வாரணம் ஆயிரம் : My Favorite scene

வாரணம் ஆயிரம் : அடியே கொல்லுதே

அடியே கொல்லுதே
அழகோ அள்ளுதே
உலகம் சுருங்குதே
இருவரில் அடங்குதே
உன்னோடு நடக்கும்
ஒவ்வொரு நொடிக்கும்
அர்த்தங்கள் சேர்ந்திடுதே
என் காலை நேரம்
என் மாலை வானம்
நீ இன்றிக் காய்ந்திடுதே
(அடியே..)

இரவும் பகலும் உன் முகம்
இரையைப் போலே
துரத்துவதும் ஏனோ
முதலும் முடிவும் நீ எனத்
தெரிந்த பின்பு
தயங்குவதும் வீணோ
வாடைக் காற்றினில் ஒரு நாள்
ஒரு வாசம் வந்ததே
பொன் நேரம் வந்ததே
உந்தன் கண்களில் ஏதோ
மின்சாரம் உள்ளதே
என் மீது பாய்ந்ததே
மழைக் காலத்தில் சரியும்
மண் தரை போலவே மனமும்
உனைக் கண்டதும் சரியக் கண்டேனே
(அடியே..)

அழகின் சிகரம் நீயடி
கொஞ்சம் அதனால்
தள்ளி நடப்பேனே
ஒரு சொல் ஒரு சொல் சொல்லடி
இந்தக் கணமே
உன்னை மணப்பேனே
சொல்லா வார்த்தையின் சுகமே
மயில் தோகை போலவே
என் மீது ஊறுதே
எல்லா வானமும் நீ
சில நேரம் மாத்திரம்
செந்தூரம் ஆகுதே
எனக்காகவே வந்தாய்
என் நிழல் போலவே நின்றாய்
உனை தோற்று நீ
என்னை வென்றாயே
(அடியே..)

வாரணம் ஆயிரம் : நெஞ்சுக்குள் பெய்திடும் மாமழை

நெஞ்சுக்குள் பெய்திடும் மாமழை
நீருக்குள் மூழ்கிடும் தாமரை
சட்டென்று மாறுது வானிலை
பெண்ணே உன் மேல் பிழை
நில்லாமல் வீசிடும் பேரலை
நெஞ்சுக்குள் நீந்திடும் காலலை
பொன்வண்ணம் சூடிடும் காரிகை
பெண்ணே உன் காஞ்சலை
ஓம் ஷாந்தி ஷாந்தி ஓ ஷாந்தி
என் உயிரை உயிரை நீ ஏந்தி
ஏன் சென்றாய் சென்றாய் எனை தாண்டி
இனி நீதான் எந்தன் அந்தாதி
(நெஞ்சுக்குள்..)

ஏதோ ஒன்று என்னை ஈர்க்க
மூக்கின் நுனி மர்மம் சேர்க்க
கள்ளத்தன்ம் ஏதும் இல்லா
புன்னகையோ போகும்மில்லா
நீ நின்ற இடமென்றால் விலையேறி போகாதோ
நீ செல்லும் வழியெல்லாம் பனிக்கட்டி ஆகாதோ
என்னோடு வா வீடு வரைக்கும்
என் வீட்டை பார் என்னை பிடிக்கும்
இவள் யாரோ யாரோ தெரியாதே
இவள் பின்னால் நெஞ்சே போகாதே
இது பொய்யோ மெய்யோ தெரியாதே
இவள் பின்னால் நெஞ்சே போகாதே
போகாதே..
(நெஞ்சுக்குள்...)

தூக்கங்களை தூக்கிச் சென்றாள்
தூக்கி சென்றாள்..
ஏக்கங்களை தூவிச் சென்றாள்
உன்னை தாண்டி போகும் போது
போகும் போது..
வீசும் காற்றின் வீச்சிலே
நில்லென்று நீ சொன்னால் என் காதல் நகராதே
நீ சூடும் பூவெல்லாம் ஒரு போதும் உதிராதே
காதல் எனை கேட்கவில்லை
கேட்காதது காதில் இல்லா
என் ஜீவன் ஜீவன் நீதானே
என தோன்றும் நேரம் இதுதானே
நீ இல்லை இல்லை என்றாலே
என் நெஞ்சம் நெஞ்சம் தாங்காதே
(நெஞ்சுக்குள்..)

அயன் : விழி மூடி யோசித்தால்..

I love this song…. I dedicate this song to my sweety chellam :)

விழி மூடி யோசித்தால்..
அங்கேயும் வந்தாய் முன்னே முன்னே..
தனியாக பேசிடும் சந்தோசம்
தந்தாய் பெண்ணே பெண்ணே
அடி இதுபோல் மழை காலம்
ஏன் வாழ்வில் வருமா?

மழை கிளியே மழை கிளியே
உங்கண்ணை கண்டேனே
விழி வழியே விழி வழியே
நான் என்னை கண்டேனே செந்தேனே
(விழி மூடி..)

கடலாய் பேசிடும் வார்த்தைகள் யாவும்
துளியாய் துளியாய் குறையும்
மௌனம் பேசிடும் பாஷைகள்
மட்டும் புரிந்திடுமே
தானாய் எந்தன் கால்கள் இரண்டும்
உன்ந்தன் திசையில் நடக்கும்
தூரம் நேரம் காலம் எல்லாம் சுரிங்கிடுமே
இந்த காதல் வந்துவிட்டால் நம் தேகம் மிதந்திடுமே..
விண்ணோடும் முகிலோடும் விழையாடி திரிந்திடுமே.
(விழி மூடி..)

ஆசை என்னும் தூண்டில்
முள்ளால்தான் மீனாய் நெஞ்சை இழுக்கும்
மாட்டிக்கொண்டபின் மறுபடி மாட்டிட மனம் துடிக்கும்..
சுற்றும் பூமி என்னை விட்டு தனியாய் சுற்றி பறக்கும்
நின்றால் நடந்தால் நெஞ்சில் எதோ புது-மயக்கம்..
இது மாயவலையல்லவா புது மோகநிலையல்லவா
உடை மாறும் நடை மாறும் ஒரு பாரம் என்னை பிடிக்கும்
விழி மூடி யோசித்தால்..

Quiz : Does India has any national language as per Constitution of India? No

From the birth, many of us been under the impression that Hindi is the national language of India. Do you know that India does not have a national language?

Many of my friends are also under the impression that Hindi is the Raashtra Bhasha of India. Also, I can safely conclude that more than half of India’s population is under the same impression. Oh, come on, India!

But now it surprises me to hear that India never had a national language. This explains why India attached importance to each of its constituent languages. I do not know who first put this thought in my mind. There is one very interesting fact about the languages of India. Though India may boast of being home to many major languages of the world, this abode of languages, ironically, does not have a national language of its own. According to the Constitution of India, any language, accepted by a State of India as its official language will be given the status of national language. In India, no language is accepted or spoken by the States unanimously. Even Hindi, the language spoken by most people, is unable to attain the status of national language as it is does not fulfil the condition laid down by the Constitution of India. Though Hindi is spoken by a large number of people, only ten States of India have accepted it as their official language.

Article 343 of the Constitution declares Hindi as the official language of the Un-ion of India. English remains the additional official language. It is the authoritative legislative and judicial language. In fact, one could say that English is the official language of India for all practical purposes. For many educated Indians, English is virtually their first language though a large number of Indians are multi-lingual.

Then what is the difference between national and official language? The national language defines the people of the nation, culture and history. The official language is used for official communication. While the national language can become the official language by default, an official language has to be approved by law in order to become the national language. All languages spoken in India, starting from the language spoken by the most people to that spoken by the least are our national languages. This is because all of them define the people of this nation, culture and their history, collectively. India has no legally-defined national language; it has only 18 official languages according to the Constitution. There is a special provision for the development of Hindi under Article 351, though.

According to article 351, “It shall be the duty of the Union to promote the spread of the Hindi language, to develop it so that it may serve as a medium of expression for all the elements of the composite culture of India and to secure its enrichment by assimilating without interfering with its genius, the forms, style and expressions used in Hindustani and in the other languages of India specified in the Eighth Schedule, and by drawing, wherever necessary or desirable, for its vocabulary, primarily on Sanskrit (dead language – guys are trying to give life to that – no offence meant though) and secondarily on other languages”.

The Constitution of India came into existence on January 26, 1950. It said that Hindi and English would be the "official languages" of the Central government of India till 1965 (for a period of 15 years); subsequently, Hindi was expected to become the sole "national and official language" of India. This applied to Central as well as State governments. Hindi and English became the "official languages" in every department controlled by the Central government. This explains why Hindi is prominent in the Indian Railways, the nationalised banks, etc, which come under the purview of the Central government.

Between 1948 and 1961, on an average, every year, close to 24% of Central government officials had been selected from the State of Madras (the present-day Tamil Nadu). Uttar Pradesh came second best, accounting for about 16%.

The 1940s, 1950s and the first half of the 1960s witnessed many anti-Hindi pro-tests in the form of public meetings, marches, hunger strikes and demonstrations before schools and Central government offices; black flag demonstrations greeted Central government ministers. Most of these were organized either by the DK or the DMK and the general public supported them fully. There were hundreds of such protests from Tamil Nadu and thousands were jailed. Several hundreds were injured when police used lathi-charge to disperse the peaceful protesters. Lal Bahadur Shastri, the then PM, even though supportive of the pro-Hindi group, came up with a set of compromises that denied Hindi the "sole national language" status, realising the seriousness of the issue.

As January 26, 1965 neared, some in the non-Hindi belt, particularly the Tamils, started voicing their apprehensions openly. The idea of making Hindi the sole national language was blasphemous to the students as it involved the simultaneous and complete withdrawal of English, even as a medium for competitive examinations for jobs and education! This meant that the northern region would bag government jobs and dominate the field of education, given the proficiency in Hindi of the people of the region. Since government jobs were the most sought after in the pre-1991 era, the measure was seen as an indirect attempt to deny jobs to the English-educated South Indians. The non-Hindi-speaking people from South India feared that they would be discriminated against in government employment and in other possible ways.

See this pic, this is reality…. real life of India (not the reeling life of India)….

Always, I am proud about my language, Tamil and my state which shown tremendous growth and stature – also i do salute anyone and any of their language. If someone enforces any secondary language, i am ready to learn – it’s part of growth, knowledge – that doesn’t mean, i need to leave my own mother and start sweeping my step mother’s legs for getting little profit. I understand Mom is always mom, she can’t equal to my own mom – once the step mom, have her own child, she will start treat anyone in a stewardly attitude, false and fabricated love.

 

I believe by birth, my mother tongue is Tamil and I am proud to be a Tamilian. By nationality i am Indian – but i can’t accept any other consequences – either by law, enforcement – i believe in elasticity limit – so, it will outburst, remember what had happened with my ancestors!!

I never accept the fact just by born as North Indian who know Hindi equals to literally improved southern states, who know what is literacy, family, life – not yield malnutrinioned children's like animals in dozens and increase Indian population etc…. It’s way difference between from the developed homosaphens to don't want to develop monkeys…

India has 22 different language. Some of them spoken by large majority of people and some of the by less number of people. It is Indian government's duty to promote every language spoken not to a particular language. It very very bad idea to announce Hindi as National language. Official status is ok. During those indepenance time, Indian politics is dominated by north Indians. They knew only Hindi is India and India is Hindi. That is why the were trying to pass that bill in the parliament to give Hindi a national language status. But there was a strong opposition from south. Eventually the bill failed in the parliament. But still some north India states believe Hindi as a national language.

Can you answer my question is,

+ Since Hinduism is followed by majority indians, so can we have Hindu as a national religion?
+ Since roti is eaten by majority Indians, can we have roti as a national food? while other delecious food like dosa, vada are arond in the south.

Still you want to hear more…

Why South India is better developed than North India?

Some time earlier i was watching a news channel (i believe it’s CNN IBN a news Channel), aired a programme on why South India is better developed than North India. By South they meant the four southern states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.

While the programme was credible and a lot of statistics were given about higher literacy levels and higher per capita income in the southern states, a certain bias was evident…against South India. As if trying to ‘balance’ out the findings, the anchor gave South India’s so-called ‘bad’ points. She disapproved of the Souths’ loyalty to their own languages and hinted that Hindi should be the national language. (This is an ongoing debate in this country and the speakers of Hindi consider that Hindi should be the national language to ‘unite’ the country rather than English. They have a colonial hangover. They find it difficult to accept that English is a global language today. Why don’t we stop feeling inferior about it?) In my opinion it’s best to use English to ‘unite’ the country and at the same time keep our distinct regional cultures and languages alive. I have written a separate piece on this, in a post on multi cultural India on this same blog.

The anchor also considered South Indians ‘conservative’ where women were concerned as compared to North Indian women. There were no statistics given on this, simply a reference to the ‘Khushboo’ controversy, where there was a huge outcry when Khushboo, a film star, talked about practicing safe sex. This particular controversy was dug up by the anchor, to show the viewer how ‘conservative’ South India is, even though it is so highly developed! I found this attitude not only strange, but also a little stupid, as it is an accepted fact that North India is more conservative where women are concerned. There are historical reasons for this.

I felt that the CNN IBN anchor was biased and therefore wrote a letter to the channel in their feedback form. The letter in an abridged version is given below:-

Ref: Survey on Indian States

As you are a national channel please may I suggest to you a few things.

1) You cannot say that the south is being culturally (and linguistically) conservative. The reason is simple: The south has never tried to impose its culture and language on the north. Its the north who is doing it. In any case, why should one culture do this to any other culture? The Americans did it to the Red Indians…made everybody clones. Please understand that no race should dominate the other. I wonder if you know that if Hindi takes over, the regional language dies – as it happened to the regional language of Punjab – Gurumukhi. On the other hand, if you keep English, our regional languages and culture will thrive. In any case English is the language of the world.

2) Please do not say that the south is conservative where women are concerned. It is conservative compared to whom? The north? The north, where women are not safe, where the statistics show that fewer women are educated?

Tell me – do people from Tamil Nadu say that North Indians should speak Tamil? So why do North Indians say that Tamilians should speak Hindi? I am afraid domination like this never works. North Indians are not our rulers. They are one of us. You are one of us. We are one country. We have to respect each other’s religions, languages and culture.

Thank you
Regards,

Note: I want to state that I do not consider people from any state in India to be superior or inferior to another state. People from each state have their good points. North Indians for example are more entrepreneurial as compared to South Indians. Plus, as an army officers’ daughter who has lived in almost all the states of India, my identity is more Indian than Maharashtrian.

Update January 2008: As the discussion in the comments has debated (rather hotly) the desirability of a national language I wanted to add that National language and Official language are two different things. India has no ‘National Language’ but it has several official languages, namely Hindi and English. In the states there are three official languages as the language of the state is included. This is according to the Constitution of India. An official language means:

…a language that is given a special legal status in a particular country, state, or other territory. Typically a nation’s official language will be the one used in that nation’s courts, parliament and administration. However, official status can also be used to give a language (often indigenous) a legal status, even if that language is not widely spoken.

The term National Language means:

…a language which has some connection with a people. A national language may for instance represent the national identity of a nation or country. National language may alternatively be a designation given to one or more languages spoken as first languages in the territory of a country.

The term ‘National’ language automatically assumes a person’s ethnic origins, and claims to represent people from the same ethnic background. It is clear that in India there is no such thing…at least not yet. Not until we all inter-marry and become the same race. There are many countries in the world which have more than one national language and they are much smaller than India and less diverse!

Oh maname oh maname : This remembers my college last day and afterwards….

This remembers my college last day and afterwards…. I know how much i am missing… Really it’s tough… i love this songs, as this is specially written for me(not a greedy one) .. :)

i don't know who wrote it… really i like the lyrics. heart touching, felt, experienced and wrote i believe…

My Favorite: Uyire Uyire Piriyadhey Lyrics

Listen it Uyire Uyire Piriyadhey Lyrics

Uyirae uyirae piriyaadhae
uyirai thooki eriyaadhae
unnai pirindhaal ulagam kidaiyaadhae
oh ho oh

Kanavae kanavae kalaiyaadhae
kanneer thuliyil karaiyaadhae
nee illaamal iravae vidiyaadhae
oh ho oh

Pennae nee varum munnae
oru bommai polae irundhaen
punnagaiyaalae mugavari thandhaayae
oh oh oh

Aayul muzhudhum anbae
un arugil vaazhndhida ninaithaen
arai nodi minnal polae sendraayae
Uyirae uyirae piriyaadhae
uyirai thooki eriyaadhae
unnai pirindhaal ulagam kidaiyaadhae
oh ho oh

Pul mael vaazhum
pani dhaan kaaindhaalum
thalai mael thaangiya naeram
konjam aanal porkaalam
Un arugaamai
adhai naan izhandhaalum
saerndhae vaazhndha
ovvoru nodiyin
ninaivae sandhosham
Kadal moozhgiya theevugalai
kan paarvaigal arivadhillai
adhu polae unnil moozhgivittaen
Uyirae uyirae piriyaadhae
uyirai thooki eriyaadhae
unnai pirindhaal ulagam kidaiyaadhae
oh ho oh

Un kai korthu
adi naan sendra idam
thannanthaniyaai engae vandhaai
endrae kaetkiradhae
Un thol saaindhu
adi naan nindra maram
nizhalai ellaam surutti kondu
neruppaai erikkiradhae
Nizhal nambidum en thanimai
udal nambidum un pirivai
uyir mattum nambida marukkiradhae
Uyirae uyirae piriyaadhae
uyirai thooki eriyaadhae
unnai pirindhaal ulagam kidaiyaadhae
oh ho oh

Kanavae kanavae kalaiyaadhae
kanneerth thuliyil karaiyaadhae
nee illamal iravae vidiyaadhae
oh ho oh