Prabhu n Ferrari

1. Its raining in Wimbledon. The covers haven’t come off yet. No chance of play for another 1 hour
2. Formula 1 qualifying is going on in France
3. Moto GP has started in Holland.

Now if you are ESPN Star what will you do? Show Moto GP in one channel, and telecast F1 qualifying till tennis match starts? No. Thats not what is happening. They are showing Moto GP. Okay. But on Star Sports they are retelecasting the match between Quareshi and Childs.

I give up.

Dear Star Sports,

By any chance JJ or MK bought your channel? Have you lost your senses or something? Agreed. Paes is Indian. That does not mean you stop everything else and telecast his doubles match live. Before you interrupted, the match which many people term as the best in womens tennis for quite some time was going, on Court 1. Yes am referring to Safarova vs Jankovic match. Very rarely one gets to see such a cliffhanger in womens tennis. Well. Ok. We can forgive once. But, sir, how on earth can you forget to switch back to Centre Court when Federer took on Safin? Yours was the only channel in the world that would have done such a blunder. Even Paes’s dad would have preferred to watch Federer vs Safin. Tennis fans are not Cricket fans. We dont have any blue billion nonsense here. Stop messing around. Idiots!

-An irritated subscriber

கடலை பருப்பே,

இவ்வளவு நாட்களாக எங்கிருந்தேன் என்பதை இன்னொரு நாள் கூறுகிறேன். அதற்கு முன்னால் ஒரு முக்கியமான செய்தி. நமது நாட்டின் ஜனாதிபதியாக யார் வர போகின்றார் என்ற நிலையில், இதை பற்றி என்னுடய கருத்தை தெரிவிக்க விரும்புகின்றேன். சில நாட்களுக்கு முன் சோனியா காந்தி அவர்கள் போன் செய்தார்கள். சுப்புணி தான் பேசினான். பாடில்(Patil) அவன் காதில் பாட்டில்(Bottle) என்று விழுந்து விட்டது. பழைய பேப்பர் கடைக்கு வந்த ராங்க் நம்பர் என்று சுப்புணி போனை கீழேவைத்து விட்டான்.

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Thanks to Aviyal Expert Purni’s dad, who got me the meaning of the opening lines of the song ‘TheeNdai‘ (Which is actually Kurunthogai as reader Pandya pointed out)

Here it goes

The context - The heroine is confiding her deepest feelings to her
friends in the absence of her lover who has gone out of station on
business or for war.

கன்றும் உண்ணாது, கலத்தினும் படாது,
நல் ஆன் தீம் பால் நிலத்து உக்கா அங்கு,
எனக்கும் ஆகாது, என்னைக்கும் உதவாது,
பசலை உணீஇயர் வேண்டும்-
திதலை அல்குல் என் மாமைக் கவினே

Line 1 - Kandrum Unnaadhu Kalathinum Padaadhu
Nal Aan Theem Paal Nilathu ukkaa Angu

When the cows milk is neither enjoyed by the calf nor consumed by
humans, but goes to waste on the Earth.
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Ajith does look young in Kireedam stills. Though its a remake, movie sounds interesting. Romba naaL aachu Trisha va paathu. Nalladhu

She had gone to her friends place, for an all girls party. She returns by around 9.30 in the night

She: oye kutty. Chamatha irundhiya?
Kutty: hmmmm
He: Amma kitta solluda. Ella home work mudichaachu appadinu
She: Parava illaye. Good
She sniffs and then asks
She: Enna indha time la room freshner?

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Its a fashion pulling the leg of Udit Narayan, Madhushree, Sadhana Sargam and other singers saying their pronounciation is bad. Agreed. They butcher tamil. Now I have few questions

1. Have you guys heard Bhanumathi, KJ Yesudas etc sing? pillai nila romba nalla pronounciation aa? If that is not butchering then what is?
2. What about Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle butchering Tamil?
3. Radhika, Vijayakanth and many more so called Tamil actors blabber something and call it Tamil. What about that?

Why target Udit & Co alone?

Sometime back I was watching this song in Sun Music. Its one of my all time favorites of Rahman. Though there are other gems in this movie, I kind of like this song more than others. I wanted to blog about this songs lyrics and the place where it was taken. Is it Hampi by any chance? If yes, I want to visit that place

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I always like watching Wimbledon on the first day. Mainly for the undisturbed grass court. After a few days, white patches appear near the baseline and it doesn’t look that great.

Matches to look forward today
Roger Federer vs Teimuraz Gabashvili –> Around 17.30 IST
(After this match, we have Moya vs Henman)
Court 1
Roddick plays first followed by Henin. Then James Blake takes on Igor Andreev. Andreev has been playing well this season.
Court 2
M Hingis vs Naomi Cavaday(16.30 IST). And in the last match Vince Spadea takes on Ivan Ljubicic.

Well, Star Sports telecasts only matches on these courts. There are many more interesting matches like the Benjamin Becker one, but am not sure if they will be shown live. And yes, this is wimbledon. Can we have some Serve and Volley please?

He and She are engaged. She calls He

She: Hello
He stifles a yawn and says : Hello
She: Thoongindu irundhiya?
He: Not yet.
She: Hmmm. Enna panre?
He: Nothing as such
Saying this he yawns again
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…repeats itself

Andru

“Pasangala,
Indha poNNunga keerangaLe. Bada kaedi maa. Edavadhu sodhapiduvaanga. Namakku kovamaa varum. Edavadhu kovathula solliduvom. Avlo dhaan. Adha pidichupaanga. And we end up feeling guilty and consoling them. Main matter maRandhe poodum. Ushaar kaedinga indha ponnunga.Naama dhaan konjam jagradhaya irukkanum “

Indru
Romba jaagradhaya irundhaalum prachnai baa. ‘Naan ivlo solren. Nee paatu cool aa irukke. You just dont care for what I say’.

He he

I wish these television channels and news portals stop the hype over Sunita Williams. So many Americans and Russians venture into space. Do you write/talk about all of them? Useless people.