western accent.
Philim	Show off	From English Film. Similar to Hindi Phillum!!
Pirikrom	Motivational word that helps people gain confidence over whatever they are doing. Similar to kalaka porom	Tamil Pirikkardhu. To open something. Also can be used as Pirikkanum, meaning we have to come out with flying colors.
Porambokku	Unoccupied, usually unusable or fallow land. Derogatively and dismissively, a person without identity, a nobody.	Mispronunciation of 'Pembroke', as in Lord Pembroke, who stated that land belonging to no one would belong to the government.
Porul	Thing of importance. Sometimes alluded to a minor weapon (eg:pen knife)	Origin: Tamil. Porul, which in a pure sense, refers to the content or inner meaning of a phrase or word.
Pottalam	Ganja	Origin: Tamil. A 'packet' made using, usually, news paper. Cheap Marijuana is usually sold in a news paper wrapped packet and is called 'pottalam' or 'potlam' ('potlam' is more of a Peter language). Hindi pOtli is equivalent of Tamil pottalam.
Pista	Local tycoon.	Synonymous to Minor/Zamin(Zamindar) and Durai(White-man)
Puttukinaan	He died.
Raseedhu	Receipt of sale	English Receipt
Ravondu	in small quantity	From Ravai - Ground Semolina (Suji in Hindi)which is small in size.
Reel	Pitifully lame excuses.	English reel of film from the era of 16 mm projectors. Sometimes an improperly mounted film reel would fall off the projector and run away, causing a garbled or distorted picture to be projected on screen while the operator chased the reel across the room and mounted it back. Reel therefore refers to an obviously implausible story. See also: gapsaa, peela, philim
Rousu udardhu	Showing off, probably including challenging others. To arouse attention.	English to rouse.
Rowdy	Ruffian.	Indian term transliterated to English.
Rowdy-sheet	The rap sheet of a rowdy known to the police.
Sarakku	Refers to Liquor, in a lesser sense, other illicit goods like drugs, and smuggled items.	Sarakku: 'goods' in English.
Saaman	Refers to either a weapon, most commonly a knife, OR genitals of a man. Could also mean general luggage, e.g., Saaman erakki anga vei meaning, unload the luggage and stow it there	Hindi Saamaan: thing.
Saami padam	Also known as Matter padam, refers to a risque movie	To escape detection, the first few minutes of these movies usually depict devotional scenes.
Saathu	Literally slam.	Commonly used by everyone to refer to hitting someone, or making a point as in 'appadi pottu saathu'. Also mostly used in 'Pottu Saathu'
Sappaaththu	Shoe.	Malaysian/SL Tamil
Saavugraaki	Verbal abuse against bad drivers.	Possibly from Tamil saavu (death) and graaki (spurious buyer or peddler) giving customer of Death.
Sallu, Salunnu	Fast, smooth, quick.	Possibly from the blurring sound of something moving fast. Equivalent of English whirr/buzz.
Sappa Matter or Salpi	Very Easy Thing, Not interesting thing. Sappai/ Chappai in chaste Tamil is flat.	Example Sappa Matter mama
Semma	Very (adj.)	Tamil Semmai or Chemmai
Sevulu	Cheek(adj.)	Tamil Sevilu or Sevulu Usage: "Otha sevulu pendhidum". Infamously used as "Bagulu bigil oodhum...sevulu avilaayidum"
Sightu Adikkaruthu	Admiring women from a distance, usually without the woman's knowledge.	Sight English Adikarrathu Tamil
Somari	Lazy fellow; word originates from Kannada	Tamil Usage: Po da somaari (Go away, you lazy fellow)
Sound udaradhu	Synonymous with Koral udaradhu = literally make too much 'Sound'/voice (Kural)	Tamil udaradhu (release).
Sothai	Rotten.	Usage: Adhu sothai figuru maamu! Literally: decayed/damaged.
Super Star	Originally refers to Tamil Actor Rajnikanth	Known for his distinctive style and screen presence. Similar emulatory names like Shining Star, Little Super Star have been taken up by other actors in South India
Sulphata	Cheap, strong and harmful liquor that may contain poisonous substances including copper Sulphate, methanol, formaldehyde and formic acid. Similar potions include 'chappi' and 'kalakkal.'	Pronounced sulphate aa from Copper Sulphate, commonly present in such potions. From banned liquor that the rural poor hastily prepare by boiling (instead of fermenting) basic ingredients like rice gruel, along with a wide variety of organic substances, sometimes, even including tyres and petroleum.
Sure Negative	A phrase much used by students after coming out of the exam hall, even when there is no negative marking in that particular exam. Mostly used by students who are OLEMARIs as well(refer: OLEMARI).	machi sure negative in board exams too.
Suthi Vuttiya	A phrase commonly used by call centre employees who avoid taking calls by refreshing their positions in the list of people taking calls.
Susu	Urine	Unknown. Probably onamatopoeic from the sound of a person urinating.
Takkaru	Super	Telugu 'Takkari' - As in Takkaru Figure ba . Takkar in Urdu means Collision, confrontation.
Tension Aawadhey or No Tenson	Relax	Literally Don't become tension.
Terror	Sarcastic way of telling a person that he's no threat.
tesan	English, 'station', which due to Tamil pronunciation has morphed into tesan.	As in rayilve tesan (railway station), polis tesan (police station- also refer 'mamiyar veedu' above)
Thamaashu	Funny, comical event	Urdu 'Thamaashaa'. ironically this means - is it comical ??
Thala	Literally 'head' in Tamil. Used colloquially to address gang leaders. Now used in the same sense as 'dude'.	From the movie 'Dheena', starring actor Ajith whose character is called as 'Thala' by his friends. This word is now used by many others in Tamil Nadu.
Tharudhala	Refers to Useless.	Fit for Nothing Sariyana Tharudhala da
"Thayozhi"	Motherfucker.	Tamil Explitive
Thevadiya Paiyya	Illegitimate Child. Son of a bitch	Usage: "Otha andha thevadiya paiyyan"
Topa	means wig. Often used in a derogatory sense to refer to the unnatural hair of an elderly person.	This is derived from the French word toupee
Tube light	Person absent minded or not that shrewd. Refers to one who is not picking up things easily, or someone, who takes a bit of time to understand (like a tube light that flickers for a few seconds before lighting up).	English Tube light .
Udhaaru	To lie. Exaggerate.	Also see: reel, gapsaa
Ushaaru	To be extra cautious. Hoshiyaar from Urdu/Ushaaru from Kannada
Unnu	Guy from Village. Short of Oor Nattan.
Ulkutthu	Devious, sneaky, fraud	Tamil Ulkutthu . Literally inside punches Underhanded activity, as in He resorted to Ulkutthu to improve customer experience.
Vali (Verb) as in 'ValchchukkO', 'strongaa vali'	Pull	Interestingly, 'Vali' (Verb) in chaste Tamil itself means the same viz., 'Pull' (as in 'kaakkaay valippu' for epilepsy), though people normally prefer ' izhu'
Venna	useless person	synonymous with odavakarai. derived from the Tamil word vennai which means butter
Vetti	To do nothing. To expend no energy and towards no end or means.	Bayangara Vetti might mean a chronically lazy person.
Voodu kattrathu	act of creating a prelude to a fight. to build a house (literal)	Tamil 'veedu'(house) 'kattrathu'(to build). This procedure involves complex body movements and ends with a complete or partial prostration at the feet of the guru seeking his blessings before the duel.
Yakkaa	Elder Sister, commonly used in reference to a female who is older than the speaker, not necessarily his/her sister	Tamil 'Akkaa'
XXL (Double X L)	Eating at the expense of father, doing no job or work. Similar to Dhanda soru	Tamil 'Increasing the size of tummy without doing any work leads to increased shirt-size.'
Chauce	Means sause	Tamil 'Madras Tamil for sauce. Tomato, Chilli.. whatever..'
Sokka	Commonly used with other words to say good. eg, like looks good - Sokka keethu	Tamil 'NanragaTakkara' Other usage.
Yechakale	A person with no shame	From the Tamil word for echchil kalai or echchil ilai, a banana leaf containing leftovers!
Eglapichu/Ducklipickly	Synonymous to Dokapuli
Setup pannittan"	To say that person was able to induce love from his girlfriend.	Also known as "Madichittan". Usage. Figura madichitaan machi.
Thanni Kaataradhu	To cheat someone or escape from a person right under their nose	Example : Police kitta thanni Kaateetu escape aaitan ba
Zee Tv	N. 1.Person of North Indian origin 2.Any North Indian Language	Example : Ponnu kaboor family daa! Ore Zee TV daa!
dappaan kuthu	Dappan kuthu is the dance used to give a happy send off to the person who died. This is very famous as well as special in chennai with the unique music.
Sandhu la sindhu paadardhu	same as cycle gap la auto ottardhu.

World's Biggest Family - Man with 39 Wives

2011-03-03T15:13:00.000+05:30

The world's biggest family: The man with 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren

Ziona Chana lives with all of them in a 100-room mansion
His wives take it in turns to share his bed
It takes 30 whole chickens just to make dinner

He is head of the world's biggest family - and says he is 'blessed' to have his 39 wives.
Ziona Chana also has 94 children, 14-daughters-in-law and 33 grandchildren.
They live in a 100-room, four storey house set amidst the hills of Baktwang village in the Indian state of Mizoram, where the wives sleep in giant communal dormitories.

The full monty: The Ziona family in its entirety with all 181 members

You treat this place like a hotel: With 100 rooms the Ziona mansion is the biggest concrete structure in the hilly village of Baktawng

Mr Chana told the Sun: 'Today I feel like God's special child. He's given me so many people to look after. 'I consider myself a lucky man to be the husband of 39 women and head of the world's largest family.' The family is organised with almost military discipline, with the oldest wife Zathiangi organising her fellow partners to perform household chores such as cleaning, washing and preparing meals. One evening meal can see them pluck 30 chickens, peel 132lb of potatoes and boil up to 220lb of rice. Coincidentally, Mr Chana is also head of a sect that allows members to take as many wives as he wants.

Feeling peckish? The senior ladies of the Chana family show what it takes just to make a meal

The wives and I: Mr Ziona Chana poses with his 39 wives at their home in Baktawang, Mizoram, India

He even married ten women in one year, when he was at his most prolific, and enjoys his own double bed while his wives have to make do with communal dormitories.
He keeps the youngest women near to his bedroom with the older members of the family sleeping further away - and there is a rotation system for who visits Mr Chana's bedroom.
Rinkmini, one of Mr Chana's wives who is 35 years old, said: 'We stay around him as he is the most important person in the house. He is the most handsome person in the village.
She says Mr Chana noticed her on a morning walk in the village 18 years ago and wrote her a letter asking for her hand in marriage. Another of his wives, Huntharnghanki, said the entire family gets along well. The family system is reportedly based on 'mutual love and respect'
And Mr Chana, whose religious sect has 4,00 members, says he has not stopped looking for new wives.
'To expand my sect, I am willing to go even to the U.S. to marry,' he said.
One of his sons insisted that Mr Chana, whose grandfather also had many wives, marries the poor women from the village so he can look after them.

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2011-02-26T08:39:00.000+05:30

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Water Closet - WC Joke

2011-02-08T15:21:00.000+05:30

In the days when you couldn't count on a public toilet facility, an English woman was planning a trip to India . She was registered to stay in a small guest house owned by the local Schoolmaster.

She was concerned as to whether the guest house contained a WC..

In England , a bathroom is commonly

called a WC which stands for 'Water Closet'.

She wrote to the schoolmaster

inquiring of the facilities about the WC.

The school master, not fluent in English, asked the local priest if he knew the meaning of WC.. Together they pondered possible meanings of the letters and concluded that the lady wanted to know if there was a 'WaysideChurch' near the house . . . a bathroom never entered their minds.

So the schoolmaster wrote the following reply:

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Dear Madam,

I take great pleasure in informing you that the WC is located 9 miles from the house.

It is located in the middle of a grove of

pine trees, surrounded by lovely grounds. It is capable of holding 229

people and is open on Sundays and Thursdays.

As there are many people expected in the summer months, I suggest you arrive early. There is, however, plenty of standing room.

This is an unfortunate situation especially if you are in the habit of going regularly.

It may be of some interest to you that my daughter was married in the WC, as it was there, that she met her husband. It was a wonderful event. There were 10 people in every seat. It was wonderful to see the expressions on their faces. We can take photos in different angle.

My wife, sadly, has been ill and unable to go recently. It has been almost a year since she went last, which pains her greatly.

You will be pleased to know that many people bring their lunch and make a day of it. Others prefer to wait till the last minute and arrive just in time. I would recommend your ladyship plan to go on a Thursday as there is an organ accompaniment.

The acoustics are excellent and even the most delicate sounds can be heard everywhere.

The newest addition is a bell which rings every time a person enters.

We are holding a bazaar to provide plush seats for all, since many feel it is long needed.

I look forward to escorting you there myself and seating you in a place where you can be seen by all.

With deepest regards,

The Schoolmaster

The Woman fainted reading the reply......and she never visited India !!!!

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2011-02-08T14:42:00.000+05:30

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Reason for Petrol Price Hike in India

2011-02-02T10:50:00.000+05:30

பெட்ரோல் விலை: பொதுமக்களை ஏமாற்றி பணத்தை கொள்ளையடிக்கும் மத்திய மாநில அரசுகள்! சிறப்பு ஆய்வு கட்டுரை!

செய்தி வெளியிடப்பட்ட நாள் Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 14:40

மோட்டார் வாகனம் பயன்படுத்வோர் மட்டுமல்லாது இன்றைக்கு நாட்டில் உள்ள அடித்தட்டு மக்கள் முதல் மேல் தட்டு மக்கள் வரை அனைவரும் பணத்தை பரிகொடுத்தவர்கள் போன்று புலம்புவது ”அடப்பாவிங்களா கேக்குரதுக்கு ஆள் இல்லன்னு பெட்ரொல் விலைய இஷ்டம் போல அளவே இல்லாம இப்படி கூட்டிக்கிட்கிட்டே போரானுங்களே” என்று தான்.

இதில் நாமும் விதிவிலக்கல்ல..

ஏனெனில் கடந்த ஓராண்டில் மட்டும் 9 முறை பெட்ரோல் விலை உயர்த்தப்பட்டுள்ளது. கடந்த சனிக்கிழமை பெட்ரோல் விலை 2.55 ரூபாய் உயர்த்தப்பட்டு தற்போது 63.45 ரூபாய்க்கு தமிழகத்தில் பெட்ரோல் விற்கப்படுகின்றது.

பிரதமர் உட்பட உயர் மட்ட அளவில் கூட்டம் போடும் அளவிற்கு நாட்டில் விலைவாசி உயர்ந்துள்ள இந்த நிலையில், நமது இந்திய அரசு இதை (எண்னை நிறுவனங்கள் அரசின் ஒப்புதலுடன் தான் விலையை ஏற்றுகின்றது) செய்திருப்பது, ”நாட்டு மக்கள் செத்தாலும் பரவாயில்லை தங்களுக்கு கோடிகோடியாய் பணம் தரும் பெரும் தொழிலதிபர்கள் நல்லா இருக்கனும் உலகின் பணக்கார பட்டியலில் அவர்கள் பெயர் முன்னேர வேண்டும்” என்ற அரசியல் வாதிகளின் நயவஞ்சகத்தனத்தை வெட்ட வெளிச்சமாக்கியுள்ளது.

நாம் இதை ஆதாரத்தோடே கூறுகின்றோம்!

விலையை உயர்த்து சொல்லப்படும் காரணங்கள்:

1.ஆயில் நிறுவனங்களுக்கு நஷ்டம்

அடிக்கடி விலையை உயர்த்துவதற்கு அரசு சொல்லும் முதல் காரணம் ஆயில் நிறுவனங்களுக்கு ஒருநாளைக்கு ”இத்தன கோடி நஷ்டம்” என்பது தான்.

இது கடைந்தெடுத்த பொய்யாகும்! இது பச்சைப் பொய்யாகும்!! இது மகாப் பொய்யாகும்!!

நாம் இதை இவ்வளவு அழுத்தமாக சொல்லக் காரணம், அரசு எந்த நிறுவனங்களை நஷ்டம் ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது என்று கூறுகின்றதோ அந்த எண்னை நிறுவனங்களின் (IOC -Indian Oil Corparation , HPCL -Hindustan Petroleum Corporation , BPCL-Bharat Petroleum Corporation) 2010-2011 ன் இரண்டாம் காலாண்டின் நிதிநிலை அறிக்கையை நாம் படித்தது தான்.

நிதி நிலை அறிக்கை (நான்கு மாதத்தில் மட்டும் கிடைத்த லாபம்)

IOC யின் 2010-2011 ன் இரண்டாம் காலாண்டின் நிகர லாபம் – (அரசுக்கு வரி கட்டியது போக) 5294 கோடி.
அரசுக்கு செலுத்தியுள்ள வரி 832.27 கோடி
5294 + 832.27 = 6126.27 கோடி லாபம்

HPCL யின் 2010-2011 ன் இரண்டாம் காலாண்டின் நிகர லாபம் – (அரசுக்கு வரி கட்டியது போக) 2142.22 கோடி.
அரசுக்கு செலுத்தியுள்ள வரி 90.90 கோடி
2142.22 + 90.90 = 2233.12 கோடி லாபம்

BPCL யின் 2010-2011 ன் இரண்டாம் காலாண்டின் நிகர லாபம் – (அரசுக்கு வரி கட்டியது போக) 2142.22 கோடி.
அரசுக்கு செலுத்தியுள்ள வரி 198.00 கோடி
2142.22 + 198.00 = 2340.22 கோடி லாபம்

மேற்குறிப்பிட்ட மூன்று எண்னை நிறுவனங்கள் மூலம் மட்டும் நான்கு மாதத்தில் கிட்டதட்ட 10699.61 கோடி ரூபாய் லாபம் சம்பாதித்து விட்டு, எண்ணை ‘நிறுவனங்களின் நஷ்டத்தை ஈடுகட்டவே விலையை உயர்த்தி உள்ளோம்’ என்று அப்பட்டமாக பொய் கூறி பொதுமக்களை மத்திய அரசு ஏமாற்றுகின்றது..

நஷ்டம் என்று அரசு கூறுவது ‘வர வேண்டிய லாபத்தை என்று’ சில பொருளாதார வல்லுணர்கள் விளக்கம் கொடுக்கின்றனர்.

அதாவது உதாரணத்திற்கு: 2000 கோடி லாபம் வர வேண்டும் ஆனால் 1500 கோடி தான் லாபம் வந்துள்ளது எனவே 500 கோடி இலாபம் குறைந்துள்ளது என்று ஒருவர் கூறுவது போன்று.

லாபத்தில் குறைவு ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது என்பதற்கும் ”விலையை கூட்டும் அளவிற்கு இத்தன கோடி நஷ்டம் ” என்பதற்கும் மலைக்கும் மடுவிற்கும் உள்ள வித்தியாசம் இருக்கின்றது.

பொதுமக்கள் சோத்துக்கே வழியில்லாமல் இருக்கும் போது கோடிக்கணக்கில் எண்னை நிறுவனம் மூலம் லாபம் சம்பாத்தித்து விட்டு ‘அதுவும் போதவில்லை இன்னும் விலையை ஏற்று’ என்று மத்திய அரசு கூறுவது, அரசு எந்த அளவிற்கு பொதுமக்களின் பணத்தை கொள்கை அடிக்க வழிகளை தேடுகின்றது என்பதை தெளிவுபடுத்துகின்றது.

நான்கு மாதத்தில் மூன்று எண்னை நிறுவனங்கள் மூலம் 10 ஆயிரம் கோடிக்கும் மேல் லாபம் ஈட்டிவிட்டு, பொதுமக்களிடம் கோடிக்கணக்கில் நஷ்டக் கணக்கு காட்டி, பெட்ரோல் விலையை கூட்டவது நியாயமான அரசு செய்யும் வேலையா?

எனவே அரசுக்கு எண்னை நிறுவனங்கள் மூலம் இதுவரையிலும் எந்த நஷ்டமும் இல்லை மாறாக கொடிக்கணக்கில் லாபம் தான், மத்திய அரசு அப்பட்டமாக பொய் கூறுகின்றது என்பதை பொதுமக்கள் நன்கு புரிந்து கொள்ள வேண்டும்.

நஷ்ட கணக்கு நாடகத்தை பொதுமக்கள் தற்போது உணர்ந்திருப்பார்கள்.

2. குரூட் ஆயில் விலை உயர்ந்து விட்டது

அடுத்து சொல்லும் காரணம் குரூட் ஆயில் விலை உயர்ந்து விட்டது. இதுவும் பொய்யாகும்.

தற்போது குரூட் ஆயில் பீப்பாய் ஒன்று 92 டாலருக்கு விற்கப்படுகின்றது. தற்போது பெட்ரொலின் விலை லிட்டர் 63.54 ரூபாய்.

ஆனால் இதே பீப்பாய் 2008 ஆம் ஆண்டில் கிட்டதட்ட 135 டாலருக்கும் மேல் விற்கப்பட்டது. அப்போது விலை என்ன தெரியுமா ? பெட்ரொல் லிட்டர் ரூபாய் 54 மட்டும் தான்.

2008 ஐ ஒப்பிடும் போது தற்போது பீப்பாய் விலை 34 சதவிகிதம் குறைந்துள்ளது. எனவே பெட்ரோல் விலையையும் 34 சதவிகிதம் குறைக்க வேண்டும். அது தான் நியாயம் அதாவது பெட்ரோல் விலையை லிட்டருக்கு 35 ரூ ஆக ஆக்க வேண்டும். ஆனால் மத்திய அரசு குறைப்பதற்கு பதிலாக தற்போது 55 சதவிகிதம் விலைய உயர்த்தி 63 ரூபாய்க்கு விற்கின்றது.

இது மிகப்பெரும் அநியாயமாகும்.

2008 ல் பீப்பாய் ஒன்று 135 டாலருக்கும் மேல் சர்வதேச சந்தையில் விற்கும் போதே பெட்ரோலை லிட்டர் 54 ரூபாய் தான். ஆனால் தற்போது பீப்பாய் ஒன்று 92 டாலர் தான் விற்கின்றது எனவே பீப்பாய் விலையை கவனத்தில் கொண்டு தற்போது மத்திய அரசு விலைய குறைக்க வேண்டுமே தவிர கூட்டக் கூடாது.

எனவே பெட்ரோல் விலை உயர்வுக்கு குரூட் ஆயிலின் விலை உயர்வு தான் காரணம் என்று கூறுவது பொய் என்பதை பொதுமக்கள் உணர்ந்து கொள்ள வேண்டும்.

விலை உயர்ந்துள்ளதற்கு உண்மையான காரணம்

உண்மையில் தற்போது உள்ள சந்தை நிலவரப்படி கணக்கு பார்த்தால் பெட்ரோல் விலை லிட்டருக்கு 25 ரூபாய் கூட வராது.

ஆம், நாம் பெட்ரோலுக்கு கொடுக்கும் பணத்தில் பாதிக்கு மேல் உள்ள தொகை மத்திய மாநில அரசு விதித்துள்ள வரிகள் தான்.

இதோ தற்போதைய பெட்ரோலுக்கான வரி நிலவரம் 2011

வரி என்ற பெயரில் கோடி கோடியாய் கொள்ளையடிக்கும் மத்திய மாநில அரசுகள்

22 ரூபாய்க்கு விற்க வேண்டிய பெட்ரோலை 41 ரூபாய் கூடுதலாக வரிமேல் வரி விதித்து 63.45 க்கு அநியாயமாக விற்கும் மத்திய மாநில அரசுகள் இன்னும் என்ன காரணம் சொல்லி விலையை உயர்த்தலாம் என்று யோசித்துக் கொண்டிருக்கின்றது. பொய்கணக்கு கூறி பொதுமக்களிடம் நாடகமாடிக்கோண்டிருக்கின்றது.

ஒரு வருடத்திற்கு நாம் அரசிற்கு செலுத்தும் பெட்ரோல் வரி .. ஒரு சிறிய கணக்கு..

மோட்டார் வாகனத்தில் அலுவலகத்திற்கு செல்லும் ஒருவர் சராசரியாக மாதம் ஒன்றுக்கு 15 லிட்டர் பயன்படுத்துகின்றார் என்று வைத்துக் கொள்வோம்.

மாதம் பெட்ரோலுக்காக இவருக்கு ஆகும் செலவு ரூபாய் 951.75.

இதில் 650.7 ரூபாயை இவர் அரசுக்கு வரியாக மட்டுமே செலுத்துகின்றார். பெட்ரோலுக்கான விலை அல்ல!

இதில் பெட்ரோலுக்கான விலை வெறும் 330 ரூபாய் மட்டும் தான்!

மாதம் 650.7 எனில் வருடத்திற்கு 7808.4 ரூபாயை இவர் பெட்ரொல் வாங்குவதன் மூலம் அரசிற்கு வரியாக மட்டுமே செலுத்துகின்றார்.

நானும் நீங்களும் பெட்ரோலுக்காக அரசிற்கு வருடா வருடம் கிட்டதட்ட 8 ஆயிரம் ரூபாய் வரியாக மட்டுமே கொடுக்கின்றோம். (மாதம் 15 லிட்டர் எனில்) இது தெரியுமா உங்களுக்கு ?.

இதில் 4 ஆயிரம் தமிழக அரசிற்கு, 4 ஆயிரம் மத்திய அரசிற்கு! என்ன கொடுமை இது!!!

100 கோடி மக்கள் தொகையில் 10 சதவிகிதம் பேர் மோட்டார் வாகனம் பயன்படுத்தவதாக வைத்துக் கொண்டாலும் அரசுக்கு ஆண்டுதோறும் ரூபாய் 780840000000 (எத்தன ஆயிரம் கோடின்னு நீங்களே கணக்கு பன்னிக்கோங்க) பெட்ரோல் மூலம் வரி மட்டுமே வருகின்றது.

ஒரு பக்கம் எண்ணை நிறுவனங்கள் மூலம் வரும் லாபம், மறு பக்கம் அதை விட இரண்டு மடங்கு வரி என்ற பெயரில் பொதுமக்களிடமிருந்து வரும் லாபம்.

இவையெல்லாம் போதாது என்று மேலும் மேலும் பச்சை பொய் கூறி பெட்ரோல் விலைலை உயர்த்துகின்றது மத்திய அரசு.

எனவே பெட்ரோல் விலையின் உயர்வுக்கு காரணம் மத்திய மாநில அரசுகள் நிர்ணயித்துள்ள வரிகள் தானே தவிர பீப்பாய் விலையோ எண்னை நிறுவனிங்களின் நஷ்டமோ (அப்பட்டமான பொய்) கிடையாது என்பதை பொதுமக்கள் புரிந்து கொள்ள வேண்டும்.

கூடுதலாக வரி விதிக்க காரணம்

1. தனியார் நிறுவனங்கள்

சமீபகாலமாக அரசு அதிகமாக வரி விதிப்பதற்கும் விலைய உயர்த்துவதற்கும் முக்கிய காரணம் தற்போது முலைத்துள்ள தனியார் எண்னை நிறுவனங்கள் தான்.

கனிமவளங்கள் நிறந்த நாட்டுடமைகளை அரசியல்வாதிகளுக்கு பணம் கொடுத்து குறைந்த விலைக்கு வாங்கி தனியார் எண்னை நிறுவனங்கள் அதிலிருந்து வரும் எரிபொருளை அரசிற்கே கூடுதல் விலைக்கு விற்கின்றது மேலும் வெளிநாட்டில் இருந்து பெட்ரோலை வாங்கி உள்ள நாட்டில் அதிக விலைக்கு விற்கின்றது.

ஆம்! பெட்ரோலுக்காக நாம் கொடுக்கும் பணத்தில் ரிலைன்சுக்கும் பங்கு செல்கின்றது. இது போன்ற தனியார் எண்னை நிறுவனங்களின் வற்புறுத்தலின் பேரில் தான் அரசு, பெட்ரோல் விலையை நீங்களே (எண்னை நிறுவனங்களே) நிர்ணயித்துக் கொள்ளுங்கள் என சட்டம் கொண்டு வந்தது.

இதனால் தான் தற்போது பெட்ரொல் விலை அடிக்கடி உயர்கின்றது.

Reliance Industries என்று சொல்லப்படும் ரிலைன்சின் எண்னை நிறுவனத்தின் 2010-2011 ன் இரண்டாம் காலாண்டின் லாபம் (நான்கு மாதத்தில்) எவ்வளவு தெரியுமா? 4923 கோடியாகும்.

இந்த லாபம் அரசின் நிறுவனங்களான பாரத் பெட்ரோலியம், ஹிந்துஸ்தான் ஆகியவற்றின் லாபத்தை விட இரண்டு மடங்கு கூடுதலானதாகும்.

தனியார் நிறுவனங்கள் அரசிடமிருந்து கனிமவலளங்கள் நிறைந்த இடத்தை குறைந்த விலைக்கு வாங்கி அதில் உள்ள எரிபொருளை சுத்திகரிப்பு செய்து மீண்டும் அரசிற்கே விற்கின்றன மேலும் வெளிநாட்டில் இருந்து வாங்கியும் அரசிற்கு விற்கின்றது.

இதை அரசே செய்தால் பெட்ரோல் விலையை உயர்த்த வேண்டிய அவசியமும் இல்லை, அரசிற்கு கூடுதல் லாபம் வரும் என்பதால் 65 சதவிகிதம் அளவிற்கு வரி விதிக்கவும் தேவையில்லை.

முகேஷ் அம்பானி போன்ற தனியார் நிறுவன தொழிலதிபர்கள் உலக பணக்கார வரிசையில் நான்காவது இடம் பிடிக்க நமது அரசியல் வாதிகள் பாடுபடுவதோடு பொதுமக்களையும் அதற்கு பணயமாக்குகின்றனர்.

2. வட்டி

65 சதவிகிதம் அளிவிற்கு வரி விதிப்பதற்கு மற்றுமொரு முக்கிய காணரம் உலக வங்கியில் இந்திய அரசு வாங்கியுள்ள கடன் தான்.

இத்தனை சதவிகிதம் வரி விதித்தால் தான் அரசின் கடன் மற்றும் வட்டியை கட்ட முடியும் என்ற கணக்கு உள்ளது.

அதன் அடிப்படையில் தான் வாங்கிய கடன் மற்றும் அதற்குரிய வட்டியை அடைப்பதற்கு ஏற்றாற்போன்று மத்திய மாநில அரசு வரிகளை விதிக்கின்றது.

பெட்ரோல் அன்றாடம் அனைவரும் பயன்படுத்தப்படும் பொருளாக இருப்பதால் அதற்கு கூடுதல் வரிகளை விதித்துள்ளது.

பெட்ரோல் விலை உயர்வை தவிர்க்க அரசு, வட்டி மற்றும் தனியார் கலாச்சாரத்தை கைவிட வேண்டுமே தவிர பொதுமக்களை சுரண்டும் வண்ணம் வரிக்கு மேல் வரி விதிக்கக் கூடாது.

அமெரிக்காக போன்ற வளர்ந்த நாட்டில் வெறும் 18 சதவிகித வரி தான் பெட்ரோலுக்கு விதிக்கப்படுகின்றது.

18% எங்கே 65% எங்கே ?

பெட்ரோல் விலை உயர்வுக்கு தமிழக அரசும் காரணம்

மற்ற மாநிலங்களை விட அதிகமாக தமிழக அரசு 30 சதகவிதம் பெட்ரோலுக்கு வரி விதிக்கின்றது. ஒரு ரூபாய் க்கு அரிசி போடுகின்றேன் என்று கூறி தினமும் அன்றாடம் வேலைக்கு செல்லும் பொதுமக்களிடம் கோடி கோடியாய் பணத்தை பெட்ரோல் மூலம் சுருட்டுகின்றது இந்த தமிழக அரசு.

இந்த வரியை குறைக்குமாறு கலைஞரிடம் கேட்டதற்கு இதை குறைக்க முடியாது என்று சமீபத்தில் கூறியுள்ளார்.

இப்படி கோடிகோடியாய் பொதுமக்களிடமிருந்து வரி என்ற பெயரில் கொள்ளையடித்த பணத்தை தான் ஓட்டு வாங்குவதற்காக கூத்தாடிகளுக்கு ‘சொந்த இடம், சொந்த வீடு, படத்திற்கு வரி விலக்கு’ பொன்ற சலுகைகள் வழங்க பயன்படுத்துகின்றார் இந்த கருணாநீதி.

இதுவல்லாமல் பொதுமக்களுக்கு ‘அந்த திட்டம் இந்த திட்டம்’ என்று அவ்வப்போது அறிவிப்புகளை வெளியிடுகின்றார்.

மேலோட்டமாக சலுகைகளை அறிவித்து விட்டு பொதுமக்களுக்கு தெரியாமல் பெட்ரோல் மூலம் பணத்தை வரி என்ற பெயரில் கொள்ளை அடிக்கின்றது இந்த தமிழக அரசு.

பெட்ரோல் விலை உயர்வுக்கும் கலைஞருக்கும் சம்பந்தமே இல்லாததை போன்ற மாயத் தோன்றம் ஏற்படுத்தப்படுகின்றது.

மற்ற மாநிலங்களை ஒப்பிட்டு பார்க்கும் போது தமிழகத்தில் கூடுதலாகவே பெட்ரோலுக்கு வரி விதிக்கப்படுகின்றது.

மாநிலம் வாரியான பெட்ரோல் வரி பட்டியல்

State	oil	Petrol	Diesel	Kerosene	gas
Andhra Pradesh	4	33	22.2	4	4
Maharastra	4	25	23	4	-
Gujarat	-	23	21	-	-
Madhya Pradesh	-	28.7	23	4	4
Chattisgarh	-	22	22	4	-
Goa	-	22	21	4	4
Uttar Pradesh	4	26.5	17.2	4	-
Uttarakhand	-	25	21	12.5	-
Delhi	-	20	12.5	4	4
Himachal Pradesh	-	25	14	-	4
Jammu , Kashmir	-	20	12	4	4
Punjab	-	27.5	8.8	4	4
Rajasthan	-	28	18	4	-
Haryana	4	20	8.8	4	-
Chandigarh	-	20	12.5	4	2
Tamilnadu	-	30	21.4	4	4
Pondicherry	-	12.5	12.5	-	1
Kerala	-	29	24.6	-	-
Karnataka	1	25	18	4	1
Orissa	-	18	18	4	4
Assam	-	25.7	15.5	2	4
Bihar	2	16	16	8	8
Jharakhand	-	20	14.5	4	4
West Bengal	-	25	17	4	4
Manipur	-	20	12.5	4	4
Meghalaya	-	20	12.5	4	4
Tripura	-	15	10	-	1.5
Mizoram	-	18	10	-	2
Arunachal Pradesh	-	20	12.5	4	4
nagaland	-	20	12	5	4

போலி சலுகைகளை அறிவிப்பதை விட்டு விட்டு, வரி என்ற பெயரில் பொதுமக்கள் வயிற்றில் அடிக்காமல் தமிழக அரசு செயல்பட்டாலே போதும் என்பது பொதுமக்களின் கருத்து.

விலையை குறைக்க என்ன செய்ய வேண்டும்?

தற்போது குரூட் ஆயில் பீப்பாய் ஒன்று 92 டாலருக்கு விற்கப்படுகின்ற நிலையிலும் வரி இல்லாமல் பெட்ரோலின் விலை வெறும் 22 ரூபாய் தான் ஆகின்றது.

இந்த 22 ரூபாயில் லாபமும் அடங்கும். வரி என்பது கூடுதலாக விதிக்கப்படுவது.

மத்திய மாநிலம் அரசுகள் போட்டிப் போட்டுக் கொண்டு வரி விதித்திருப்பதாலேயே பெட்ரோல் விலை தாருமாறாக உயர்ந்துள்ளது.

மத்திய மாநில அரசுகள் வரியை குறைத்தாலே போதும் பெட்ரோல் விலை குறைந்துவிடும். சர்வதே சந்தையில் குரூட் ஆயிலின் விலை கூடுவதினால் பெட்ரோல் விலை பெருமளவு கூடாது.

மத்திய அரசு வரியை குறைத்தால் தான் பெட்ரோல் விலை குறையும் என்பதில்லை தமிழக அரசு 30 சதவிகிதமாக இருக்கும் தற்போதை வரியை குறைந்த பட்சம் மற்ற மாநிலங்களை போன்று குறைத்தாலே போதும். பெட்ரோல் விலை கணிசமாக குறையும்.

பொதுமக்களாகிய நாம் தான் இதற்கு ஆவண செய்ய வேண்டும்!

அநியாயம்! அநியாயம்! எங்கும் இல்லாத அநியாயம்

20 ரூபாய் பொருளுக்கு 5 அல்லது 10 ரூபாய் வரி போட்டால் சகித்துக் கொள்ளலாம் ஆனால் கிட்டதட்ட 200 சதவிகித அளவிற்கு வரி போடும் அபாயகரமான நிலையை யாராலும் ஏற்றுக் கொள்ள முடியாது.

ஆம் 22 ரூபாய் பெட்ரோலுக்கு 41 ரூபாய் வரி!

ஆங்கிலேயர்கள் காலத்தில் கூட எந்த பொருளுக்கும் இந்த அளவிற்கு வரி விதித்திருக்க மாட்டார்கள்.

சமீப காலமாக ஏற்படும் விலை வாசி உயர்வுக்கு பெட்ரோல் விலை உயர்வும் முக்கிய காணரம்!

இதை கண்டு கொள்ளாமல்அரசு மெத்தனமாகவே செயல்படுகின்றது.

இதில் வேடிக்கையான விசயம் என்னவெனில் தற்போது உள்ள பிரதமர் பொருளாதார வல்லுணராம் அது தொடர்பாக நிறைய படித்துள்ளாராம். என்னத்த படிச்சாரோ தெரியல..

அரசியல் வாதிகள் ஆட்சியில் இருக்கும் பொது பெட்ரோலுக்கு தங்களது சொந்த பணத்தை செலவிட்டால் தானே அதன் கஷ்டம் புரியும், இவர்கள் பெட்ரோல் அலவன்ஸ் என்ற பெயரில் அரசின் பணத்தை தானே தங்களது வாகனத்திற்கு செலவிடுகின்றனர்.

எனவே பொதுமக்களின் கஷ்டம் இவர்களுக்கு எங்கு தெரியப்போகின்றது.

எனவே இந்த அநியாயத்தை பொதுமக்கள், தட்டி கேட்க தவறினால் 200 சதவிகிதம் என்ன, பெட்ரோலுக்கு 500 சதவிகிதம் கூட இவர்கள் வரி விதிப்பார்கள்.

Tntj.net இணையதள நேயர்களுக்காக..

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புள்ளி விபரத்தில் சற்று கூடுதல் குறைவு இருப்பதாக யாருக்கும் தெரியவந்தால் தயவு செய்து இணையதளத்தை தொடர்பு கொள்ளவும்.

Ref: MoneyControl , Indian gov Tax website, Press News