Variety is the spice of life

“Gilsbert please be at office by 9 AM tomorrow. We’ve a shooting tomorrow” “Why midnight shoot boss? Any horror movie in making?” Oppicer gave him the look HDK reserves for Yeddy. Next day at oppice. Gilsbert reports sharp at 10.30AM. “Dei..unna eppo vara sonnen..” “boss..naan sindubad mathiri 7 kadal ettu malai thaandi comings. Ithaan ennoda earliest possible entry” “Side character role kay ivlo latea variye..unnalaam herova poatta ..velangidum. Script anupinene padichia” “Yes boss” “Enga sollu” “Blah..blah..blah…” “Idhelaam naan sollavay illiye..” “Konjam mane thene naane add pannikiten boss” “Ivlo lengthyalaam venaa..konjam kami pannu” “blah..blah..” “Innum konjam reduce pannu” “blah” “still lengthy” “bl..” “hmmmm…” “Naan innum sollavay aarambikalaiye..” “Avlo podhum..michatha voice overla paathukalam.. ready shoot” “Hallo..hallo..wait..intha touchup lam iliya” “Grrrr” “Atleast oru apple juice” “Canteenla kaasu kuduthu vaangikka…anga poitu apdiye antha cub...

part 1 part 2 Time: 2 AM Venue: Vasantham apartments "Boss...Boss" "Moodhevi mundame..engada poi tholanja...ethana neram ipdi setha mathirye nadikarathu..nejamavay moochu vitrum polaruku" "Kochikatheenga boss..antha rendu loosunga panra kootha paathu semma thamashaa irunthuchu..aama Police edhuku thideernu vanthanga" "mmm...Naan thaan koopten..oru thrilla irukatumay nu" " aama neenga edhuku setha maathiri nadicheenga" "Unakku ellathiyum pathu thadava sollanuma..athaan appove sonnenla" "Saria puriala boss..thirumba sollunga" "Inniki enna naal.." "vellikezhama...ummm...ipo night 2 mani aaguthu..appo sanikezhama sollanuma" "romba mukkiyam..apdiye kabali kovil saneeswarar sannidhala poi velakku poatutu vaa..moodhevi..inniki thaan antha rascal Manickam deadline vachirukaan..avan sharea pirichi kudukka..plan padi..naan setha mathiri nadichi..avan inga varapo avana sika vachi policel...

It was on the day of his school interview, like Prakash raj from “Abhiyum Naanum”, we both were equally tensed around, how junior would handle the session. We reached the school venue an hour early. The security guy must’ve seen thousands of “enthu pattaanis” like us I guess. He shooed us away and asked to come back ten minutes before the interview time slot. When we finally entered the auditorium, it was like an outpatient ward of a hospital. Some kids were screaming, in some case it was the parents. One guy was seen chastising his kid and wife in equal measure. The kid was not repeating the rhymes he was trying to teach and was looking elsewhere. The receptionist was calling out names in her own sweet order. Junior felt restless and started walking over the chairs. There was a huge ground, which was one of the primary reason for us to pick that school, just outside the auditorium and junior wanted to check it out. When I was taking him out, wifey sternly warned not to step away from ...

We are in the midst of something big that is happening. Biblical prophecies around apocalypse sound more sensible than present times. Might sound like a starting line for some thriller novel or prophecy. But if you take a step back and have a careful look at day to day happenings, it would be surprising to miss out on these obvious situations. Should one call it as awakening or awareness, I am not sure. But more and more people are getting exposed to everything under the name of information. News channels, which ten years back would’ve been the sole proprietor of breaking news are facing a run for their controversy money, with anyone and everyone with a mobile phone and data pack, starting their own channel on You tube. You can be as stupid as possible, in fact, the more you tend towards the extreme side of the spectrum, the more famous and popular you become. Case in point being, Sam Anderson and Power star. One look at their videos, you would laugh off at their attempts. Second tim...

The only plus of having to travel 2 hours one way is to binge watch drama series, that is, if you manage to get a seat and not suffocate to death while standing. Fringe drama series, were introduced more like a “see if you can” dare by a colleague, who was super impressed with it. He was so fond of the series that, he was trying to sell it passionately to anyone who would listen to him. Sounds familiar? Felt as if I was seeing myself. The very first episode was interesting and I got hooked onto the series ever since. The theme of the series, deals with fringe science, hence the name. Some of the concepts are way too fantastic while some are kaadhula poo. But it has been advertised with reasonable surety that, most of the concepts mentioned are theoretical possibilities. Basically, all those machines and devices and impossible situations mentioned on the episodes are factual !!! Throw in a concept of multiverse, you got your show. The other factor that caught my interest was J.J.Abrams ...

What a day for sports it was yesterday!!! With London playing host to two spectacular finals – one played out on the hallowed turf of Wimbledon and other on the supposedly cradle of cricket – Lord’s. Each of them were humdingers on their own and possibly caused the biggest collective loss of nails across the match watching globe. Felt like kid on a candy store, swapping between each channel to see which one will end first and towards the fifth set close and onto the super over on the other side, the remote must have surely cursed the day. The results made the super exciting Sunday, into a sadder one. But the thrill, more than compensated for the grief of the favorites losing out. Probably the only final about which I ever made a passing reference was 2003, when Ponting, with his famed “spring bat”, sprang into action and threw the Indian challenge out. Yesterday’s finals, was supposedly the least watched one ever to start with, having seen the tournament’s joint favorites India and t...