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Pamban Bridge. A man made architectural marvel .I took this snap sitting on the doorsteps of the compartment holding my Canon Rebel XT in one hand and other on the door. A thrilling experience so did I board the bus? nope this time...its the train..of course it was the one I boarded on March 21st 2008 , on my way back to Chennai from Rameswaram There was a little tussle with the TTR .I had forgotten my PAN card which was the primary identity for the online passenger tickets . I was having an identity card which was useless and the argument ended futile and in the end i paid a penalty of 1200 INR. nevertheless this train got me an identity as an amateur photographer... among the 11 winners of the Best Vacation Photos co-sponsored by Cleartrip and ZOOMIN ..the above picture you see was short listed for the final 11 from thousands

The wound caused by the second degree burns last week on my calf and ankle is still burning....I feel the heat inside….the watch shows 8.25 a.m. its Friday 29, August 2008 I am back after my first shift.. Exactly @ this time the bus which picks me up every alternate Friday to Rochester Downtown is on the way from Xerox Building No.112. The watch with the thermostat shows 2 degree Celsius and the analog dial showing 8.28 am and 10:28:05 FR on the overlay . I could feel the chillness, with my calf muscles starting to cramp. [ It was all GREEN everywhere on Tuesday and suddenly it’s covered with snow. First time experience of snow fall .Believe me ne body would love it, what a wonderful experience. It wasn’t snowing now, but the heavy snowfall had laid a sheath of frozen ice which made it feel colder even…. I just stand on the pavement below the sign post…It was rather an early snow fall this year. This was the bad calendar year …Katrina, floods

snapped this picture...today morning..after my shift from the 6 th floor... a wonderful view..thx to vasanth for having his SX 100 with him.... wonderful lyrics to go with this picture You can be rich, with no money to spend. You can do everthing, when you understand. You can be mother, when you are a man. Open up, You know that you can. Open up the borders and start in your head Open your mind to thoughts seldom said. Open your heart, and open your mind. Open your thoughts and don't stay behind. Open your eyes, open you mind. Open your thoughts, don't stay behind Open up, Open up, Open up, Open up, Open up, Open up. Let's get there. You can be rich, with no money to spend. You can do everything, when you understand. You can be mother, when you are a man. Open up, You know that you can. Open your eyes, open your mind Open your thoughts, don't stay behind. Let's get there. Open up, Open up, Open up, Open up. Let's get there. Open your eyes, open y

my first post...in blog... Now that you are out of my life, I'm so much better, You thought that I'd be weak without ya, But I'm stronger, You thought that I'd be broke without ya, But I'm richer, You thought that I'd be sad without ya, I laugh harder, You thought I wouldn't grow without ya, Now I'm wiser, You thought that I'd be helpless without ya, But I'm smarter, You thought that I'd be stressed without ya, But I'm chillin' You thought I wouldn't sell without ya, Sold nine million. I'm a survivor I'm not gonna give up I'm not gon' stop I'm gonna work harder I'm a survivor I'm gonna make it I will survive Keep on survivin' Thought I couldn't breathe without you, I'm inhalin' You thought I couldn't see without you, Perfect vision, You thought I couldn't last without ya, But I'm lastin' You thought that I would die without ya, But I&#

Kamal Hassan ...I call him the lord of indian cinema...for he has tried most of the things a normal film maker wud have tried..and its good to have this song in my blog.. and I recall some of his words in the recent interviews..."I encourage lot of young and brilliant engineers to come into this medium which has most power but beware , its not a place for those toddlers who enter here to learn cinema, its art but still it is a competitive profession.." he frowns " If somebody says that ..the films directed by me are not reached or comprehended by the tamil people ..I wud totally disagree as a true tamilian.." Most us have watched Virumandi ..an example of good screen play...in the recent either in the SUN TV [It was a highlights of a full feature film...20-20 mania has caught up with SUN TV too...] this particular scene in Virumandi....where he cries in the grave for her grandma..this particular scene is the crux of the of the film and this might not hav

22 Aug 2008,Friday 12°55'1"N 80°13'50"E 3.50 pm 70...60..50..40..30..20..crashhhhhhhhhhhhhh..a minor accident.veh no : TN-07 P 5312 ...the victim skidded off the road by braking on the rubble and sand that collected on the road due to rain the prev day, but he escaped with second degree burns in his right calf which was tangled between the brake lever and engine.Luckily it was near the T shop and it happened @ the shoulders of the OMR road . Within seconds there were people to help him out and took him to the company med centre... The guy who skidded was none other than me. I started off 3.45 to reach office @ 4 pm. It was a bit unusual time, i generally used to go around 5 pm to office. It was a coincidence that i thought i wud complete this blog after my work on friday n jus uploaded the picture Bfore that this had happened. It was on the card always..the road being rough exactly near the entrance and 2 days back, @ the same spot

An old saying in photography has it that – " If your photographs aren't good enough, it's likely because you aren't close enough ". This is often misunderstood to mean that one should be shooting with a long lens, or just doing close-ups. Not so. What is meant is that any photograph is of necessity about "something", and it is the photographer's task to hone the image so that it contains, to the greatest degree possible, only that which the photograph is intended to be about. There is an apocryphal story that one day the Pope came to visit Michelangelo in his studio while he as sculpting his "David". The Pope marveled at the partially completed work, and asked, " How do you know what to cut away? " Michelangelo's response was, " It's simple. I just remove everything that doesn't look like David. " The trick, or rather – the art , is, of course, not in simply removing everything that doesn'

12.30 A.M., Parking Lot, Karapakkam Service Lane I woke up by a strong wind gushing thru my window and the fluttering sound of the trip sheets. I had just made a trip to perambur from karappakkam. I cud see a blurred image of the trip supervisor nearing my car. I wonder is it just fate or a passion for driving, for if it was passion I would have become Schumacher…[believe me I am not a fan or a follower of Schumacher. I hardly get time to even have a normal diet…just heard this name when one of the employee uttered this name. Out of curiosity, I was asking him who he was and what was special about him…] Then I told to myself , all the cab drivers are in a way F1 drivers...the Schumachers and Alonsos who drive their way to the chequered flag 18 times once in a year and during each race have pit stops compared to our drivers who also get lot of pits stops, rather all along the journey in the roads of C

மனித இனம் தொலைந்து போகாமலிருக்க ஒரு தொலை நோக்கு பார்வை வேண்டும்.. அப்பார்வையின் விழிகளில் தொடங்கும் இந்த பயணம் தான் 'சென்னை 2060'[Chennai2060] இது ஒரு முடிவல்ல... ஒரு ஆரம்பம்..... H i t t i n g t h e L C D s . .s o o n . . As the twentieth century draws to a close, many scientists, business leaders, government officials, and citizen activists see handwriting on the global wall warning of impending ecological collapse. I have done my best to examine the validity of that view, working not as a scientist but as an investigative reporter, armed with an open mind, a restless curiosity, and the freedom to explore. I freely concede that the ambitious scope of my inquiry has made omissions inevitable. I could not examine every environmental hazard in the detail it deserves, anymore than I could visit every country I would have liked. Travel is like knowledge: the more you see, the more you know you haven''t seen. But I saw more of this planet''s peopl

a very good song from Subramaniapuram a good melody from ...Shankar Mahadevan and lyrics from Yugabarathi..[no words to say] good visuals from Kathir behind the cam... கழுகுகளின் கண்களிலே மரண பயம் இல்லை.. ஊமைகளின் தாலாட்டை செவி உணர வாய்பில்லை.. புழுதியிலே ரத்திணமாய் இருந்ததொரு தொல்லை.. பாவங்களை பாராமல் பழகியதனால் தொல்லை.. தேவை பூமியை தினம் தேனாக்கும்.. கோபம் துயரங்களை சேர்க்கும்.. கனவுகளில் விழுந்த என்னை கவலையிடம் அனுப்புகிறாள்.. இளமையெனும் கருவறையில் எரிதழலை கொளுத்துகிறாள்.. உயிர் உதிரும்பொது உறவுகளும் வீனோ.. உலகம் இதுதானோ.. அவளுடைய கற்பணையை எழுத வழியில்லை... கூண்டுக்கிளி நான் ஆனேன் வெளி வரவும் வாய்பில்லை.. இவனுடைய உண்மைகளை ..உளர வழியில்லை.. தோல்விகளின் வீடானேன் துணை வரவும் ஆளில்லை.. வாழும் மாணிடரின் சுமைகள் தீராது.. காலம் உறவுகளின் தீவு..

I am going back to the post few days back.... Its good to continue with that today. Being a friendship day... I thought it was time for me to meet my old friends..and especially Buvana....she had gone to 3rd standard by now and she looked so cute in today's dress ..and thank GOD for those wonderful ART drugs and some good hearts..around the world..which had made all those marks on her face vanish away..and she looked so fresh with lots of energy...dancing to the same rhyme..(how can I forget that..its song which always keeps me in an upbeat mood..)...joined by Anitha who has moved on to 4 th standard... Anita had lots of games loaded for GK , Arvind and Me. with her tiny fingers she was able to depict spider man by joining her thumb and index fingers and placing them on her eyes. I was like speechless it was so cute , and I was jus admiring the beauty with which she was narrating all funny happenings of her school. Lots of PJs she shared I thought ne

புரிந்து கொள்ளப்படாத நாள்களின் வெறுமையான நாட்குறிப்பில் தானாகவே வந்து அமர்ந்திருக்கிறது எனக்குப் பிடித்தமான உன் புன்னகை !! - அறிவுமதி [ நட்புக்காலம்] Happy friendship day!!

மண்ணில் விழும் ஒவ்வொரு மழைத்துளியும் முதல் முத்தமே... அர்த்தம் புரிந்தவர்களுக்கு மட்டும்.. -அசோக்