Ritu - Seasons change. Do we?

After 1 yr of release i happened to buy the original vcd of Ritu since i had missed this movie in the theatres which was released during my stint at a really boring project in Infy Mysore. Normally before watching a movie i check out the basic review of the movie and ask my friends those who have watched the movie and keep in mind some keywords which i would have read/heard about it. For Rithu the keywords were friendship, love, IT life, betrayal. So i started to think about the storyline and assumed it to be a triangular love story which was shot in background of the IT industry. I was totally wrong!! And that's the reason why i liked the movie (I love surprises!!!). It was fresh, surprising, nostalgic package with beautiful frames, lovely dialogues, fresh music and beautiful people.

The story revolves around 3 childhood friends with deep friendship who had to split after their college days to work for the IT industry as software slaves to earn pocket filling salary leaving their dreams behind. (even i'm doing the same!!)

Nishan as Sarat Varma the son of a communist writer moves to the US due to the pressure from his brother-in-law who is running IT firm in the US.
Asif as Sunny Itty the son of a businessman joins an IT major in Bangalore to escape from the clutches of his brutal dad.
Rima as Varsha John, the girl among the trio also joins the company where Asif works leaving behind her mom alone.

The story begins with the return of Sarat from US to join a small IT firm in the technopark in Kerala. He asks his childhood buddies to join him in the new venture. Sarat is a nostalgic person who values his friendship with Varsha and Sunny more than anything else in the world. He didn't change much after his US stint and he also expected his friends would be like that. But he was wrong. The Bangalore pub culture had poisoned them and relationships didnt have much meaning to them. Their lifestyle and mindset had changed over the years.

Sarat decides to follow his dreams of becoming a writer after his elder brother tells him to move on with life after his relationship with his friends go haywire. Will the friendship return or will they be separated forever is the climax of the movie.

Director Shyamaprasad has proved that he can also take youthful movies with a message with beautiful frames.
The scriptwriter Joshua Newtonn is a revelation. Hoping to see fresh themes with poetic dialogues from him in future too.
The cameraman Shyam Dutt needs a special mention here. Very rarely we get to see youth oriented movies taken in such realistic ways.It really makes one nostalgic. The music by Rahul Raj was also good and the lyrics in the songs made it look something with substance. The Song 'Venal Kaattil' brought a lot of childhood memories. The actors (not only the main characters) have performed well, almost all of them being debutants.
The role played by Sarat's elder bro was excellent. The actor M.G Sasi literally lived the role. In short it is a movie worth watching alone on a sunday evening with a hot lemon 'chai' and somthing to nibble on. A must watch for youngsters who are in the rat race.

The life is like seasons. It keeps changing. But we need to make sure that we don't change for the seasons, but be ourselves and adapt to the seasons when necessary.

Thoughts for the month

When i was a small child my mom always used to say, study hard today so that you will be able to enjoy your life later on. Being a child who believed his
mother's words, i studied well and sailed through easily to reach high school. When i was facing my 1st board's she again said "study hard son, so that you will get respect and will be able enjoy your life later on". Being the 1st board's i was facing i decided to heed to her words and put in full effort. I did quite well for the 1st boards. After reaching the pre college days, she again said study hard for the entrance son, you will be enjoying your life later on.
This time she couldn't fool me.(i fared very badly for entrance..thats another story.. will tell you later ;)) I asked her right away "Amma you have been
telling me the same thing from the day i started attending my kindergarten, till now i haven't found the 'enjoyment in life' you were talking about". She seemed puzzled. But i asked her "Okay consider i study well for the entrance today and get into a good engineering college as you and dad want me to. How will i be able to enjoy coz of that? I will again have to perform hard since i will be studying with the best engineering minds of the land. Consider i do that. What next? " "You wil get a good job with a high salary package", she said. "So, high salary means what good does it do to me?", i asked. "Well you can buy a car, build a house in few years,have a good bank balance, get respect in society ". "So how are these things going to help me.Will it make me happy?" She was getting angry now. "hmmm.. you can marry a beautiful girl from a good family and settle down".I still went on to see what my mother's reaction would be. "So after settling down i will be happy and will be enjoying life is it?" So i do everything to get married to a pretty girl from a good family?? Mom, trust me, i could that even without wasting so much of energy studying hard and working hard for so many years. As per what you said i actually start
'enjoying' my life after i'm 30 or something.
My dad who was hearing this conversation while reading his sunday newspaper interrupted me and said, "No son its not that way, the journey which takes you
there is basically what life is all about. You learn to live from the experiences of your life, from your mistakes, from the people you meet. Your right may be wrong for another person and vice-versa. Your concept of happiness may be different from another person. Its up to you to find out the purpose of your birth. By the time you have a degree in your hand you will realize what to do in life. You would have had the experiences to learn from. Till then listen to us"

We always tend to look for materialistic happiness. I have friend who is crazy about mobile phones. He keeps on changing his phone every 6 months. If you ask him why he does that. He tells "with the latest phone you are upto date with the technology and it makes me feel proud and happy".While working his ass off in office the thought of buying the latest phone or ipod is what drives him from working so hard. Another friend of mine lives on the principle 'The grass is always greener on the other side'. He might have everything, but still he is never satisfied with what he has. If any of his friends buys something new he works hard to get something better than that. So he never finds happiness with what he has.

Have anybody thought what if we find happiness with what we already blessed with. We always try to look for something better overlooking what we already have. Shed your ego, jealousy, hatred and prejudist mind. Smile often, be receptive, help others, be humane, stand for what is right, be brave, be empathatic. The world will be a better place to live if everyone thinks that way.

Life is a lesson to be learnt through experiences. Experiences give better understanding of life. Better understanding of life gives less reasons to worry
about. Less reasons to worry about means more happiness. And the happiness is not something which we have to earn just by working for a period of time. We should learn to be happy while working hard itself.If one is happy with what he is having and enjoying the work he is doing he will never feel sad. Working hard on something what you love will never feel like a hard work for you. So be happy and keep smiling and makes others smile too. :)

Dayscholar Diaries

I was one of the very few guys in the college who had a chance to experience the life of a hosteller as well as that of a day scholar. It was during the 3rd year, after spending the semester vacation at college for summer course for Sem 3 Maths (the record has still not been broken. 100 arreared for Sem 3 maths!!)and making a trip to Ooty with the school friends, i was not in a mood to attend the 3rd yr classes which began sometime in July.

Moving in with my new room mate Pai (Don Pai) and 2 others (i forgot who they were!). I was preparing myself to study hard atleast in 3rd yr and be well prepared for the placement (God was laughing!!).

1 week of class and i fell ill. The college doctor diagonised it to be fever and kept giving me crocin tablets until one day when my eyes went yellow. Yes it was Jaundice.

The hostel wardens were not in a mood to leave me in the middle of a week even after getting a letter from the doctor.
They wanted a written letter from home and permission from Class Advisor,HOD,Dean, Student affairs, Chief warden....The list went on. When i was sure that i would drop dead if i delay anymore, i approached the new warden who had joined the day before and told him about my condition and gave a signed letter saying i'm ready to face any consequences if i was found to be faking.

Yeah right! I was like a prisoner who was convicted for a culpable homicide. Just the fact that i was killing myself allowing me to stay back in hell. Thankfully, he felt sorry for me and gave me the permission to go home and signed off the gate pass.
(It would have been easier to get a visa to US!!) I somehow managaed to get a bus booked through travel agency and reached home by night. As my mom opened the door i threw my luggage and fell onto the couch. The next thing i remember was waking up in the casuality section of a hospital with the doctor telling my dad that "Your son would have been deadif you had delayed for one more day". Some particular 'value' in blood which was supposed to be 50 had shot upto a whooping 5000!!!
They were more than happy to test all sorts of medicine and treatment as they had got a rare specimen who made the value till 5000 and still survived.

The days going forward was not so bad as i had thought it to be. I was pampered by beautiful nurses and my parents was showing extra sympathy for surviving in Amrita. I felt like a war hero who had survived the attack of the terrorists and had saved the life of the millions of civilians. Any request i made to my parents during those days were fulfilled.

It was at that time i thought,'This is the best time to come out of hostel and have some fun as a dayschi'. I put forth this request and it was approved by them. The next big task was to get the permission from the college for the same.

I forgot to mention another stuff. During the 2 weeks at hospital and 2 weeks at home i had been receiving threatening calls from the class advisor to come back as soon as possible or else i will have to sit with my juniors for rest of my college life. More than the pain of the disease and injections, this mental torture seemed too much to handle.

My jaundice came to a controlled level after taking a herbal medicine from a 'ayurvedic healer' from a place called Addaat near Thrissur. But i was asked to take complete rest for 3 more weeks.

Then one fine day i received a call from the department saying if i didnt report in 2days, they won't have any other option since i will not be able to make up the attendance lack even if i attend all days including the national holidays where they took attendance!! I told dad that i'm ready to move, even though i was not cured completely.

Dad's contacts in Coimbatore(CBE) got me a single bedroom to stay in a bachelor's lodge in Sai baba colony in CBE. So me and my dad started to CBE after all the packing and called up the department to tell that we were coming.
They responded saying that if we were not able to reach college before 2 pm, I would not be able to meet anyone in the department and i would have to wait for next monday which means i will be out of college. Wasting no time we started for college.

But unfortunately on the way our car met with an accident.

Though no one was hurt i thought we could never reach college on time and on top of that it started to rain making it more difficult to drive. But somewhere it was written i should be studying with the one of the best gang in college.


Reached college by 1 pm. Met Mishra sir who is the most kind hearted person in our college. He spoke to my dad and told there is nothing to worry and i will just have to attend all classes going forward (No more bunking :(). And he gave me the permission to move out of the hostel and become a day scholar. Though the class advisor Malathi maam gave the usual scare, mentioning i may not be able to clear all papers this year, even she told my dad that they would give me all the support needed.

Next hurdle was to get the permission from the so called 'Student welfare affairs' head Dr.Kannan. I hated my name only for the reason that even that ****** had the same name. The way he behaved to my dad, i felt like giving him a tight slap right at that moment. But somehow kept myself cool. He made my dad write on a paper that 'If i was found to be staying alone i could be dismissed from the college without any notice'. My dad again looked at me as if i was a hero who had again saved the country from not only a bunch of terrorists but also from local goons in orange & white clothes (i hope u get it!!).

He appreciated my bravery with that looks. I felt proud, AGAIN!!!

Packing up all my stuff from hostel i reached cbe to find my new room. My dad's friend took us there and helped me get settled.

In the evening while i was going out to see off my dad, one familiar face came walking upto me. It was Sriraj and he was staying in the same building as mine. Dad was happy that i had company.

So that's how i began my eventful dayscholar life for one year after which i returned back to hostel for the final year.
(Dont ask me why!!)

Thanks to Sriraj, JP,Vibushan, Rahul krishnan, CGV, Mukundan, Vivek, Anand, Deepak, Vijaykrishnan, Ramekumar and any others if i have missed out i had some of the best times spent in CBE. Be it the roadside foodings, musical nights with Sriraj and Rahul, mokkai nights, sam anderson & TR jokes nights, college jokes (ES & EM. LOL!!) nights, exam nights (mostly with all the stuff mentioned before :) ), long strolls
on Race course, weekend movies, evenings at Village restaurant and many more such memorable days.

The stay at Veyes towers with Sriraj, the one person with similar tastes as mine, fun nights at Vibu's and Sriraj's apartments.(Thanx a ton to ur parents for that!!)

And Jp's home was always my second home. I was considered as the 4th son by Jp's loving parents.

The 'fun-filled'group study days. Sriraj,Anand and Vibu you guys have a great way of explaining stuff in a simple way (Remember CG exam!!).

I even learnt how to cope up when you feel really lonely at times (which really helps me now).

All in all it was a fun filled learning experience for life.

And by the way i cleared that sem with no arrears or supplimentaries (Many friends checked my result before checking their's to see how badly i have fared, and to their surprise i had cleared all papers!!) Thanks to you guys else it would have been never
possible.

Even though hostel and day scholar life was two different worlds, i was fortunate enough to enjoy and learn a lot at the same time from both of them. These are the sweet memories of Mayavi who was a dayschi for a year.

Thanks to everyone who made it possible. :)

Amritayil Oru Naal

trrnnn...trrnnn...
oh, evidunna ee alarm sound...
trrnnn...trrrnnn...
da av... aveee... offeyyada...
da pooo mone.. ninnoda... offeyyada..
av : ehaehhea(unexplainable sound!! it usually comes out in the mornin when someone wakes him up)
da mai!@# poo!@# offeyyada...
snooozed...
5 minutinnu shesham veendum adikkunnu..
Kaiyyil kittiyathenthum av'ye lakshyamakki eriyunnu... he offs the alarm n puts it under the pillow..

time : 8:00
mathai brushum buckettumayi bathroomilekku..
finds a BIG queue!! comes bak nd sleeps nxt to shaggys bed, (too lazy to climb on to his bed)
kanz n av picks buckets n run to bathroom...
somehow finishes all stuff n gets ready by 8:20
by the time even mathai is ready...
shaggy still on bed, with his head under the pillow...
if someone tries to wake him up, pinne theriyude abhishekamaanu...
pakshe oru vidhathil avanum ready aayi irangi..

to IT block....
pokum vazhi
kalippu looks to junior boys and commentadi at girls
"aliya ethada aa pacha churidar..pieceaanallo ;)"
av: "tharrakal, naanamillallo ingane local aayi samsarikkan"
shaggy: "enthooo, njangalkku ithiri std kurava, njangal tharra aanenkile nee kootharaya"
kanz: "da vegam vaada ippo poya oru chaaya kudichittu kayaram."
(walking into IT canteen)
"chetta 4 chaaya"
"da 1st hour aara?"
"innu monday alle, appo mishra sir'inte class aayirikkum"
"pinne praashname illa,appo chetta 4 chayayum mathramakkenda, 8 vada koodi aayikotte"
suddenly raj joins from behind, "aa ettu, pathakkikko chetta. oru chaya enikkum."

ellavarum koottathode classilekku povan orungumbol,Pai coming to canteen.
"da pai neeyentha classilekku varunille??"
"ninga poyiko, njan kurachu kazhinju varaam, chetta oru dosa."
"ivan enthoru maatamada, 1st yr daily aadhyam classil ethiyirunnavana"
"da late aakkanda varanne"
"chetta aa fan onnitte".
pinne njangal onnnum mindilla
time : 8:45

Mishra sir: Hey so many. what happened? why so late?
one of us: sir err.. actually we didnt have our breakfast.. (Honesty pays off!!)
Mishra sir: oh! so did everyone have it now.
together: yes sir!
Mishra sir: then come inside. settle down fast.

mishra sir continues class..

back benchers->zzzz..zzzz sleeeeping
front benchers->listening and taking down notes
few girls-> messaging/ chatting
rest of the class-> writing assignments/ completing pending work
av-> reading newspaper!!
Pai comes in the middle of the hour.
Mishra sir : "Pai what happened why so late?"
Pai : sir i had to meet the dean regarding the project internship at Hp for the next sem. He had some queries.
Mishra sir : oh is it. Oh ok you where the coordinator right. ok ok come inside.

purakkinnu aaro :"veruthe alla ivane aalukal DON pai ennu vilikkunne!!"

bell rings
next hour corrosion science/quantum physics
half of the class moves to cse-b classroom where corrosion science is taken

av: da pai nee assignment cheytho? innanu last day for submission. innu koduthillenkil internalsinu miss zero idum
pai:enikkonnum vayya ini irunnu ezhuthan, povan para aa thallayodu!!!

In chemistry class
after attendance is taken raja tries to run out with his bag, when miss turns towards the board.
all guys shout maaaaam raja ran outside :)
chem mam: someone go and call him and tell him to come inside.
2-3 guys run outside making use of the opportunity.
mam: stop there.pai,u go and call him.
pai:ok mam. ;)
pai comes back with raja after 10 mins!!!
mam:raja, where did u run to??
raja holding the bag: i went to drink water, mam.
mam: u went with this bag
raja: actually mam, someone might take my books if i leave it here.
mam: what book do u have inside?
raja : Navneet book (Navneet is the local book brand name)
mam: WHAT!!!
raja:i mean few notebooks mam.
mam: ok ok.. now go sit in ur place.
raja: ok mam
mam: plz submit ur assignment papers on my table.
few students stand up to submit.
mam: what abt the others? today was the last day for submission, i'll put zero for internals otherwise.
students: maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam..
mam: keep quiet! since many have not submitted i'll give time till today evening 4:30. submit the papers on my desk in staff room.
students: ok maaam. thanku maaam!!
pai:ithu njangal ethre kandatha!!

bell rings

lunch time
most of the hostellers, go to mess.
dayscholars and some of us to canteen

canteenil poorathinte thirakku!!
kanz: da jp canteenil entha ithrayum thirakku, dayscholarsinte ennam koodiyo??
jp: dayscholarsinte ennam koodiyathalla, hostel food bore aayathinte lakshanama. :)
av: aake ullathu onakka porottayum kurumayum, athu kazhikkan ithra thirakku!! chetta 2 plate porotta..
chettan mind cheyunnilla.av binduvinte eduthu ninnu kadam vangiya 100 roopa neetti.
chettan: chillara tha mone.
av enganakkayo idichu kayari: enna 3 plate aakkikko, pinne 4 lime juiceum.
chettan billadichu, oppam 50 roopayum thirichu koduthu (santhoshathode!!)
samayam almost 1:30
sneha: eda kazhinjille. aduthathu CG lab'a
av: CG lab aano, enna oru orakkam koodi kazhinjittu povamayirunnu.
bindu:nee enthayalum avide urangan povva, pinnenthina athinu munbe oru urakkam.
shaggy jumps n comes from somewhere n shouts to maadu : nee poda maapilai naa varrai
he tastes some porotta from av's plate n tells ithu kollallo
av: ithu athra kollilla, mon vere plate edutho
jp: eda ithinnu edutho, njanum kannanum koodi kazhichittum ithu theerkkan pattunilla nee edutho!
shaggy: mone, athanu sneham
jp: athu snehamalla athu porottaya, sneha ivalallalle
shaggy:pakshe porottaye nammal snehichu kazhichale athu nammale thirichu snehikkullu
jp:athu correct

koottachiri

bindu:ente karthave ivanmarude oru chali
kanz:aaru, bharthavo?
bindu:bharthavalla karthavu.
jp:oh kumarante 'ka'
av:onnu nirthuvo, vaada labil povam
jp:oh angane nee mathram valiya krithyanishttayonnum kanikkenda.
sneha: avanu labil poyi matte 'lavalodu' sollanullathalle
jp n kanz n shaggy together: athu correcta!! ;)

while entering into lab.

all cse-b students already started doing the code.
jayakumar sir: where were all of u?
av:sir, we r coming from hostel mess had to walk a lot.
others: yes sir we all went to hostel
sir: but jeyaprasad ('jeya' was intentional), ur a dayscholar rite?
jp: eh!athu sir. i also went to hostel.
sir: y did u go?dayshcolars r not supposed to go rite.
jp:i..i actually went to main canteen which is near to boys hostel sir.
another set of boys reach the door, sir looks at them.
sir to us: okay u all start doing the program. i dont want to hear any more excuses next time onwards.
at the seats.
jp and kanz -> hot discussion abt latest malayalam releases.
av->sleeping
sneha-> messaging (coding at times!)
bindu->messaging only. in meantime, trying to get code from others around her.
shaggy-> moving from one place to another and chatting ;) when sir looks at him, he comes to his desk and works on the code.
rajeev->dont knw wen he managed to get inside.. pakshe evidunno program oppikkanulla paripadiya
at the end of the day everyone manages to show some output either partial or full output. :) tats the spirit of CSE-'A'!!


class kazhinju
dayscholars bussinu vendi odi thudangi, kanz atha etho junior penninodu sollunnu, mathai kalikkan vendi speedil hostelilekku
av'yum shaggyum snehayum binduvum canteenilekku, pathivu chaliadikku vendi.. jp vibuvinteyum srirajinteyum koode 'mokkai' ittondu povunnu..

5:00 tea time at hostel

glass kondu varunavar kaanunathu oru valiya queue, chilar ariyavunnavarude kayyil glass koduthu. allathavar queuevil thalli kayarunnu.
"dey chai vanthachada", mumbil ninna aaro ocha ittu... pinne oru bahalamanu, chaayakkum kaappikkum bondakkum vendi...
kittiyathum kondu avide ivide irunnu vachakamadi thudangunnu,
don paiye choriyallanu hindikkarude main timepass "arre pai, don pai tu to hero hai yaar"
kanz: eda pai nee oru sambhavamada
pai: kanna veruthe iri, njan pidichu thallum ketta, njangal thalliyal ningal thangilla ketta ;)
pettannu raja chaayayumayi varunnu.pinnn ellarum rajayude nerkku thiriyunnu
"dey raja dey..." this continues in one way

'mech'ukkar hostelinte muttathu vannirunnu shenoyine kaliyakkunnu.
pp:sachi nee ketto shenoyude puthiya vittu
classil sir paranju oxygen kandupidichathu 1868il aanennu,
appol shenoy: bhagyam nammal athu kazhinjittanallo janichathu!
koottachiri.
shenoy oru bhaavavithyasam koodathe cheriya swarathil : porotta kazhikkan thonnunnu!
ellarum mukhathodu mukham nokki, veendum koottachiri.
arjun full stylil thirakkittu povunnu.
murali: da ju engotta?
arjun : srishti meeting indeda.
rock/pop(vipin): ee arjun menonte srishti meeting ippo kurachu koodiyittundu..anakku entho oru doubt adikkunnu ;) (kannur slang)
murali:entho oru chutti kaliyille ennu enikkum oru samshayam illathilla.entha sasi entha ninte abiprayam?
sasi: entho evideyo cheenju naarunundu?
sarathbhai: athu valla eliyum chathathayirikkum. athre ollu (in bhai's thrissur slang!))
jayraj: aa bhai thudangi mone ini rakshailla...

mathaiyum rajeevum jd'yum bootsittu kalikkan orugunnu. kayyil bondayumayi atha duck vazhiyil
duck:anna football velayadaporaya?
raj: illa bootsittu kulikkaporai ;)
ranjith: anna, hans irukka.
raj: kocham vayayil irukku, unakku venama?
ranjith: ennanna..
raj:dey seriousa mudinjirichu da ;)

at the other hostel, in the ece corridor
da pskkkkkkkkkkk....
psk: aahhh!!
ellarum pskyude muriyilekku..
psk:ellarum cheruppu purathidu plz, njan ippo clean cheythatheullu.
arjantti (its arjun T):oh avante oru vrithi!
sinto: da jatti, padicu thodangiya? randachya kazhinja periodicalsa
arjantti: randachayille appo ee weekend thudangam
rpm: sathyam para jatti nee communicationsinte 2 chapter kazhinjille
arjantti: onnu poda, njan 1st chapter veruthe onnu vaychathe ullu appozhekkum njan randennam theerthu ennayi!
sugunan (gaayakan sunil P): puli appo nee 1st chapter vayichu alle. puli. njan vicharichu njan maathrame 1st chapter padichulluvennu
DeepakG:hallon, ivide entha oru aalkoottam valla sadhayumundo?
sugunan:foodinte kaaryam paranjapala, da anoope nee enikkoru 7.50 roopa tharanundu 2.50 chaayayude, 5 puffsinte.
anoop:inganoru pishukkan, echitharam parayatheda suguna, kayinjaaycha veetil poyappo busskaashu kodothathu njanalle athu nee maranno!
sinto:oh randu perum thudangi pichakanakku. da psk ethenkilum padamidu.
psk: puthiyathonnumilla, ratatoullie mathiyo.
jatti:avante oru ratatoullie, athu nee ethramathe pravishima kaanunne. onnu eduthu kalyada.
sugunan: roominte purathekku
RPM: aa sugunan paditham thudagan povannu, ini avane pidicha kittilla
sugunan: poda poda (from the steps to 1st floor, not wasting any time simply arguing with anyone)
RPM:vaada fifa kalikkam
DeepakG:mone, angane valla nalla karyam para. appo ellarum ente roomikku vannollu. njanum nirmalum lappumayi ready aayi irikkam ;)
ani corridoril dufaiyine odichittu thallunu.. backgroundil puthiya therikal kelkkavunnathaanu..
kanz: aaha ethre manoharamayi therikal. Ithilum manoharamaya therikkal vayikkittum undavumo entho.. ithu latest aayirikkum alle?
deepakG:pinne..ithu innu release aayatha. nee daily oru 7 - 8 allenkil 11-12 samayangalil vannal ithilum manoharamayathu kelkkam.

sinto: kanna vaada nammukku devadathine onnu poyi kaanam
1st floor, outside dev's room thamizhpaatinteyum, malayalam bhajansinteyum sounds mixed aayi corridoril kelkkam
devdathinte muriyil onnu mutti
devdathinte pooja kazhinjathe undayirunnullu.
kanz:deva, njagalkku akathekku varamo?
dev: va va, randalumkoodi ooru thendan irangiyathano?
kanz:anganyeyum parayam.
sinto: ninakkini arrear vallathum ezhuthi edukkan undo?
dev:nalla katha,ini randanam kedakunnundu choodappam pole. adutha semesterinu munbe athu randum theerakkanam
sinto: mone, puli.
dev: puliyayathu kondonnumalla, illenkil adutha semmil iniyum vallathum adichallo, ellamkoodi orumichu ezhuthi edukkan ithiri budhimuttavum :)
sinto: mone, devadath valarnnu oru prasthanamayi alle kanna.
kanz: athe athe, nammal moonnuperum pandu 2nd yr summer coursinu irunnu padichathu ormavarunnu. athu super time thanne aayirunnu alle da.
seniorsinte placement, junile mazha, vayikkunerathe carroms kali, rathriyile football match.. kiddu time aayirunnu..
sinto: pinne marakkan pattilla.athinu sheshamanennu thonnunu devadath jango payyanayathu.
aarudeyo mobile adichu
dev: sathyam!

7:30pm Mess
orattathu 'mech'ukkar, matteattathu 'ece'kkarum pinne 'eee'kkarum


'enthanu biju innathe rumour' sasi to kanz
'rumour'ine kurichu parayaan ivide nammude Arjun irikkunundu.
'Mr Arjun enthanu thaankalude adutha rumour.'
arjun:'Nammude swantham ku*dan sreejithinu puthiya line aayi ennathanu puthiya rumour'
sreejith:'da ju, mindathirinno enikku deshyam pidichale ninne njan thattum'
'sreejith nammude ju'vine thattum ennanu paranjirikkunathu'
'ithine kurichu nammude Sachi'kku enthanu parayaan ullathu'
Sachi:'sreejith thattum ennu paranjal thattum ennu nammalkkariyam..' bhai interupting in between
'enikkonnu parayan undu.'
'Parayu bhai enthanu thaankalkku mozhiyuvan ullathu'
'sreejith thattum ennu paranjal thattum. da ingane' bhai pats OT on his back
OT:'aah bhai thodangi. innu marunu kazhichilla alle bhai'
bhai:'illa'
sreejith:'bhai ninakku njan vechittundu, nee roomilekku vaa'
bhai:'athinu enne kittilla nee shenoyie vechu adjust cheytha mathi.'
Pramod:'oho angane satyam purathu vannu.shenoy appo ninakku ithanalle roomil pani,oho'
shenoy:'eh entha'
OT:' appo nee ivide onnumalle shraddhikunne'
shenoy:'kaalil entho kadichu, aah'

koottachiri..

dufai:'athe enikkoru samshayam,'
hari:'duff thudangi mone..'
dufai: 'nammal ippo last semmil valla arrear adichu ennu vecho appo anganeyanenkil nammukku placement kittiya companyil ninnu purathakkumo?'(irinjalakuda slang)
gerrad:'nalla best doubt aanallo duffe'
sujith: 'enikkum aa doubt illathe illa'
gopu:'nee enikka pazham thannal njan parayam'
dufai: 'podu ma***'
hari: 'da nuthin to worry.. avar nammalkku enthayalum oru chance tharum.. esp ninakku.. mental disability ullavare company special care kodukkum ennu kettu alle sachi.. entha ninte expert opinion on this..'
sachi:' mone, nee ellam arinju vechittundallo... '
arjun:'avanu chelappo aavashyam varum athayirikkum..'
hari: 'ju venda.. nenakku ente kayyinnu kittum.'
balram:'ju come on react..englishil oru dialogue vechu kaachu'
JD:'ballu chorinju thudangi ellarum melle scoot aayikko..'
sasi:'aarkkum vendatha ee janmam enikkum vendaaaa... ' (sasi imitating arjun's dialogue in one of the drama's)

koottachiri

at the other end of the table
arjantti:'mone mayaviiyil mammootyude performance kalakki'
psk:'athanu athanu'
sinto:'satyam, kore kaalam kazhinjitta oru nalla padam kandathu. mohanlalinu ini veruthe irikkam'
anup:' da da mathi mathi. mayavi hit aayathu shafiyude script kondu maathrama. mammootikku athil abbhinayikkam mathram onnumillayirunnu'
psk:'athanu athanu'
rpm:'lalettante 'Hallo' kalakki mone, entha thamasha chirichu chirichu mathiyayi'
psk:'athanu athanu'
kanz:'pakshe ee adutha kalathu kandu nalla cinema Lal Josinte 'Classmates'um 'Arabikatha'yum thanne'
psk:'athanu athanu'
unni:'da psk nee kore neramayallo athanu athanu ennu parayunnathu.etha best ennu ippo parayanam'
sateeshan:'athenne kore nerayi avan athenne paranjondirikkunnu, ethreyannu vecha sahikka'
isku(gaayakan sarath):'mone sateeshan formilayai, da psk vegam therumanicho illennkil ellarum koodi ninne eduthu pooshum'
psk:'ellarum besta. pore. nammaku samadhanamayittu kazhikkam. have peace please'
DeepakG:'piece'o, mone ethu piece'
devdath:'leg piece hehehe'

koottachiri

ellarum fud kazhinju hostelilekku povumbol
sunil,ani,jd,pd,mathai,rajeev ellarum ada football jersyumittu kayyil frootiyum kayyil pidichindu varunnu..
"sunile innathe collection engane undayirunnu??"
sunil:'innu athra pora.. frooti mathrame kittiullu.. NRI juniorsilum echikal undennu manasillayi..'
mathai: 'NRI mathro, ellam echikala.. ente pathivu cream bunnum njan miss cheythu'
:(
rajeev: 'kanna, rathri nammade shangai noodles undakkenam.. marakkanda.. vellavum noodlesum ready aakki vecho :)'

back in hostel
IT unni's room
"movie song: happy days happy days.."

kanz: "da unni nee veendum thudangiya?? ethre pravishyamada orre padam ingane kaanuva?"
unni: "da ee padam veruthe randu scene kaanan vendi vachatha.. appozha nee kayari vanne"
kanz: "athe, ithu thannaya innale njan ivide vannapozhum paranje.."
unni: "da jeevithathilo ingane onnum nadanilla enna pinne cinema enkilum kandu aa sankadam theerkkamenu karuthi"
bakkil ninnarro
"immakkoro naaranga vella kaachiyallo?"
unni:mone ethi, seniors polum angeekaricha ettavum capacity ulla budhimanaya kudiyan.
kanz:alla itharu sriramo. entha rametta, onnu suhikkande.
sriram:suhikkannu paranja inganeya suhikka. sukhikkanu paranja pinnangu sukkkhhavanam.
unni: njan cheytha ettavum valiya thettu ivanu 'Thoovanathumbikal' padam kanichu kodu ennullatha. ethu neram nokkiyalum ee dialogue
adichondirikkum.
kanz: "hmmm.. nee kaapi kudikkan varunno?"
unni: "illa da nee poyikko njan ithonnu kandu theerkkatte"
kanz: "shavam!!"

"kaapi kaapi"
KU: "enthutta ithu?? innu aareyum kittuninnallo."
JD: "athanne, innathe kani theere sherialla"
KU: "Nee aareya kanikande?"
JD: "Aavo, bhaiye aanenu thonnunu"
KU: "Enna pinne nokkenda, ninte ee varsham thanne pokka"
Sasi :" oh oh oho" (in sasi's own way)
KU: "Aah sasi ethi mone, sasi, mone, kutta, randu kaappi oppichuthaada"
Sasi: "Ah ah aha" (veendum sasi's own way)
JD: "Nee ingane oro sound indakki nadanno, nee nokki vacha aa junior ille, aa dancekkari, avale innu njan aa paattukarante koode kandu"
Sasi: "Evide vechu?"
JD: "Dispensaryude munnil vechu"
Sasi: "Athaval valla marunnum medikkan poyathayirikkum"
JD: "Allada avar thammil entho dingolfication undu, njan avale kandappol aval onnu pathari"
KU: "JD, athu maathram nee parayaruthu. Nee nokkiyittu pathariya oru pennum lokatha undavilla"
Sasi: "Athalla ippozhathe vishayam, aval enthinayirunnu aa pattukarante koodi samsarichu ninne ennanu enikkariyende"
KU: "Sasi, angane dancekkari pattukarnte koode poyi. Inyipoo..."
Appolekkum sasi melle padikkodu nadannu thudangi : " Paathira mazha ethoo hamsa geetham paadi.."
Shenoy : "Hamsa geetham padiyo? Aarada ee Hamsa?"
KU: "Ente vayaru niranju. ithu koodiye bakki undayirunnullu.. vaa povam"
JD: "Atha Tiger varunnu"
Shenoy: "Entamme puli!!"
KU: "Daa sherikkulla puli alla, Tiger vipin. Kude aliyanum undallo"
Tiger : Hallon
Aliyan: Hallo
JD: Aarenkilum randu kaappi vangichu thaada plz..
Tiger n Aliyan: Njan cash tharaam ningal poyi vangicho
JD runs..
Murali & PP:" Da Mokkai"
KU: "Entha chakkare"
Innu nee arreya pattichu kaapiyum bunnum adicheduthathu
KU: Innu oruthaneyum kittiyillada.. Ellarum record ezhuthum periodicalsum okke aayi busy anennu thonnunnu..
Appo today no coffee eh??
JD: inna pidicho kaappiyum bunnum.. ellarkkum undu aakrantham kanikkenda
Murali: JD.. nee aada aankutti..
JD: Pottan undayirunnu akathu.. Innu avanayirunnu ira
PP: good good.. appo Mr Mokkai, thangalude shishyan pani padichu thudangi
KU: Yes yes..
Murali: (jos prakash tone) Well by the by.. kappi kollam..u will really enjoy it.. im proud of u my boys.. :)

Jacobum Vineeshum Mathaiyum Joe'um orumichu varunnu

KU:Alla itharokkeya, achayanmarokke undallo..
PP:Jacobe enthu veshamada ithu..
Jacob: Entha penkuttikkalkku ithram simple dressitta purushanmare ishtamalle.. Dont they like..
vineesh: athenne, avanu idanakkil avan ittotte da, entha ninakkum veno Joe
Joe: ayyo vendaye, ithilum bhedham..
Mathai: venda joe. baakki njangalkku manasillayi..
Shenoy: Nale huttil poyallo
joe: njan ready..
jacob: athentha nee mathram ready.. njangalum readya..
Shenoy:nalla kaapi.

Koottachiri :)
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kadha ivide avasanikkunilla...

College jeevithathil marakkan aavatha orupaadu rasakaramaya anubhavangalum nimishangalum nammude ellarudeyum jeevithathil nadannittundavum. Njan ivide ningalkkayi ezhuthiyathu athil ente jeevithathille 'oru divasathe' anubhavamaanu.
Kurachu masala add cheythittundenkilum ithil njan ente oruvidham koottukare okke ulppeduthan shramichittundu.
For others whom i could not include. Sorry folks adutha lakkam balarama vayichu adjust cheyyu.. :)
Ithile ethenkilum sambhashnam aareyenkilum vedanippichittundenkil njan kshema chodikkunnu ennonnum karuthanda.. Ithile kathapathrangal aareyenkilumayi samyamundenkil athu thikachum manapoorvamanu :) hehe.. Miss those good times.. feel free to comment on it or add any other incidents which brings smile to others.. i have censored a lot of things since this will be read by girls too.

@Boys, nammade hostel jeevithathil ithilum orupaadu rasangal nadannittundallo, ningalkku orma varunna incidents enikku ezhuthi ayachu tharoo njan athellam mix cheythu kurchu masalumittu onnu bake cheythu eduthu nalla rasayanam roopathil aakki tharaam...
ellam detailaayi ezhuthi njan book aayi orikkal irakkam...by that time i hope everyone wud be married and settled with their life partners so that it will be fun reading and cherishing our golden days!!


Nanni Namaskaram..
Swantham Kannan..

Raavan Music Review

My first major post. Decided to start off musically. :)

Raavan - The most awaited album of 2010. The Mani Ratnam - Rahman - Gulzar a combo after the blockbuster Guru.

There are 6 songs to offer in the album and all have a folk and earthy touch to it.

Note: These are purely my own opinion. No offence meant to anyone.

Beera Beera- this song was my pick of the lot even before hearing the others and i didn't regret making my choice.
Its sung by Vijay Prakash, Mustafa , Keerthi Sargathia and ARR . The music starts off in Rahman style with a different opening (a tribal touch!!) but progresses in a simple and uncomplicated manner. Somewhere i found this song as a cross of tera bina (Guru) and Dhol Bhaaje (Hum dil de chupke sanam). I think the chords and beats made me think so. The tune is very catchy. But i bet this song will reverberate in your ears even after you come out of the theatres. It will be the hello tune for Rahman fans soon.

Behene De Behene De- Sung by Karthik and Mohammed Irfan this song is given a dark touch. It opens with the sounds of wind chimes and huge drums and progresses on the support of drum beats and programming effects. Though not comparable to Satrangi of Dil Se (One of His masterpiece!!) felt it may come almost in the same genre. The lyrics by Gulzar are worth mentioning here.

Khilli Re - is beautiful. A Slow and peaceful song best to be heard on ipod before slipping into sleep.Loved the voice of Reena Bhardwaj. Missed Shreya Ghosal for this song though :(

Thok De Killi - is a cocktail. It has the rock,the beats, the local style (read as vijay style as in 'Azhagiya Tamil Magan' ;)), the arabic touch, and amazing voice of Sukhwinder which is obviously the highlight of the song.

Ranjha Ranjha - Sung by Anuradha Sriram, Javed Ali and Rekha Bharadwaj, i felt this song does not have anything 'new' to offer. A lot of programming has been used in this song and it has nothing extra special to be called as a Rahman Song. Hoping it atleast turns good on-screen.

Kata Kata - Opening On the lines of 'Azeem-o-shan' of Jodha Akbar and some with little similarity (the lyrics n style of rendering) to 'Rukumani' of Roja this song is reportedly picturesed with 1000 dancers in a fully man made set. The music has a variety with a folk touch and with a different set of singers. Mainly sung by Ila Arun,Sapna Awasthi & Kunal Ganjawala, it has a set of 8-10 chorus singers to add more spice to this song. This song will definitely be a treat to watch on screen.


This could be a disappointment for Rahman fans especially after giving a musical hit with the tamil movie Vinnai thaandi Varuvaya. Rahman has gone for a totally new set of singers in this album. And one does miss the voice of Hariharan very much. Though Mani Ratnam does experimental stuff with Rahman, this one may not give a solid result as always. Another observation made is the first word is always being repeated in most of the Rahman songs. My friend Kiran had told me the same once before, but after hearing the songs of this album i found it to be a Rahman's trick or style as you can call it. Waiting for the movie release now to see how the background score goes.

In the Virtual World as Mayavi

Finally I have arrived.. I had been thinking of joining this for quite sometime, but i never felt the need for it.. I had no interest in writing before.. And moreover spending time on the computer was considered to be a nerd's activity by me till the time i became active on Internet :).. Nowadays a person becomes omnipresent thanks to the net.. He's joins an online party through the social networking sites even though he may be working in the office... He has a Virtual Avatar which helps him do so.. So I decided to take the form of Mayavi, my virtual avatar to take you to a magical world when you feel like taking a break from the usual routine.. Though my literature and knowledge is limited i'll try my best to present you some interesting works through articles, stories, poems, reviews, photographs, music and some crazy mysterious stuff.. Enjoy:)