tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572834389284181191.post4899084663055913116..comments2023-04-11T14:53:02.307+05:30Comments on On being Tamizh and a Penn: How the bald men from Tirunelveli conquered ThanjavurAsal Tamil Pennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17409382391122363478noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572834389284181191.post-48351912434545084892008-05-06T06:36:00.000+05:302008-05-06T06:36:00.000+05:30It is to do with ulundu appalams. Eat one everyday...It is to do with ulundu appalams. Eat one everyday and watch the vazhukai progress.Pavithra Sankaranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15207198866123439503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572834389284181191.post-52825360729017707142007-10-25T02:58:00.000+05:302007-10-25T02:58:00.000+05:30"However, everyone knows that the happiness of a m..."However, everyone knows that the happiness of a marriage is ensured only if there is at least one unpleasant moment at the wedding."<BR/>very aptly depicted in one line a typical tam-bram kalyanam...am really enjoying all teh brahamana koosumboo and naakul...specially those subtle satires n sarcasms...Aswinkumarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08839907013019050763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572834389284181191.post-63123945956931975602007-10-10T19:59:00.000+05:302007-10-10T19:59:00.000+05:30Too muchness wonly!Too muchness wonly!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07996153905733023605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572834389284181191.post-23021689089116918772007-10-06T22:18:00.000+05:302007-10-06T22:18:00.000+05:30Tee hee. Much fun.Tee hee. Much fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572834389284181191.post-20884331089604989352007-10-02T09:22:00.000+05:302007-10-02T09:22:00.000+05:30No Nilu type fellow for ATP then. Good.No Nilu type fellow for ATP then. Good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572834389284181191.post-22071422609061601602007-10-01T15:14:00.000+05:302007-10-01T15:14:00.000+05:30Amazing post...especially "Next was the distributi...Amazing post...especially "Next was the distribution of bakshanam and dividing the paruppu thengai. It seemed that M Mani’s family had cheated us by not giving us the number of murukkus, ladoo and mysore paaku that we had asked for." LOLAparnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13945009145559640822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572834389284181191.post-64341205128662872632007-10-01T13:48:00.000+05:302007-10-01T13:48:00.000+05:30Hi MS. Hows it going? The Karthi interview was sup...Hi MS. Hows it going? The Karthi interview was superb! Well done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572834389284181191.post-63065248009205813562007-09-30T16:08:00.000+05:302007-09-30T16:08:00.000+05:30nice description of the wedding.bald heads in wedd...nice description of the wedding.bald heads in weddings isn't rare........Sashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16017104333461914881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572834389284181191.post-64055577905891826462007-09-29T21:58:00.000+05:302007-09-29T21:58:00.000+05:30Hi ATM and ATP,Nice blog.Ended up reading most of ...Hi ATM and ATP,<BR/><BR/>Nice blog.<BR/><BR/>Ended up reading most of the posts.<BR/><BR/>Now, how did I end up at your blog? Ah yes, from Krish Ashok's blog.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://srisviews.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">Voracious Blog Reader</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572834389284181191.post-45240441527988805402007-09-29T03:46:00.000+05:302007-09-29T03:46:00.000+05:30Hilarious !!I want your autograph ManduHilarious !!<BR/><BR/>I want your autograph <BR/><BR/>ManduAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572834389284181191.post-785658987791961892007-09-28T16:26:00.000+05:302007-09-28T16:26:00.000+05:30Check out if Dr.Subramanya Swamy is interested in ...Check out if Dr.Subramanya Swamy is interested in marrying you. You write the same way he speaks :-)<BR/><BR/>Or Visu....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572834389284181191.post-2752369056714546982007-09-28T09:00:00.000+05:302007-09-28T09:00:00.000+05:30I demand that I be allowed to contribute to this B...I demand that I be allowed to contribute to this Blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572834389284181191.post-5209812174033690722007-09-28T02:33:00.000+05:302007-09-28T02:33:00.000+05:30Hi ATP, first time on your blog and devoured all y...Hi ATP, first time on your blog and devoured all your posts at once because I could not stop. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, I am also Tamizh and Penn but not Asal as am from Bombay (I see from your blog that you thankfully hate Delhi but have only indifference for Bbay), now in Yoo Yess.<BR/><BR/>On a serious note, I love the Hindu. Call me old-fashioned but I like news, analysis and plain English and not Hinglish. Hindu is lovely and I'dl ike to see your byline....guessing it won't be ATP!Nitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16904873294064331180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572834389284181191.post-89003118314950168862007-09-27T18:57:00.000+05:302007-09-27T18:57:00.000+05:30ATP,Step aside, Naan unga Amma kitta dhaan pesanum...ATP,<BR/>Step aside, Naan unga Amma kitta dhaan pesanum ;-)<BR/><BR/>ATM,<BR/>I know the kid's only 24 but how about a 31 yr old single child, a Phd from the US who is now settled in India working for one of these big name MNCs in Bangalore as a research scientist or something like that. Extremely well read but thankfully introverted, passionate about photographing giant turtles and debating Hindu philosophy, he's even got a very nice sounding (read: exotic) name...Indha kaalathula gothram geethram ellam vendaame... Marriages are made not in heaven but in blogdom...email id exchange pannikka sollalaamae ;-)<BR/><BR/>ps: Just realised I need to explicitly mention that the person in question is MY WIFE's cousin coz my better half also reads this blog... Keep penning ATF !!<BR/><BR/>pps: He's not bald !! See, he seems to be 'the Chosen one' :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572834389284181191.post-49626523202021573542007-09-26T10:40:00.000+05:302007-09-26T10:40:00.000+05:30reproducing this comment to KA's post. Did such a ...reproducing this comment to KA's post. Did such a 'shandai' occur?<BR/><BR/>http://krishashok.wordpress.com/2007/09/06/the-muddy-tsarinas/#comments<BR/><BR/>Soundar // Sep 7th 2007 at 1:35 am <BR/><BR/>My apologies in advance to those who do not understand Tamizlh.<BR/><BR/>Scene: Late 80s,<BR/>One of the small Kalyaana mandapams around the Mambalam/ Pondy Bazar area. These have shoebox sized rooms allotted to the PoNN and Payyan aatthukkaara. Typically the womenfolk of each side cram into one of the rooms. Seer varisai examination, jewellery comparison, blouse changes, make up and gossip. 5 kilo roja maalai hung on a nail. Noise levels are pretty high, humidity is 100% and the rustle of silk sarees is all pervasive.<BR/><BR/>M1 (badly bucktoothed periyamma of bride): AeNdee Sacchu, sammandhi aatthu-kkaara romba raangi pudicchavaaLaa iruppaa pola irukkay.<BR/><BR/>M2: AenDee? ennaacchu, ennacchu?? (All heads turn with hairpins clamped between teeth, little girls whose pinnals are being braided have it inadvertently yanked, bride being made up turns around as well, smearing the drishti pottu mid-application)<BR/><BR/>M1: Vandhu eranginadhum erangaadhadhumaa naa poi sammandhi maami-tte ‘enna maami, kalyaaNamaa?’ –nnu kujalam vijaaritthadhu thappaa pocchu dee-mma.<BR/><BR/>M2: Ayyayyooo, ennaacchu, solli tholayaen-Dee!<BR/>(All attention is now fully focussed on M1. Little girls whine ‘Amma, hook poettu vidu’ to which the ammas unwilling to miss even one word, usually respond with a backhander and ‘Porutthukka mudiyaadha-di shaniyanae’. Noise levels go up as the smacked girls set up a loud wail. The pazlhuttha sumangali-s grumble ‘Aen-Dee Kamu, kozhanthaya enna-nnu kaeLu’.)<BR/><BR/>M1: Badhilukku aedhaavadhu sumuhama solli yirukkalaam. Aana, pidicchuntaaLae paakaNum. <BR/><BR/>M2: Enna, enna??<BR/><BR/>M1: Sorraaa…nammatthu manushaaLLaam vada naattu-laendhu vandhavaa, ellaarum Baambay Delli, Kalkata-nnu periya periya aabeesar udhyohatthulae irukkaravaa. Kaekkaraa..enna ipdiyoru Mandabam thaan kaDacchudha, veyilum puzlhukkam-um thaangalae, oru AC poDapdaadha…. kuLikka kiLambinaa venneeer ille….saapdalaam-nnu ponaa eppa paar, verum saadham thaan, boori, rotti patthi kaeLvipattadhillaya…ipdi adukkiNdae poraa-dee!<BR/><BR/>M2: (Setting up a loud wail) naa appavae sonnaen ivar-tte, oru nalla hall-a book paNNungo-nnu, aedho AVM Rajeswari-yaame, selavaanalum paravayillai, moottha poNN, oor mecchara maadhiri kalyaaNam paNNinaa-dhaan namakku gouravam-nnu. En thalai ezlhutthu..ipdi nee vaangu padaNum-nu irukku!<BR/><BR/>M3 (atthai of bride): Paavam Balu-ve aen-Di kuttham sorrae! KalyaaNatthukku innum mooNu paer nikkaraa, neeyum vacha vacha-nnu poNNaa petthu poettirukkae, irukkaradha-yellaam moottha-va maeleye selavazlhi-cchtta appram nadu-ttheruvilae poi nikka vaeNdiyadhu-dhaan! Illae..Balu kalyaaNatthulae ungappa 2 pavun sangili podaraen-nu sonnaarae, innum-thaan vandhunNdirukku. Modhalle adhai vaangiNdu vaa, perissa kiLambittaa Balu-vai kuttham solla!<BR/><BR/>Pitched battles now rage! Thirty year old issues get raked over! Earning capacities of husbands are slighted! Allegations of corruption are levelled! By the time the menfolk bang on the door to sue for peace, mallihai-ppoo is flying thro the air, braids are grabbed in the fight, ‘savuri-s’ come loose, kids scream, older women unleash a hoarse timbre of voice previously known only to their husbands, teenagers sit back and enjoy the fight.<BR/><BR/>My lunch break is at an end. However those interested in extending the scenario may continue! I will rejoin at end of Business hours!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572834389284181191.post-63648135799376650932007-09-25T21:38:00.000+05:302007-09-25T21:38:00.000+05:30Ah, how many family weddings have I missed already...Ah, how many family weddings have I missed already... The price of chasing the dollar... :(<BR/><BR/>Brought back a million beautiful memories... Thanks!Atticus Finchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06273489697347149966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572834389284181191.post-77451305066714438072007-09-25T14:38:00.000+05:302007-09-25T14:38:00.000+05:30Gone silent again?Gone silent again?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572834389284181191.post-73028997979569770272007-09-24T17:38:00.000+05:302007-09-24T17:38:00.000+05:30Wow gal!! dat was such a factual yet comical descr...Wow gal!! dat was such a factual yet comical description of d oldest traditions of tamil nadu!! I loved reading it :) It helped me relive some of dos 'kalyana galaata' moments ;)teddygalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05819157015079241825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572834389284181191.post-10285540104709284682007-09-24T17:16:00.000+05:302007-09-24T17:16:00.000+05:30Pity.Pity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572834389284181191.post-45470674800496456752007-09-24T09:55:00.000+05:302007-09-24T09:55:00.000+05:30Your only hope is a North Indian boy.Your only hope is a North Indian boy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572834389284181191.post-63977978196146928422007-09-24T06:48:00.000+05:302007-09-24T06:48:00.000+05:30Hehe, priceless! ;)Hehe, priceless! ;)Amrita Bhashyamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423286013415327997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572834389284181191.post-50140544626405578592007-09-23T15:11:00.000+05:302007-09-23T15:11:00.000+05:30boringboringAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572834389284181191.post-77314698865914031592007-09-22T22:26:00.000+05:302007-09-22T22:26:00.000+05:30Lovely!Lovely!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572834389284181191.post-81359965158466984592007-09-22T21:00:00.000+05:302007-09-22T21:00:00.000+05:30best blog post ever. You HAVE to write a book - ju...best blog post ever. You HAVE to write a book - just a compilation of articles like this. It will be a timeless showcase into the wonderful(?) world of tambram families. You will be the Meenakshi ammaal of our times!Lazy Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08295669217754498099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572834389284181191.post-23865970231581083932007-09-22T16:58:00.000+05:302007-09-22T16:58:00.000+05:30For a newbie Blogger you sure have the fastest lea...For a newbie Blogger you sure have the fastest learning curve! :)<BR/>Anyway, kalakku.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com