tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9642961Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:02:18 +0000GeneralPersonalShort StoryFunnySportsInterestingKavya - VarunPeopleKavidhaigalPithukuliMovie ReviewsPoemsOne Minute StoriesTrekkingHorrorபரித்ராணாய சாதூனாம் விநாஷாய சதுஷ்க்ருதாம் தர்ம ஸந்ஸ்த்தாபநார்த்தாய சம்பவாமி யுகே யுகே ...http://www.iyerpaiyan.com/noreply@blogger.com (Satish N)Blogger424125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9642961.post-2597248530429012286Tue, 31 Dec 2024 11:39:00 +00002024-12-31T17:09:09.839+05:30One more year goes by without any major setbacks or incidents. With the way the world is going on these days, you are the most blessed when your life is utterly boring and nothing major is happening around, that means you have very less to worry about and that is how 2024 was, it was pretty much a routine and nothing fancy and I am not complaining.Personally this year was amazing as I managed to http://www.iyerpaiyan.com/2024/12/2024-recap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Satish N)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9642961.post-1119664015626527723Sun, 31 Dec 2023 15:06:00 +00002023-12-31T20:36:11.052+05:30As you all know, I am a big fan of SPB sir and I managed to collect 1000+ songs of SPB (only in Tamil) and also I updated my songs library with many more songs, and here is the complete list of all the songs that I have in my library today and trust me, there are 100s of songs which many of you would have not heard before. Here is the complete list in PDF format. http://www.iyerpaiyan.com/2023/12/spb-1000-finally.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Satish N)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9642961.post-1336697734176594653Sun, 31 Dec 2023 14:45:00 +00002023-12-31T20:15:24.904+05:30So my blog has become just a piece of diary now, I don't post anything regularly and I am also running out of excuses on why I am not writing anymore, and there is no promise that I will be regular in this space in future. I do maintain this domain and try to at least post yearly recaps, so that I can go and read them when I get old.So how was 2023? by the grace of GOD, this year went without anyhttp://www.iyerpaiyan.com/2023/12/2023-recap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Satish N)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9642961.post-5405810424010686261Fri, 31 Dec 2021 16:11:00 +00002021-12-31T21:41:19.851+05:30 I am just relieved to see off 2021, what a traumatic year this had been for our planet, the wave of Covid that hit many countries, especially India was just too much to handle, the lives lost due to this is shitty disease has left a bad taste in all our minds, no words are enough to console the near and dear one's who have lost their loved one. When we were all set to give a sigh of relief,http://www.iyerpaiyan.com/2021/12/2021-recap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Satish N)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9642961.post-255679520622070984Wed, 20 Jan 2021 14:28:00 +00002021-01-20T19:58:21.070+05:30 Oh what an exhibition of test cricket this Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2021 has been, India for sure were not tagged as favorites when they landed on Aussie soil, the One-Day games went in our favor with a 2-1 victory, but we gifted the T20's to the Aussies and then started the real test of the game, the TESTS.India were bundled for 36 (all out) in their second innings at Adelaide and with Virathttp://www.iyerpaiyan.com/2021/01/galloped-at-gabba-2021.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Satish N)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9642961.post-8324047014499888198Thu, 31 Dec 2020 12:05:00 +00002020-12-31T17:35:56.311+05:30What a nasty year this has been, a year to forget, a year we all hope that never repeats again. I am still searching those fucking astrologers who all came in those popular TV channels and chest-thumped that 2020 would be a year of prosperity, a year of utmost happiness and joy, they all proved that astrologers are useless assholes when they don't practice the art of astrology that well, now the http://www.iyerpaiyan.com/2020/12/get-lost-2020.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Satish N)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9642961.post-8965356921500413048Fri, 25 Sep 2020 09:34:00 +00002020-12-21T22:05:42.130+05:30General This year 2020 is continuing to be the most depressing year in my life, how many lives we have lost across the globe due to this pandemic COVID-19 (Corona Virus) and the latest victim to that nasty disease is our one and only "Paadum Nilaa Balu" a.k.a SPB a.k.a S.P Balasubramaniyam.When he released a video from the hospital saying that he is getting admitted due to "mild" Covid symptom, I http://www.iyerpaiyan.com/2020/09/spb-legend-with-golden-voice-rests-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Satish N)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9642961.post-5733154324415882697Wed, 03 Jun 2020 14:03:00 +00002020-12-21T22:05:47.547+05:30General Ah once again ....!!! Just like how we have never heard about the term Tsunami till the time we were all impacted by that, this Covid 19 caught us by surprise likewise. From where the hell this came and hit us all? Was this a bio-weapon like many countries speculate? I don't buy the statement of this virus has came from the BATS, damn, BATS were around for millions of years, and this virus http://www.iyerpaiyan.com/2020/06/covid-19.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Satish N)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9642961.post-3058497420454971967Tue, 31 Dec 2019 15:54:00 +00002020-12-21T22:05:54.573+05:30Personal I am not going to start this post with any excuses, by this time, all my readers would have been diminished as well, I am just maintaining this blog just to put a recap of the year, hahahaha. Ok,  by the grace of GOD, 2019 has behaved well and it was a quite and peaceful year. Pranav turned 3 years and has started to speak, true to this saying "குழலினிது யாழ்யினிது என்பர், மழலை சொல் http://www.iyerpaiyan.com/2019/12/2019-recap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Satish N)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9642961.post-4193729070504083826Fri, 14 Jun 2019 13:37:00 +00002020-12-21T22:06:03.003+05:30General Crazy-Easy Mohan I have penned this on the day he passed away and did not want to post it that day itself as I cannot digest the fact that a genius like him his no more. I don’t think anything would be enough to talk about some of my mentors and for sure Crazy Mohan sir is one of them. OK before we dive deeper, I am not a cine personality, I am not a stand-up-comedian, but I have http://www.iyerpaiyan.com/2019/06/gods-must-be-crazy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Satish N)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9642961.post-2850729261445450044Mon, 31 Dec 2018 16:20:00 +00002020-12-21T22:06:09.964+05:30Personal One more year comes to an end and once again I did not keep up the promise of blogging frequently, but I am sure my readers are used to that now.Ok, 2018 was honestly a great year professionally, probably the best year where the learnings I had was more compared to the last 10 years. I had to move out of India this year to improve my technical skills and aslo get some good exposure, and my move http://www.iyerpaiyan.com/2018/12/recap-of-2018.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Satish N)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9642961.post-1489268116323127387Tue, 16 Oct 2018 07:22:00 +00002020-12-21T22:06:27.526+05:30General I am a little confused and perplexed over this Metoo trends on twitter, I know I cannot say all of what I wanted to say on twitter so I turned on to my blog where I am the boss and I can say whatever I want with utmost honesty, of course I could well be taken for a roast if this link circulates on SM. Ok, I know this is truly emotional and extremely sensitive (at least in India) and we as http://www.iyerpaiyan.com/2018/10/me-too.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Satish N)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9642961.post-1289857975205121017Mon, 21 May 2018 11:11:00 +00002020-12-21T22:06:45.218+05:30Personal Off late, I have been thinking of the good old days of my life where there used to be these abundance of joy in the little things of life and today when I sit back and think, it pains to see that my son is not going to enjoy any of these joys as they never exist anymore in my country, may be there are still some traces of these in the remote villages of India, but in cites these are dead longhttp://www.iyerpaiyan.com/2018/05/wish-these-joys-were-never-stolen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Satish N)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9642961.post-396690811713196550Sat, 30 Dec 2017 04:25:00 +00002017-12-30T09:56:32.929+05:30Personal So, 2017 is going to come to an end and I should admit that this year was not so great on the professional front as I have been doing the same role, same technology and a kind of mundane started to settle in, but ... but ... but ... 2018 is not going to be that way, now that I am getting out of my current role, I am all set to do some super tech work in my next assignment, though I am yet http://www.iyerpaiyan.com/2017/12/2017-recap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Satish N)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9642961.post-2426369553576440823Sat, 07 Oct 2017 09:25:00 +00002017-12-30T09:55:31.595+05:30General Well, I am penning a post after a very long time, this time I will not promise that I will be regular and will write more posts in the coming years, but the kind of incident that happened wanted me to blog so that I can hear reviews and feedback from many folks who have gone through that and who are going through that. So one of the biggest dreams of an average Indian is to get a house, as http://www.iyerpaiyan.com/2017/10/gated-communities-its-perils.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Satish N)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9642961.post-8140996083199660384Sat, 31 Dec 2016 18:13:00 +00002017-12-30T09:55:38.793+05:30Personal Oh whattay brilliant year 2016 has been. Personally this is the year I would never forget because this is the year which brought Pranav to us. He was born on August 2nd 2016 at 2:23 PM in Seethyapathy Clinic, Mylapore. He was weighing 2.6 kgs at the time of birth. I felt as if my whole world was just decorated with scented flowers, he was the sunshine myself and Vidhya were waiting for, he was http://www.iyerpaiyan.com/2016/12/2016-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Satish N)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9642961.post-3687187475845071722Thu, 31 Dec 2015 08:07:00 +00002015-12-31T13:39:43.009+05:30Personal I know I have almost abandoned my blog these days, but every year end I return here to rewind my life and kind of record the events of that year. I always make good effort to write more blogs and rekindle my story writing skills, but in the end, I don't make time to sit and write, as simple as that. Professional ....   Year 2015 was a very good year for me, both professionally and http://www.iyerpaiyan.com/2015/12/2015-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Satish N)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9642961.post-4373778252990025800Tue, 21 Apr 2015 04:59:00 +00002020-12-21T22:06:54.167+05:30General When the whole planet is debating if we leaving a better place for our kids, how many parents did wonder / debate if they are leaving better kids for this planet? Today's younger generation is extremely scary to deal with, and today's parents are extremely ignorant on their actions, be it working couple or couple where the wife is a home-maker, they don't look to mind their kids. This may not http://www.iyerpaiyan.com/2015/04/better-planet-for-kids-but-better-kids.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Satish N)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9642961.post-5731316889355284916Fri, 22 Aug 2014 07:33:00 +00002014-08-22T13:04:21.411+05:30General Madras, what a lovely name, I still use this name whenever I go abroad when people ask me "Which part of India you belong to", and yes, still it is very well known and famous when we say Madras, rather than saying "Chennai". This brief post is a tribute to the city I was born, brought up and the city I live in, and hopefully the city where I wanted to die as well. I am not sure about the other http://www.iyerpaiyan.com/2014/08/madras-flashback.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Satish N)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9642961.post-1582671235256657010Sat, 17 May 2014 09:32:00 +00002014-05-17T15:13:12.064+05:30Short Story அந்த எதிர்க்காற்றின் குளிர்ச்சியை தாங்க முடியாமல் ஜன்னலை மூடிவிட்டு அம்மா கொடுத்து அனுப்பிய மப்ளரை தலையில் சுற்றிக்கொண்டான் ரமேஷ், அவனின் அன்றாட வாழ்க்கையின் சராசரி பயணம் அது. தேனீ தான் அவனது சொந்த ஊர், அம்மா தேனியில் தனி வீட்டில் இருக்கிறாள், வாழ்கை இழுத்த இழுப்பில் மிகவும் நடுங்கியும், ஒடுங்கியும் போனவள், கணவனின் மறைவுக்கு பின் நான்கு சுவருக்குள் அடைந்து கொண்டவள். அவன் கண் முன்னே அவனது தந்தை http://www.iyerpaiyan.com/2014/05/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Satish N)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9642961.post-491816631436919631Tue, 31 Dec 2013 10:45:00 +00002013-12-31T16:23:09.316+05:30Personal First apologies for a prolonged absence, and yes, I have to admit that I have not been regular in my blogging or following my fellow bloggers, don't want to pass on the blame on the other dynamics of life, but to have it on me and my laziness. I always wanted to write more and then keep my writing skills intact, but it is just that I am not prioritizing things properly in my life and giving http://www.iyerpaiyan.com/2013/12/2013-recap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Satish N)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9642961.post-4387393506691528702Sat, 25 May 2013 17:42:00 +00002021-01-20T20:01:53.395+05:30People தமிழகம் மறந்த இந்த சௌராஷ்டிரா மண்ணின் மைந்தனுக்கு இந்த பதிவு சமர்ப்பணம்.  எழுபதுழலில் பிறந்ததற்கு இன்றும் பெருமை படும் மனிதர்களில் நானும் ஒருவன். எங்களின் பால்ய காலம் தான் எத்தனை மகிழ்ச்சியானது, தெருக்களில் கண்ணாமூச்சி விளையாடுவது, கோலி, பம்பரம், கில்லி, பாண்டி, பல்லாங்குழி, பரமபதம், எத்தனை எத்தனை அற்புத ஆட்டங்கள், இவற்றில் ஒன்று கூட இந்த காலத்து குழந்தைகள் கேட்டிருக்கக்கூட http://www.iyerpaiyan.com/2013/05/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Satish N)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9642961.post-760323471578589499Wed, 04 Jul 2012 16:07:00 +00002012-07-04T21:38:04.856+05:30General I know I am visiting my blog after a long time. I don’t know any exact reason for why I have orphaned it, but I know I have orphaned it. Last week I had a brain fart and then decided that I should revive my blog and I was just waiting for a reason and there came with a bang, a trip to the most gorgeous place in tamilnadu - "Valparai". It was a quick planned trip and as you all know, no trip http://www.iyerpaiyan.com/2012/07/valparai-heaven-on-earth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Satish N)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9642961.post-4800399741830539883Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:31:00 +00002012-01-13T23:01:48.163+05:30Funny With the kind of beating our boys get at the hand of Aussies, I think this is what Dhoni would sing after the end of this "Kolaveri Series ...". Based on the lyrics and tune of the recently famous viral song "Why this kolaveri kolaveri kolaveri di ..." I have formed this lyrics for Dhoni. Yo boys, I am playing series, soup series, flop series, why this kolaveri kolaveri kolaveri Clarke. http://www.iyerpaiyan.com/2012/01/why-this-kolaveri-series.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Satish N)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9642961.post-6398865154131941592Sat, 31 Dec 2011 11:36:00 +00002011-12-31T17:06:07.904+05:30Personal Personal & Professional 2011 completed in a flash, every year end reminds us the fact that time and tide waits for none. This year was not so great personally, professionally it was a great year. One of the biggest loss of my life happened this year when I lost my loving grandma, If I am what I am today, all the credit should go to her, as she always encouraged me to do what I like. Those http://www.iyerpaiyan.com/2011/12/recap-of-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Satish N)2