[LYRICS] தேவதாருவே காமதேனுவே தேவ தூதனே கண்ணா
One of my favorite songs of all time. finally discovered the audio version and before I lose it again, penned (blogged?) down the lyrics. pardon mistakes, if any!
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தேவதாருவே காமதேனுவே தேவ தூதனே கண்ணா
உயர் காவல் தெய்வமே காதல் தீபமே கங்கை ஆண்டிடும் மன்னா
ஆதியும் இல்லை அந்தமும் இல்லை நீதி உன் நிலை கண்ணா
ஒரு ஜாதியும் இல்லை தனிமையும் இல்லை தர்ம தேசத்தின் மன்னா
ராதை நாதனே நான்கு வேதனே கீதை நாயகா கண்ணா
உன் பாதை எவ்வழி நாங்கள் அவ்வழி பாடி ஆடுவோம் மன்னா
எங்கு நோக்கினும் என்ன கேட்பினும் என்னை காணலாம் என்றாய்
நாங்கள் ஒன்று நோக்கினோம் ஒன்று கேட்கிறோம் உன்னை மட்டுமே கண்ணா
காட்டு மேட்டிலும் காட்டு வீட்டிலும் காவல் கொண்டவன் அன்றோ
உன் பாட்டும் கீதையும் பாண்டவர் தமை வாழ வைத்தன அன்றோ
காலம் யாவிலும் வசந்தமானவன் மாதம் யாவிலும் மார்கழி
உன் கீதம் யாவையும் புவனம் காக்கவே சேர்ப்பதொன்று தான் என் வழி
பால கிருஷ்ணனே நீல மாதவா என்றும் உன்னடி போற்றினோம்
எங்கள் பாவம் தீரவும் நன்மை சேரவும் கோவில் தீபத்தை ஏற்றினோம்
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Labels: devadaruve, Kannadasan, Krishna song, TMS
posted by Parthiban on Tuesday, April 17, 2012
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Barca and the Ballon Dor
[Ballon Dor = Golden Ball for the best footballer of the year]
To make sure that his quote was not, yet another political babble, Messi did win it last year beating C.Ronaldo by a historic margin of votes.
And this year, it has only gotten better, with the top three finalists all belonging to Barca - Andres Iniesta, Xavi Hernandez and Lionel Messi - and all of them products of Barca's youth system.
For a fan, this is as good as it gets and probably is once in a life time opportunity to see the team perform, like it does week in and week out.
For starters, I would recommend watching atleast one good Barca game to appreciate the style and beauty of the game. Anyone who has ever kicked a football, could understand how difficult it is to achieve constant precision and power, and how simple Barca makes it appear on the field mixing their skill and creativity to leave the opponents flummoxed and the audience overwhelmed!
posted by Parthiban on Thursday, December 30, 2010
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fun in the sun
My idea of a perfect vacation is to go someplace, be rooted there and relax for the whole duration. When people talk about vacations, cramming infinite number of places in a matter of few days, covering hundreds and thousands of miles every day, I pity them. I ask them, “are you going to set a world record visiting the most number of places?”. All one needs is a break from the routine and a break from anything remotely stressful!
Along those lines, I planned a vacation to Thailand, with the wonderful company of another couple - close friends of mine who joined me and my wife and off we went to Bangkok, in the “smooth as silk” Thai airways, and took another flight to Phuket - the tropical paradise!
We stayed in a beach facing resort in Phuket away from the hustle and bustle of the towns for 4 days. Our villa was located in the hill and there was a rope car to reach the room, which was a welcome change from the routine escalators and the elevators! The resort had its own private beach and a large pool where we played throw ball and catch almost all the time.
We hired a car and travelled across the tiny island whose borders or not more than an hour’s drive in any direction. I was reminded of Vizag when we negotiated the sweeping curvy roads that bordered the coastline! Dark green on one side and Blue green on the other, the whole package wrapped in the silky blue velvet blanket of the sky - a breathtaking vista it was!
One of the days, we took a boat tour to the nearby Phi-Phi islands which are a group of tall rocky structures in the middle of the ocean. One cannot help wondering how long those rockies were enduring the repeated battering of the sea waves!
The tour included snorkeling for an hour in one of the islands and it was one hell of an amazing experience. Even though my wife was not a confident swimmer, she too was able to enjoy the colorful treasures that were living under the crystal clear waters of the Andaman Sea. We wished we had more time (and energy) for snorkeling!
We also visited the Wat Chalong temple. An interesting custom in this beautifully decorated temple was that a large number of crackers were being burst for every 15 minutes or so. We also visited Cape Promthep, the southernmost point of the island to catch a glimpse of the sunset, but were a little late. But the twilight bordering the summit was a good sight to behold!
Any trip to Thailand would be incomplete without a couple of the famous dry massages. And ours was no exception. Having not been massaged too many times in life, it was a different experience for me and the relaxation is too good to describe.
After four amazing days of relaxation in Phuket, we returned to Bangkok - the City of Angels - and spent the next couple of days there. We stayed at the Baiyoke Sky Hotel - one of the tallest buildings in the world (i guess it is around 20 something in the rank). We stayed in the space zone (60+ floors) with a wonderful view of the concrete jungle of Bangkok.
Apart from being in the hotel, the only thing we did was to shop-shop-shop till we dropped! In fact we never traveled more than 2kms from the hotel, which is smacked right in the middle of the shopping zone of Indra Market! We purchased for ourselves and for all the relatives and cousins and friends! So cheap, yet too good!Bangkok is known for its notorious traffic jams, still we were able to reach the hotel from the airport (about 34 kms) in 30 minutes - thanks to the superfast metro train. I could not help wondering why not we learn from others, when we are trying to build world class infrastructure in our own cities! Will we ever get a train from the Hyderabad city center to the airport?
As we sat in the Thai flight, back home, the vegetarian food was over, by the time the flight attendant reached my seat. I was a little upset, but as it turned out, everyone in the flight attendant hierarchy were summoned to look into this issue and they showered me with various items - doughnuts, toasted breads, fruits, bowls of sweet dishes, salads - and in a short time I have to tell them firmly to stop bringing me anything at all or I might upset my stomach!
With loads of goods, and lots of memories we came back from our dreamy vacation in Thailand! Must I say, I cant wait to go back?
posted by Parthiban on Thursday, October 07, 2010
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Tube of Hell again
It was not the same tube again - but much more worse this time:
4-0 vs Sevilla, 2-2 vs Valencia, 0-0 vs Chelsea, 6-2 vs Real Madrid (holy crap!), 1-1 vs Chelsea, 3-3 vs Villareal, 4-1 vs Bilbao (CDR Finals) - and all this in 21 days! All green results with a couple of scraps!
Now that Barca has won the "double" (Liga and Copa in the reverse order) they are looking into the possibility of a historic "treble". Can they overcome the Mancunians? It is going to be one hell of a game on May 27th.
posted by Parthiban on Saturday, May 23, 2009
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Tube of Hell
Every team in the Spanish League (La Liga) this year has to play Sevilla, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Villareal in succession. This phase of the league I call as "Tube of Hell" as these teams are the top ones in Spain and Europe/world. It can be devastating for lesser teams to play such hard games, all in a row. Also it is made more intriguing for the teams themselves from the above list, by including Valencia in the place of their own, when they pass through the "Tube of Hell".
While most teams have stuttered in this tube of hell, Barca has come out gloriously. 3-0 vs Sevilla, 4-0 vs Valencia, 2-0 vs Real Madrid and 2-1 vs Villareal.
A lot of critics were dismissing the notion that Barca is the team to beat this season, before December, citing that they haven't played any of the top teams. Now that Barca has come through the tube unscathed, no one is questioning as to who is going to lift the title.
10 points ahead at the table already, they are in for something big. Whether it will be a thing or things, May will tell. For now, the next question will be, will Real Madrid be forced to give Barca a "guard of honor" when they meet again in the Bernabeu in 2009. That will happen, if Barca goes to the capital 16 points clear. That will happen.
Forca Barca.
posted by Parthiban on Monday, December 22, 2008
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Makkal - dawn of a new age?
I have been (forced to) watching a lot of TV in the recent times and could not escape appreciating the quality of programs in one particular channel - Makkal TV.
First and foremost, Makkal has made a sincere effort to make the programs completely TAMIL. Yes, all their studio made programs are pure Tamil scripted - no English, no Sanskrit. No hellos, no sorrys. I am no fanatic of pure Tamil, but it is refreshing to see the effort these people have put in. Only time you get to hear some other lingo is when the interviewee's cannot cope with the interviewer or during the commercials(you cant help there!). (If you complain about not understanding the language in a couple of political comedy shows, then it is because they are talking in the famous "Madras bhaashai")
The programs have variety - politics, economics, fun-games, live interviews and mostly reality TV. No movies. No mega serials. There is so much of silverscreen crap stuffed into the home box channels these days, that it is more choking than entertaining. The future for successful TV channels lies in dumping their current image as a 24x7 mini movie theater and it seems like Makkal is the first Tamil channel in that direction.
Like most of the Tamil channels, Makkal also has its origins from one of the political parties (PMK), and hence most of its NEWS and political programs appear heavily biased, and from my limited experience with the channel, I can say that this is the only downside of an otherwise excellent TV channel, which has a lot of scope for becoming a pioneer of reality TV in the Tamil speaking world. Even in the sub-continent.
With a very talented set of anchors, a handful of novel shows and total abstinence from movie based programs, Makkal has a strong potential for carving for itself a very niche audience. How far it will go will depend on how much of political agenda will be infused into its otherwise seemingly "neutral, independent and secular" schedule. Time will tell.
posted by Parthiban on Wednesday, July 09, 2008
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futball fuss
The Euro fever has come to an end with those unending chants of 'viva espana'! For invalids like me who cannot be awake to watch the matches at those ungodly hours, it is the news bulletins that give a vivid description of the flow of the game! Yes, I find that the written articles bring the matches more alive than the video highlights. That is probably because the written word has more perspective than the 21" screen.
There are two columnists in particular, whose articles I never miss: Rob Hughes of IHT and Phil Ball of soccernet (espn). Both have their own styles of writing and their own prides and prejudices. I just love reading both of them.
Rob is very emotionally attached to football - he can't digest the hyper commercialization of the "world game". He follows all football news with an eye on the financial implications. He makes it a point to mention the absence of local talent in rich clubs like Arsenal and Chelsea. Like me, he loves Barca and Argentina. No wonder, I love his writing.
Phil is also a gifted writer, who can blend humour even into his most serious sounding articles. He is an Englishman settled in Spain for a long time now (he probably married a Spanish girl!) and loves to follow the La Liga, Spain's top league football. His writings are influenced by the social and political events of Spain - surrounded by the separatist forces of Andulasia, Basques and the Catalans. If you know a little bit of Spain's history, then Phil Ball is sure to amuse you with his digest of the Spanish league.
I would have never come to like football if not for these writers' articles with their mix of economics and politics into what otherwise would have been vanilla commentary.
Afterall I am a desi. I always like it with 'masala'!
I followed the Euro games with a different perspective - grouping the teams based on their kit sponsors.
* There were 16 teams in total and 4 kit sponsors - Nike (5 teams), Adidas (5 teams), Puma (5 teams) and Umbro (1 team).
* All 5 Nike teams made it to the quarterfinals. Only 2 Adidas and 1 Puma entered the last 8.
* Each semifinal featured a Nike vs Adidas and in both the games Adidas won and entered finals!
* In spite of all its teams getting into the second round, Nike could not feature in the finals! Adidas entered into the knockout round with only two teams, who eventually entered the finals.
Honestly, I supported Nike (Russia/Turkey), but ended up in disappointment. (as usual, bun!).
Another point to note is that the winners of all groups, save Spain, lost in the quarterfinals. It is the second placed teams from each group who reached the semis.
Last but not the least, I still dont understand why the schedule was drawn in such a manner to allow Spain to meet Russia again in a match before the finals. Had it been like A vs C and B vs D, such a repetition could have been avoided before the final match. I have no idea why UEFA did not think about this!
Hope the coming season will get my favourites back to where they belong - Barca, Liverpool and AC Milan - the top of their respective leagues. I wouldnt mind sponsoring a bash on the night Barca sets their hand on the Champions League Trophy!
Forca Barca.
posted by Parthiban on Tuesday, July 01, 2008
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