Hogenakkal trip

I am bloggin after a long time.. Many other things had occupied my time..

I am writing this after a long time I visited Hogenakkal. Well, It remains still in my memory afresh as I saw those things that day. ( A trip worth remembering..) Felt like writing it today only.

Me and my friend Maria christu raja started off by evening around 6.30 in my Unicorn on a full moon day in april ( dont remember the day). Going out of Bangalore was a headache..

We preferred the Anekkal-Thenkanikottai (தேன்கனிக்கோட்டை beautiful name)-Hogenakkal route.

By the time we were at the outskirts of the city, it was around 8 pm. Moon was rising.. Beautiful sight. Never been in highways at night, before.. so couldn't go beyond 60. After we took a turn from Hosur road from chandapura towards Anekkal ( meaning elephant stone), the roads were calm - not much traffic, narrow with lot of trees on both sides.. not much humans around.. We drove slowly (30-40 kmph), and reached anekkal.. had our dinner there and then set out towards Thenkanikottai. We had planned to stay there in a lodge for the night. On our way to Thenkanikottai we had to pass through many villages and uninhabited places. Moon was around 60 degrees from the vertical... We switched off the headlamps and drove in the moonlight.. beautiful experience... Our retinae got adjusted to the available light and we were able to navigate without any hitch...

Reached Thenkanikottai and stayed there for a night.. Lodge was pretty decent ( there was only one in the whole town).. Started off to Hogenakkal early in the morning.. We passed through villages, stopped by lily ponds. I can't describe them. It was like a painting.. Cranes flying around, fishes jumping out of water, frogs over the lotus leaves, flowers at various stages of bloom, cattle grazing around and peasants bathing them. Heaven on earth..

Then we entered into reserved forests and stopped by small streams passing by... they were clear and place around were great other than the mineral water bottles and lays packets thrown around by humans passing by... I pity those mindless creatures..

Rest of the journey towards hogenakkal, we saw lot of forest birds and trees.. Here I have to mention something.. Maria Christu Raja is a ardent lover of nature and is good in identifying trees from their barks, flowers and leaves and birds. He knows a lot about animal's behavior and food habits as he volunteers often for surveying preys, predators conducted by NGOs. Nice that I joined that trip with him.. I learned a lot.. After sometime we had to climb small hills and the roads had lots of hair-pin bends after which came the amazing view of Kaveri flowing amidst hills.... Lovely sight. It divides Karnataka and Tamilnadu for a stretch of few kilometers.. We stopped few kilometers ahead of hogenakkal to wet ourselves in the river.. I parked my Unicorn at the banks of Kaveri( was worried a little about my best pal's loneliness, But a lady's cycle gave him good company till I came back). There was this Parisal. We hired one and waded the river and reached a small island... We both got into the river and started playing...

இயற்கை தாயின் மடியில் பிறந்து

எப்படி வாழ்ந்தேன் இதயம் தொலைந்து

சலித்து போனேன் மனிதனாய் இருந்து

பறக்க வேண்டும் பறவையாய் திரிந்து

Later Raja told we can climb a hill nearby so that He can study some trees in that forest. I had never trekked like that before.. there were lot of holes in the slopes of that hills where I suspected the presence of snakes.. National geographic snake documentaries flashed before me very often... We went to a certain height.. It was twelve in the noon and the summer sun was burning us.. I gave up and told let's get back to the boat... He said ok and we started getting down..

When I was about to alight the boat I had to remove my sandals... I bent to remove that and the sony ericsson in my pocket ( was singing that time ) fell into the river... :) oops.. The boatman looked for it and took it outside.. It was singing still with an infection in its throat..LOL.. I removed the batteries and put it into my bag.. We got back to the other shore... Raja attempted rowing the parisal for a while.. Nice experience.. We took off in my unicorn ( He had to leave his newly got girlfriend there itself) towards Hogenakkal..

Reached hogenakkal.. we hate crowd and decided not to boat once again... Civilians visiting Hogenakkal were having a good time.. some were drinking and massaging besides the water falls ( What a bad taste!)

Two eyes were not sufficient for me to watch the magnificence of the water falls.. we went by foot around various falls and finally had a so called fresh catch fish toast in a hotel.. it was good...

Return also we drove slow.. reached Thenkanikottai and took rest for sometime.. Back to Bangalore in the same evening... Had dinner in Malgudi that night...

The day was worth living!

who are becoming teacher these days??

This question was running in my mind days.... Of course after I passed out of my college! I'm writing this from a Tamilnadu student's perspective.. Most of us who opt science group, take it with the intention of undertaking a professional course (engineering or medicine) .. These days engineering is more preferred because 235 odd colleges are there in Tamilnadu and getting into one of them is not a big job (but getting a job after that is...). Then got to clear 8 semesters and get into some job that would fetch a minimum of 20 k a month...Nothing wrong indeed.. We need to resolve the financial crisis and get things stable.. Medicine is mostly opted by people who are ambitious or their parents are so ambitious that they push these guys into medical colleges...
Approximately 95-98% of Tamilnadu's Science group population gets into these 2 courses.. The remaining
1. who don't manage to score good
2. Willing to work as a teacher
3. Dont get a job other than a teacher

become Teachers...

This is really a sad state. (Tamilnadu state) LOL.. The percentage of teachers who really inspire us to learn a subject and make that us our career is decreasing day by day.. In many cases it has become the other way.. Many of us developed hatred towards certain subjects due to incompetent teachers...

If I hated chemistry, my chemistry teacher Ms.Amudhini is to blame. She does everything else in class other than teaching the subject. She shuts the doors and starts conducting a prayer meeting, mentions few fellow class mate's name just before the exam and prays specially for them to get good marks.. let us leave her.. waste of time talking about one inhumane person.

Well, seeing from a broader perspective, teaching effectively is an art. It is an important aspect in building a nation. Teachers are the engineers of a country. It is a sacred job.

Even if you are getting into teaching profession out of desperate need for a job, it have to be done with so much care understanding the gravity of its need in country building. People should understand this.

Well, no use blaming unless I make some change here....

Why do they need a war with us?

The developments in the past week has taken me aback. Pakistan has started building troops in the border, conducting war drills and aircraft sorties over cities. While the Indian PM is hell bent in avoiding war and constantly reminding Pak that they only got to nab terrorists and their breeding grounds, Pakistan's ISI has started analysing areas it can attack in India including Kolkata.
War would not be a solution to this problem. Previously I was of the notion that waging a war and cleaning threats the Israel way would solve the problem. But now, not. Because, at the will be surrounded by enemies and endlessly we have to keep increasing our defence expenditure and cannot live in peace, like having your house besides a hostile neighbour waiting to seize a chance to jump into a fight for the silliest reason. War is bad for Pakistan only! It will accelerate their fall into the abyss. They already are economically in a pitiable situation. Their government has to focus into problems like public's literacy, hunger, health etc instead of spending on war. They already are not able to tackle internal political issues. War would swipe off Pak's financial reserves. And war has become very expensive these days. Just imagine if a fighter aircraft gets shot down you lose 400 crore rupees. A missile which can shoot down an aircraft costs 2-3 crores. For flying an aircraft for one hour you need to spend 4-5 lakh rupees on fuel alone. Just to give you an idea. You have to mobilise troops, food for them and the most precious thing is human lives lost in a war(I'm not a pacifist though).
Zardari should be called as Psuedo president. The real president is Kiyani, Army chief of Pak. It looks like ISI and Kiyani have joined hand in hands and taken all Zardari's power. It was evident when taliban announced that it can back Pak army if there was an all out war. Kiyani is the master mind behind all the war fury Pakistan is showing the world whereas Zardari's job is only to tell the world "Evidence is not enough, Qasab doesnt belong to Pak". He keeps denying whatever India tells.
This is going to continue until India responds immediately and gathers the support of International community as soon as it got the evidences. Diplomatic isolation will help us a lot. Pakistan can't stand that. It will be constrained and hence we can expect that it will act immediately. That could be the only solution.

synonym of ' ford ': Cross a river where it's shallow.....

When i read this Garfield strip, it reminded me of "figure set ஆகலேன்னு வருத்தப்படும் சங்கம் "... beware

உதித் நாராயணன் & முத்தைத் தரு பத்தி ....

I was looking for lyrics of this famous song in net... i found it in http://www.tfmpage.com/forum/archives/28722.20.41.37.html

mutthai tharu patthi thirunakai
atthukkiRai satthi saravaNa
mutthikkoru vitthu guru para ena Othum

mukkat para maRku suruthiyin
muRpattathu kaRpith- thiruvarum
muppatthu muvarkkath- thamararum adi pENa

ptthuth- thalai thatthak kaNaithodu
otRaig- giri matthaip poruthoru
pattap- pakal vattath- thikiriyil iravaaka

patthaRkira thatthaik kadaviya
pacchaippuyal mecchath thyaku poruL
patshatthodu rakshith tharuLvathum oru naaLE

thitthitheya otthap paripura
nirttha paDam vaitthup bayiravi
Dikkotka nadikkak kazhuvodu kazhuthaada

Dikkup pari attap bayiravar
thokkutthoku thokkuth thokuthoku
chithrappavurikkuth thrikadaka ena Otha

kotthup paRai kottak kaLamisai
kukku kukuk kukukuku
kutthip puthai pukkup pidiyena muthukookai

kotputRezha natpatR avuNarai
vetti baliyittuk kulagiri
kutthup pada otthup poravala perumaaLE

thread எண்டு இல் ஒருவர் இந்த பாட்டை உதித் நாராயணன்
பாடினால் எப்படி இருக்கும் என imagine பண்ணி எழுதியிருந்ததை
படித்ததும் சிரிப்பு அடக்க முடியவில்லை...

for your perusal :

muttai tharum paatti thuru naakai
aatu keerai satti saravana
muttaikoaru vittu guru paara ena oattum

mukkabulaa maarku shruthiyin
murpathahathu karpithitruvom
muppaatan moovarum dharma adipen

தனிமை ..

தொலைவில் கடலில் அஸ்தமிக்க செல்லும் சூரியன்

பாலைவனத்தில் பூத்த கள்ளிச்செடி

ஊர் எல்லையில் காவலில் அய்யனார் சிலை

தூரமாய் கடலில் மீன் பிடிக்கச் சென்ற படகு

நதியினில் மிதக்கும் நிலா

வெய்யிலில் திரிந்தும் கருக்காத ஒற்றை மேகம்

தூரத்தை குறிக்கும் மைல் கல்


தனிமையும் அழகோ ?

நிழற்படம் நன்றி : திரு. அனீஷ் B கிருஷ்ணன்

நீர்த்துளி

கடலாய் இருந்து
மலை மேல் மிதந்து
மரம் மேல் விழுந்து
ஓரிடம் விட்டு ஓரிடம்
செல்வதே வாழ்வாய்க்
கொண்ட நீர்த்துளிக்கு ஓர் நாள் சந்தேகம்
தான் தூயவளா தீயவளா என்று ...

தன்னுள் நீந்திய மீனிடம்
தான் மோதிச்சென்று கூழாக்கிய கற்களிடம்
தன்னில் எதிரோளிக்கும் நிலவிடம்
தன்னில் நீராடிய பெண்ணிடம்
இக்கேள்வியை கேட்டது ...

மீன் :
நான் பிறந்தது வளர்ந்தது
விளையாடியது காதலித்தது
பின் ஓர் நாள் இறப்பது
என என் வாழ்வே உன்னில் தான் ..
நீ தூயவள், அதிலென்ன சந்தேகம்?







கூழாங்கல் :
மலையாய் இருந்த என்னை
ஒவ்வோர் கணமும் மோதி மோதி
கடுகாக்கி மண்ணாகும் நீ
தீயவள் அன்றி வேறென்ன ?






நிலா:
நான் வளர்ந்தாலும் தேய்ந்தாலும்
நிழல் போர்த்தி ஓர் நாள் முகம் மறைத்தாலும்
நித்திரைக்கு போகும் முன் உன்னில் தான் என்னை பார்ப்பேன்
தூயவளே !








பெண்:
கரைகளில் நான் களைந்த ஆடையை
குளிக்கையில் திருடிச்சென்று
கலங்க வைத்தாய் என்னை !
போடி! நீ தீயவள்!








சிந்தனை செய்தது நீர்த்துளி ...
தீயவள் தூயவள் என்பது பிறரது விழிகளுக்கே ..
இவ்விரு நிலையும் இல்லாமையே உண்மை ..
உணர்ந்த நொடியில் சட்டென்று மேகமானது நீர்த்துளி ..
இம்முறை மண்ணில் வீழ அல்ல .