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Think or sink!

#17722.

One % of the proceeds is ~ one million rupees.

This was let out by the slip of the tongue when the person said
that 5% of the proceed was 50+ lakhs of rupees. :faint:

That is what either of the sister will get as cash in hand

in addition to the three flats for each of the three siblings! :dizzy:
I wonder how much the shares, the next bone of contention is worth!!! :popcorn:
 
Two or more people/ vehicles being at the same point P at the same time T causes an accident!

So what ill be the fitting name to so many people being at the same point P at the same time T???

P.S: This is the Perennial Annual wonder I witness here on this day every year! :)
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But the Westerners sing with a wavy tone. I do not know the exact name.

Dear VR ji,

Since I have western music training..this form of singing is called Vibrato.

This is not much seen in Indian type of singing but its nice to give Bhajans a twist and go Vibrato.

Actually one needs a steady voice to handle Vibrato.


Vibrato (Italian, from past participle of "vibrare", to vibrate) is a musical effect consisting of a regular, pulsating change ofpitch. It is used to add expression to vocal and instrumental music. Vibrato is typically characterised in terms of two factors: the amount of pitch variation ("extent of vibrato") and the speed with which the pitch is varied ("rate of vibrato").[SUP][1][/SUP]
In singing it can occur spontaneously through a variations in the larynx. The vibrato of a string instrument and wind instrumentis an imitation of that vocal function.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrato
 
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Dear Renu,

Thank you for enlightening me! :pray2:

I tried to look up the name but was not sure how to go about it.

It must be Vibrato which is not found in Indian classical Carnatic music.

If we sing in a pulsating voice, we will be made fun

as the voice being shaky (due to fear?)

But this little girl gets it without any formal training.

Her house has the right acoustics to accentuate her singing.

It was a feast to hear her sing her own song today morning!

When she visited India in June/ July 2015, she would

walk around or run around in the colony singing loudly.

People who heard her sing used to smile and say,

"Paattu maamiyoda pEththiyum nallaa paadaRaa!" :)


 
What do you think of a person who gave up a lucrative job
as a photographer to open a bakery on a full time basis?

Is the baking industry a money spinner?
Do the designer cakes fetch a fortune?

With NO prior experience in baking whatsoever, WHAT HAS
prompted the person to jump headlong into baking industry!
 
THE MODERN FRIDGE LOOKS SO SLEEK, SO TALL, SO SLIM, SO ELEGANT AND SO SPACIOUS. BUT YOU HAD BETTER KEEP YOUR SAFE DISTANCE FROM IT FOR YOUR OWN GOOD.

I WALK PAST TOUCHING THE SIDE OF THE FRIDGE EVERY TIME I PASS BY IT IN MY HOUSE. I ALMOST GOT SCALDED WHEN I TRIED TO DO THE SAME THING IN MY SIBLING'S HOUSE. IT WAS SO VERY HOT.

I FOUND OUT THE REASON INSTANTANEOUSLY. IN THE OLDEN FRIDGES WE HAVE A WIRE MESH TYPE RADIATOR T ITS BACKSIDE TO LET THE HEAT (REMOVED FROM THE OBJECTS KEPT INSIDE IT) ESCAPE TO THE OUTSIDE FROM THE FRIDGE.

THE NEW FRIDGE DOES NOT HAVE THAT WIRE MESH. SO THE HEAT ESCAPES FROM THE LEFT SIDE OR THE RIGHT SIDE OR MAY BE BOTH SIDES OF THE FRIDGE!



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We attended a baby Shower in a popular Hotel in the city last week.

The invitation was restricted to the close family and close friends!

I can understand the restriction since the lunch served would have been a rip-off to the organizers!!!

Indian punctuality made me (a punctual person) the first non family person to reach the avenue.

The others turned up 30 minutes to 75 minutes later!

A tall boy served ice cool lemonade in small paper cups.

It was so refreshing and tasty that I asked him for a second cup and he obliged with a smile.

He attended to me during the lunch by serving me my favorite aviyal - a second time! :)

But the real surprise was when I was in the hand-wash-area and he brought and gave me bangles.

They were the right size, beautiful pink ones and dark green ones with a lot of shine included.

And they were the unbreakable type of bangles!

I did nothing to him except treat him like human being and NOT just a

mechanical extension of the tray of lemonade cups he was holding!

I thanked the supervisor for the tasty and home-like-meals and he too was very happy.

Truly the three most beautiful words in the world are,

"Please!", "Thank you!" and of course "I love you!"

I used the first and the second and I am sure they will remember me

for a long long time just as I will remember them for a long long time! :)

I like to be remembered in a pleasant way or associated with pleasant things.

Moral:

I must be extra careful NOT to hurt anyone in the future-

especially those who love me and / or who are loved by me! :)
 
Just to make sure you use the link and view the other 28 images, I will give just two of the images here!

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Nightmare#1

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Nightmare #2.

I bet you can never again eat a banana peacefully - without double checking

for the presence of a furry head with saucer-like eyes inside it! :rofl:
 
The controversial couple also had their seemandam/ valai kaappu.

The mother, grand mother and maternal aunt of the girl attended the function.

Her father has neither forgiven nor forgotten how badly his son in law had insulted him.

'Pourusham' as the name suggests, belongs to Purushas more than to the ladies.

Even in the serials and movies it is the male member who puts a brake in the reconciliation process.

He may threaten the family members with dire consequences, or give ultimatum or indulge in

emotional blackmailing.



 

1567a. பெற்ற தாய் செத்தால் பெற்றப்பன் சிற்றப்பன்.

1567b. when a mother dies the child’s father becomes its stepfather.

 
I felt very sad when I posted this proverb in my blog

A collection of 2008 proverbs called East Meets West.

https://veenaaramani.wordpress.com/east-meets-west/

But a proverb is defined as

"A short wise sentence born out of a long bitter experience."

So it can't be wrong - however unpleasant it may seem or sound!

Modern gadgets are invented to make the daily drudgery easier to keep up with the busy modern life.

They are NOT invented as Tools for torturing or punishing one's step children.

Step children are thrown into a washing machine and the machine is run UNTIL

the step father/ mother is sure that the child has given up its ghost and gone limp!

Step mother thrusts a toddler into the oven!

It is a two in one scheme...cook and get rid of the unwanted menace and

destroy the evidence by eating it perhaps or disposing it easily?? :scared:

A four year is forced to dip his foot in boiling water and let to die due to the severe infection.

Slightly grownup boys and girls are force fed enormous amounts salt and killed.

Obedient Young Girls are made to run around until they literally drop dead!

Adolescent children are often shot and killed.

WHAT Is wrong with the modern parents???

If they do not want children why do they make babies?

Just because they brought a child into the world, they are NOT

automatically conferred the right to take away its life.

What is the difference between a terrorist and such a parent?

A terrorist KILLS HIMSELF / HERSELF in order to kill some UNKNOWN and unrelated persons.
These creeps called parents kill KNOWN persons so that THEY CAN LIVE ON HAPPILY!!!
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The above proverb has far reaching effects - if ONLY you care to register them.

There was a time ( when our generation was in their 20s or ~ 5 decades ago)

when the groom's family would demand everything except the Moon and the Stars for dowry.

Silver, gold, copper, diamonds, silks, hot cash, coat, suit, boots and whatnot.

PoNNu veettuk kaaraa kaNNule viralai vittu aattuva! :mad2:


The girl would be sold by paying cash in addition to giving her away her (???)

or the groom would be purchased with cash and the other precious metals and gems stones.

But that is jut the beginning of the story.

The first year after the wedding will be full of "Thalai " functions like Thalai Aadi, Thalai AaavNi

avittam, Thalai Depaavali, Thalaik kaarthigai, Thalaip Pongal etc .

Each Thalai function will be a Damocles' sword hanging on the heads of the parents of the girl.

God only would know what would be the demands of the sambandhis!

Some would accept the traditional gifts. Other smarter ones me demand something costlier in lieu of

the traditional gifts. These may include cots. Godrej bureau , grinder, fan, scooter, car depending of

the affordability of the parents of the girl.

If the girl conceives during the year more expenses would follow in the form of vaLai kaappu

seemandham, confinement, delivery, kaappu and other jewels for the baby like chain, arai naaN,

ring, kankanam, studs.

This is what is fondly denoted by the first part of the proverb
யானைக்கு ஒரு காலம்! :)
 
Now we will explore the second half of the proverb

பூனைக்கு ஒரு காலம்.

A lot has happened in the past 5 decades. Girls have emerged from the cocoons they were safely placed - till they were wedded in their parents' house and after they were married their in laws' place.

They compete with men in every respect, every field often faring better than men.

Girls came to know their real worth - instead of being commodities which were owned, sold and purchased by men. Their mothers realized the worth of their daughters. So now the tables have been turned.

It is the girl who selects her life partner from among the many aspirants. It is she who decided WHO is going to relocate after the wedding or resign the job as an extreme step!

They girls decide whether and when they want to start the family. They decide where to start the family!

So instead of the pregnant girl being sent to her mother house for confinement and delivery and stay there for 6 more month till the baby is partially weaned and toilet trained, it the parents of (???) going over to help her with all of these things.

Now come the most interesting issue.

Which parent will go to help the pregnant girl?

The mother of the girl will be the first choice and the natural choice ... but not any more.

She has had enough trouble bringing up her daughter and does not want to extend her services to the next generation.

SO IT IS THE MOTHER OF THE GROOM who is sent for doing the sleepless night duty and the ugly and smelly diaper duty.

Interesting isn't it? :rolleyes:

The wheel of life / Fortune makes a complete circle in 60 years!

We have to wait and watch to know whether the Yaanai will see it golden days or the Poonai will remain in its golden days or whether the white-eli-kunjus (the grand children) will enjoy their golden days in the future! :)

 
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Q: Define a photo finish!

A photo finish occurs in a sporting race when multiple competitors cross the finishing line at nearly the same time. As the naked eye may not be able to discriminate between which of the competitors crossed the line first, a photo or video taken at the finish line may be used for a more accurate check.

Finish line photos are still used in nearly every modern racing sport. Although some sports use electronic equipment to track the racers during a race, a photo is considered the most important evidence in selecting the winner. They are especially important during close races, but they are also used to assign official times to each competitor during any race.


Q: Can we have a photo finish in a forum???

A: You may take a look and decide for yourselves!



 
My friend is of my age, similar to me in many respects.

She has three sons while I have only two sons!

Now that every house has become an empty nest the

Empty Nest Syndrome prevails in every household.

I manage to have an absorbing hobby despite all the odds and

oppositions and feel that my life is NOT totally wasted.

But her case is different. She is supposed to be holding either

a duster/ broom or the garden hose - whenever is not holding

a ladle /tongs or strainer.

She is always under a microscope under the ever watchful eyes

of her husband. He HAS to pass his time usefully by criticizing

her and giving her a hard time.

I bet this is some kind of mental affliction - the compulsion to

reassure himself and to prove to the rest if the world that he is

the 'one who wears pants' in their house!

She is not allowed to sing/ stitch or do embroidery or watch TV

or even talk to people on the phone. WHY do the women of the

past put up with all these nonsense? What will happen if she

just walks out of the house to live one of the three sons?

What will happen if she is not available for ordering around

anymore? How will such men spend the rest of their lives with

no one to find fault with and criticize and command?

It is worth watching by becoming invisible and keeping an eye

on the happenings after one's absence from the scene! :rolleyes:
 


1239a. குட்டக் குட்டக் குனிவார்கள்.
1239b. Constant control conquers.





1240a. குனியக் குனியக் குட்டுவார்கள்.
1240b. The more you give in, the more you will have to give in.

 

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