A Doctor’s Verse

Dear all,

A common forward these days in digital media are puzzles that need to be filled with Palindromes. Palindrome ( a word that originated from the Greeks) is a word, phrase or sequence that reads the same backwards as forwards (e.g mom). In தமிழ் palindromes are referred to as பின்பி ( which in itself is a palindrome – the beauty of our language !!!).
பின்பி இரு வழியொக்கும் சொல்!!!

இரட்டை அர்த்தப்பாடல்

Dear all,

The term “double meaning” has unfortunately been handed a negative notation after many a movie dialogues and songs have utilised them to express the overtly inexpressibles often making us cringe.

தமிழ்ச்செல்வங்கள்

Dear all,

Amongst the Saivite tamil works, திருவாசகம் is a prominent one and has abundant beauty and value both for its literary and spiritual aspects. It is commonly cited for its ability to melt the heart of the listener.
“திருவாசகத்துக்கு உருகாதார் ஒருவாசகத்துக்கும் உருகார்” என்பது மூதுரை.

கனவில் ஒரு தூக்கம்

Dear all,

This week picked a song that is special in several ways:
1. It is a love song that masquerades as a lullaby. Another popular song that also falls in this category is “கண்ணே கலைமானே” from மூன்றாம் பிறை.

Dear all,

Kannadasan often claimed that he made his living because he knew a few hundred songs from கம்ப இராமாயணம். He famously penned lines conveying his feeling that he was some how associated with கம்பன் in his previous birth.

Dear all,

A folk tale from the heart of Tamil Nadu goes like this :
In a small fictional village in தமிழ்நாடு called தமிழகம், lived a young girl Vasanthavalli (வசந்தவல்லி). The main diety of a local temple is on the way in a procession that day.

Doesn’t it sound like “”ஓ மக சீயா ஓயியாயா” or “லாலாக்க்கு டோல் டப்பி மா”? What gibberish ? It sounds like a baby babbling! Or is it one of the funny imaginative languages invented to play a game or for the sake of movies? These are all very likely and frankly acceptable thoughts when an average person reads the above lines.

Pongal is about harvest, prosperity, and augurs the beginning of auspicious things to come. It’s more importantly a thanksgiving to the elements, primarily the Sun for its eternal and universal shower of light, warmth and life on this planet. No other song captures those sentiments better than the song I chose this week. This also being my 100th week of write ups in a row, I found it a perfect song to highlight the greatness of the poet who inspired me to do these write ups in the first place – கண்ணதாசன்.

Dear all,

This week picked a song of a poet we haven’t discussed so far. Although a few of his songs have been used for movies, I love this particular one because of the raaga used and the beauty of தமிழ் with which தமிழ் and its culture praised.

Dear all,

This week picked a song that brings abundant positive vibes in every line and hence saw it a perfect fit to start the new year. The intent the song conveys, the quality of Vaali’s language, the details of mythology stated, Ilayaraja’s orchestration, his master stroke of using two singers (Swarnalatha and Minmini) to augment the feel, it’s context in the movie and it’s technically superlative picturisation all make this song a top choice in my list. This song has provided me consolation and solace many a times when feeling a little low and uncertain.