Ponniyin Selvan by kalki

I was planning to read this novel for a long time.Finally i have started and finished volume - 1
It has 5 volumes each has around 350 pages.

But the book is awesome.So much of details about Tamilnadu and the places we have lived and passed by without knowing much about the important events that has taken place there.

Though Indian rulers conquered a lot of places within Indian subcontinent i always had a small concern about them not going outside india for conquests as done by these Europeans. I have always wondered why south Indians did not have a strong Navy even though they were ruling the coastal areas.

But this book will makes us proud about the kind and expanse of the conquests made by the cholas(Raja Raja Chola and Rajendra chola). We might have read that Rajendra chola was called "Kadaram kondaan".Kadaram is the present day kedah in Malaysia.It was conquered by Rajendra. And cholas had a powerful navy and they had developed expertise in navigation in 1000 AD. They developed art and architecture which spreads the glory of chola empire even now.I have attached an image which depicts the territories which was under chola empire's control.

Still 4 more volumes to go and lot of information to grasp from this book. Will update as soon as i read.

A Nice song from Ishiqiya with English Translation

I took this translation from
http://spinningawheel.blogspot.com/2010/02/1062-lyrics-translation-dil-to-bacha.html

Aisi uljhi nazar unse hatt ti nahi
Daant se reshmi dor katt ti nahi
Umar kab ki baras ke safaid ho gayi
Kaari badari jawani ki chatt ti nahi

(My entwined eyes don’t seem to want to quit staring at her,
My tongue tied teeth cannot (even) cut through a simple silk thread,
My life is far past an age where the white (hair) shows,
And yet, the dense cloudy veneer of (my) youth refuses to fade away)

Walla ye dhadkan bhadne lagi hai
Chehre ki rangat udne lagi hai
Darr lagta hai tanha sone mein ji

(Oh my dear, my heart is started racing again,
My cheery cheeks have started bloody blushing again (my face has started losing color),
(Rightfully so), I am now so scared of falling asleep all alone)


Dil to bachcha hai ji
Dil to bachcha hai ji
Thoda kaccha hai ji
Haan dil to baccha hai ji

(My heart has become like that of a child (again)
A little naive, a little gullible,
Yes, indeed, innocent like that of a child)

Aisi ulji nazar unse hatt ti nahi
Daant se reshmi dor katt ti nahi
Umar kab ki baras ke safaid ho gayi
Kaari badari jawani ki chatt ti nahi
Ra ra ra ..

Kisko pataa tha pehlu mein rakha
Dil aisa baaji bhi hoga
Hum to hamesha samajhte the koi
Hum jaisa haaji hi hoga

(The heart which I wore (and hid) under my sleeve,
I never did expect, would (eventually) turn out to be this impish scimpish,
I instead always (for some reason, wrongly) believed,
That my heart was exactly a thorough gentleman like me)


Hai zor karein, kitna shor karein
Bewaja baatein pe ainwe gaur karein
Dilsa koi kameena nahi
Koi to rokey, koi to tokey
Iss umar mein ab khaogey dhokhe
Darr lagta hai ishq karne mein ji

(Now that it is enticed, (and then) it creates commotion
It has started reading too much into these seemingly commonplace gestures,
There is seemingly no scurry scoundrel like this heart of mine,
Please someone try to rein it in, oh, please someone try to drill in some sense (at least),
(Try to remind it) that at this tiring age, he is going to be beguiled and betrayed,
(Rightfully so), now I am so very scared of falling in love)


Dil to bachcha hai ji
Dil to bachcha hai ji
Thoda kaccha hai ji
Haan dil to baccha hai ji


Aisi udhaasi baithi hai dil pe
Hassne se ghabra rahe hain
Saari jawani katra ke kaati
Piri mein takra gaye hain

(I am lugging around, so much of the sweet sorrow in my heart,
That it now visibly afraid to even laugh out in the open,
All my (wasted) youth, I cautiously avoided this malaise (of love)
And now (ironically), I am meeting him (love) on the same street)

Dil dhadakta hai to aise lagta hai woh
Aa raha hai yahin dekhta hi na woh
Prem ki maarein kataar re
Taubah ye lamhe katt te nahi kyun
Aankhein se meri hatt te nahi kyun
Darr lagta hai mujhse kehne mein ji

(When my heart pulsates (like this),
It feels as if she is coming right towards here, looking straight at me,
Darting arrows poisoned with her love and longing,
(No wonder) why these magic moments seem to be infinitely protracted,
And they(these moments) seem to swarm all over my vision and eyes (overwhelming me),
(Rightly so) I am so scared to admit all this to even my own self,


Dil toh bachcha hai ji
Dil toh bachcha hai ji
Thoda kaccha hai ji
Haan dil toh baccha hai ji

A Walk to Remember ---- Story..

The story is about how a love can bring in lot of changes in a high school kid.
At the end of the movie you feel you were touched by your old memories of your love. I firmly believe that almost 90% of male or female were losers in their first love which is an unacceptable truth. It would have happened either proposed ones or it can be unsaid love which was felt and lost within themselves:).

Okay, lets go into this movie story. I may not be a good narrator, but some of my friends said once that i had naratted story in a such a way that made them to watch it.

In a high school, Jamie & Landon were in same class. Both of them were stuyding in the same school from childhood. But they never hardly interacted except Landon making fun on Jamie for few times on her outer appearances.

In many of the romantic- adult comedy hollywood movies, girls were portrayed as so modern that they were ready for sex during school time. But in this movie, the girl was portrayed as very traditional and loving daughter for a good father. Jamie's mother had died when she was a baby. Jamie always keeps her face smiling, a wonderful smile, you will go pleasant on seeing her smile. If that smile was with you ohh god, then i would say u are luckyyyy.... U r gonna have good sleep that day..!!!

But somehow landon is not attracted to her or he doesnt take her smile or her good behaviours so much becoz of her outer appearance. Jamie doesnt wear modren dress uor her outerlook doesnt portray her as modern outlooking girl. She always wears a 4,5 decades old sweater and a pant. Landon was a kinnda off wayward teen with his own gang who all doesnt mingle with Jamie.

Jamie is also a singer in church. Her voice is so sweet that she had many fans on sunday to listen her sweet voice. Now both of them came to last year of high school.
To say about landon's family, her mother was divorced and he & his mother were living alone, with his father sending money every month to them. His father is a cardiologist.Lets see how they cross each others in theirs life.

Jamie's dressings is very simple,always she wears a big skirt with a old sweater on it. When the movie starts , landon and his friends were trying to do some prank activities, and its becoz of landon one of his friend takes a challenge and jumps from a 100 feet high swimming board into a pond.Unfortunately his friend was hurt seriously and put in a hospital. Landon regrets for that and school administration has put him rehab kinda off activity to do social community services. Like, every week end he needs to tutor his juniors in maths, & take up a lead role in schools spring play that year. Landon take it seriously and tries to some useful activity as he felt bad for his friend.But he has never done acting in school or in drama, he finds it difficult to do. Interestingly Jamie was also supposed to do lead role in that years spring play.

Dont know how to proceed, landon hesitantly ask jamie to help him for his act in that play.But his father was more reluctant to accept this help. He doesnt like his daughter to be in more close friendship with a boy. But then jamie says she is now grown old and nothing she will break her promise to his father.
Before jamie accepts to help she says to landon " I can help you only with the agreement that you should never fall in love with me ".. Landon takes a big laugh and say he will never ever be...
They both now started rehearsing for the play.Jamie explaining how to deliver a dialogue, be enacted with the play, dressings and everything.

Due to this daily evening rehearsal Landon couldnt spend his usual time with his friends. And one day in school, when landon was with this friends gang, jamie comes to landon & tells her ' when can we meet in the evening, as today i have prayer church at 4'. To disguise from friends he replies in such a way that landon knows nothing about it .. ' It can happen only in your dream'. Jamie feels insulted and runs away..

later that evening landon goes to jamies home for apology.But then jamie refuses to let him in and says ' i thought you had some good in you but my faith was broken'.
Landon was helpless and goes away with frustration. Landon slowly develops strong feelings for her and likes being with her. He started getting help from his mom to act in the play and when the final day comes for springs play,both Landon & Jamie were dressed up so elegantly and appeared for the play.

Landon was speechless on seeing Jamie in angels dress...!!!! He was completely broken into pieces. THe play was supposed to end with jamie singing a song and she dies for him. Jamie too sang a song beautifully as she was a regular singer. Once the song was completed jamie comes near landon sitting in a chair, but then landon gives a smooch, which jamie couldnt refuse at stage and everyone was so exited to see a live play and appreciated landon for the play. Tremendous change in landon.
But jamie's father doesnt liked it.

[ to be continused... dont miss the conitnuation..!!!!!! ]