Prelude :: I am not responsible if you read the title as "new year woes" !!
Hi
Do you have the habit of taking pledges on new years ? Before you do, just hold yourselves.....and try to recall the last year's pledge and the gory fate it underwent perhaps by the Republic Day that followed quite quickly!!
That does not any way mean I am dead against taking goals and I am cynical about "goals" in life. Rather, it is better to take up a fresh goal after intensifying ourselves with some practical thoughts about them, is n't it ??
Well, what's my goal for 2011 ?
Self development books presribe the method of "declaring" goals in public - and communicating it to our near and dear - to act as a checkpoint for ourselves. I have tried this in the past but ended up hiding myself from these people after a month or so due to obvious reasons !!
So, just to make some change in approach, I prefer to keep mum now....and perhaps tell you guys on my 2011 goals some time during the middle of the year - why not on my birthday which falls during June ??!!
Until then, let me keep doing what I intend to do. I prefer to be a "embarking God" than to be a "barking dog" (idhu eppidi irukku ??)
Happy Pledging.....!!
Suren ALIAS Suchoo
Friday, December 31, 2010
Descendance of Divinity
Prelude : Noticing the number of posts inching towards 50 for the year 2010, I had taken during last month a goal to "some how" achieve it before today; Alas, I could not muster the numbers due to want of "mood".......but still there is a tinge of happiness that I did not yield to any "backwas" posting yielding to such silly self imposed pressures.....!! You see, there are always two faces of any coin....!!
Hi All
Happy to make this posting on the last day of year 2010 that will be leaving us shortly.
The month that went by was very important to me personally for so many reasons. The first and foremost was an unique experience of watching a particular dance ballet for ten times again and again - the same one about which I had written in the blog during last month.....!! Barring one or two which happened during week days, I was there at each and every program with ever- increasing excitement every time.......!!
More than the pleasure of seeing our little one appearing on the stage for a minute or so, I got seduced by the wonderful performance of the whole team and am quite inspired by the mental focus of these people in such a rigorous schedule. I understand this particular dance school had never taken up such a tight schedule in the past - though they are in existence for two decades now.....!!
While I eagerly wait for the last program which is scheduled this sunday in T.Nagar area, I am also helplessly feeling sad about the whole month of bliss coming to an end ! The ballet is a perfect synch of every factor involved - starting from the talented and dedicated bunch of young children, their make up, music, lyrics of the songs, lighting arrangement - all of them aligning to the perfection before the creative mind of their teacher.
The story of the ballet revolves around Hindu Mythology - starting with Lord Shiva seated at Kailash and ends with his son Lord Muruga destroying Surapadman. Clocking one and half hours, it is too good to watch many best scenes lined up one after other - the Ananda Thandavam of Lord Siva followed by Rudra thandavam, The Arthanareeswarar dance of Siva and parvathy, the Six murugha's depiction from their young age till teen age;
Again and again, I am helplessly noticing how time flies between the scenes...and the way the group is improvising their earlier performance. Of course, there are minor blots of mistakes here and there (particularly for people like us who watch the same ballet repeatedly - knowing almost every step and dance movement!!) - but nothing to affect the overall impact that it creates.
I am particularly overwhelmed at the girl who performs Lord Shiva - who will remain in the memory for quite some time. With some understanding about this God from Sadhguru's lectures and having tasted the empty vacuum that He represents once a while, I cannot help imagining the mental state of this young girl after such exemplary performance in this main role of the ballet and how much of maturity she must have got in this one month period - at the end of the standing ovations after her performances. She stands out distinctly in my mind though I enjoyed the power of performance of every single child which participated in this mega event....!!
Good to see a glimpse of the bright side about the future generation and I feel wonderful for taking part in this episode - though in a very limited manner !!
Wish you a very happy new year .... AND let Almighty bless all of us to move to our next stage of evolution.
(Sorry, I never meant the elections scheduled in TN during 2011 !! Will be really good if we have a solid leader emerging ATLEAST before 2016; Why don't divinity descend on this filth too, Huh... ?? )
Regards // Suren
Hi All
Happy to make this posting on the last day of year 2010 that will be leaving us shortly.
The month that went by was very important to me personally for so many reasons. The first and foremost was an unique experience of watching a particular dance ballet for ten times again and again - the same one about which I had written in the blog during last month.....!! Barring one or two which happened during week days, I was there at each and every program with ever- increasing excitement every time.......!!
More than the pleasure of seeing our little one appearing on the stage for a minute or so, I got seduced by the wonderful performance of the whole team and am quite inspired by the mental focus of these people in such a rigorous schedule. I understand this particular dance school had never taken up such a tight schedule in the past - though they are in existence for two decades now.....!!
While I eagerly wait for the last program which is scheduled this sunday in T.Nagar area, I am also helplessly feeling sad about the whole month of bliss coming to an end ! The ballet is a perfect synch of every factor involved - starting from the talented and dedicated bunch of young children, their make up, music, lyrics of the songs, lighting arrangement - all of them aligning to the perfection before the creative mind of their teacher.
The story of the ballet revolves around Hindu Mythology - starting with Lord Shiva seated at Kailash and ends with his son Lord Muruga destroying Surapadman. Clocking one and half hours, it is too good to watch many best scenes lined up one after other - the Ananda Thandavam of Lord Siva followed by Rudra thandavam, The Arthanareeswarar dance of Siva and parvathy, the Six murugha's depiction from their young age till teen age;
Again and again, I am helplessly noticing how time flies between the scenes...and the way the group is improvising their earlier performance. Of course, there are minor blots of mistakes here and there (particularly for people like us who watch the same ballet repeatedly - knowing almost every step and dance movement!!) - but nothing to affect the overall impact that it creates.
I am particularly overwhelmed at the girl who performs Lord Shiva - who will remain in the memory for quite some time. With some understanding about this God from Sadhguru's lectures and having tasted the empty vacuum that He represents once a while, I cannot help imagining the mental state of this young girl after such exemplary performance in this main role of the ballet and how much of maturity she must have got in this one month period - at the end of the standing ovations after her performances. She stands out distinctly in my mind though I enjoyed the power of performance of every single child which participated in this mega event....!!
Good to see a glimpse of the bright side about the future generation and I feel wonderful for taking part in this episode - though in a very limited manner !!
Wish you a very happy new year .... AND let Almighty bless all of us to move to our next stage of evolution.
(Sorry, I never meant the elections scheduled in TN during 2011 !! Will be really good if we have a solid leader emerging ATLEAST before 2016; Why don't divinity descend on this filth too, Huh... ?? )
Regards // Suren
Monday, December 13, 2010
Subramanyapuram - Film Review
Prelude : It had been in my pending list for more two years; I also got the CD 3 /4 months back; I in fact watched the film up to "INTERMISSION" too.... but could not complete seeing this movie due to some unavoidable reasons.....!! Well, I made it last week end - creating some lonely time for me.....as it does not belong to the category of film that people at my home watch.....
Well, better late then never....Here you go...!!
Who knows, this could be the last review of this film which is more than 3 years old as of now.....!!
Dear All
Umpteen number of tamil films have come where hero is a role model with impeccable character and handsome looks.
In the past two decades, there had been quite a lot of films where hero is just a anti character as per yester terms and looks like a ruffian (but still the pretty heroine loves for some stupid reason....!!). The hero worshipping and idolizing his character never diminished in such category of films......and the dialogue writers had to sweat out writing too many dialogues justifying the atrocities committed by the hero....!!
Here was an unique film where the hero does not have the heroine, has no qualms about any hype either during the introduction or un-characteristically shaking his hips for a typical lacklustre song meant to lighten up the film....and who does not seem to be seasoned in the art of acting....!! Puffing the cigarette, sitting amongst a good-for- nothing souls, being one of them, sits like a typical local convict in the police station, doesn't mind to let us know very naturally that he is an illiterate (have you noticed this ? typically our films make so much out of illiteracy of the hero character - using it in the scope of some idiotic humour revolving around his innocence !!).... and last but not the least, doesn't even deserve a close up shot or a sad music when he gets murdered towards the end of the film.......!!
This movie shook me to the spine - as I allowed it too much into me. I always had a taste for heavy themes and this love affair started with "Kaadhal" seven years back. But then, in terms of no-nonsense story line and the commitment towards non dilution in this film is quite unparalleled amongst all other films that I got involved with .... !!
Since I was all alone without any disturbance during the watching of the film, I was keenly watching every little thing of the film....was able to empathise with every character of the film.
I could empathise the heart burn of the Ex Councillor (heroine's father) and his non-cinematic portrayal, enjoy his wife's ecstasy over phone when her hubby gets selected as the local leader, the ability of the heroine to accept her lover's misdeeds, the tactful manner of the periappa of the heroine to change her mind and put herself in proper track, greediness of the friend character of the hero (Kanja karuppu), above all - the heroism in the determined silence and mental tough-ness of the hero.....!!
Without any plausible reason, I have a special attraction towards the majestic voice of Sasikumar (paraman) - like how I have developed an allergy for his friend's character (Azhagar). The only blot in this film was the absolutely non fitting modulations and (bit) adolescent voice of the Azhagar character.
Well, for those who could not bear the violence of the movie when they saw it much earlier to me, my humble pranams....!! To me, this film - though do not have any loud slogans / dialogues favouring / disfavouring violence -has the potential to mellow down the toughest of the thugs and make them bit philosophical (at least for few minutes).
I don't consider this film any lesser than Anbe Sivam which gave a very positive message against violence....!!
Love // Suren
Well, better late then never....Here you go...!!
Who knows, this could be the last review of this film which is more than 3 years old as of now.....!!
Dear All
Umpteen number of tamil films have come where hero is a role model with impeccable character and handsome looks.
In the past two decades, there had been quite a lot of films where hero is just a anti character as per yester terms and looks like a ruffian (but still the pretty heroine loves for some stupid reason....!!). The hero worshipping and idolizing his character never diminished in such category of films......and the dialogue writers had to sweat out writing too many dialogues justifying the atrocities committed by the hero....!!
Here was an unique film where the hero does not have the heroine, has no qualms about any hype either during the introduction or un-characteristically shaking his hips for a typical lacklustre song meant to lighten up the film....and who does not seem to be seasoned in the art of acting....!! Puffing the cigarette, sitting amongst a good-for- nothing souls, being one of them, sits like a typical local convict in the police station, doesn't mind to let us know very naturally that he is an illiterate (have you noticed this ? typically our films make so much out of illiteracy of the hero character - using it in the scope of some idiotic humour revolving around his innocence !!).... and last but not the least, doesn't even deserve a close up shot or a sad music when he gets murdered towards the end of the film.......!!
This movie shook me to the spine - as I allowed it too much into me. I always had a taste for heavy themes and this love affair started with "Kaadhal" seven years back. But then, in terms of no-nonsense story line and the commitment towards non dilution in this film is quite unparalleled amongst all other films that I got involved with .... !!
Since I was all alone without any disturbance during the watching of the film, I was keenly watching every little thing of the film....was able to empathise with every character of the film.
I could empathise the heart burn of the Ex Councillor (heroine's father) and his non-cinematic portrayal, enjoy his wife's ecstasy over phone when her hubby gets selected as the local leader, the ability of the heroine to accept her lover's misdeeds, the tactful manner of the periappa of the heroine to change her mind and put herself in proper track, greediness of the friend character of the hero (Kanja karuppu), above all - the heroism in the determined silence and mental tough-ness of the hero.....!!
Without any plausible reason, I have a special attraction towards the majestic voice of Sasikumar (paraman) - like how I have developed an allergy for his friend's character (Azhagar). The only blot in this film was the absolutely non fitting modulations and (bit) adolescent voice of the Azhagar character.
Well, for those who could not bear the violence of the movie when they saw it much earlier to me, my humble pranams....!! To me, this film - though do not have any loud slogans / dialogues favouring / disfavouring violence -has the potential to mellow down the toughest of the thugs and make them bit philosophical (at least for few minutes).
I don't consider this film any lesser than Anbe Sivam which gave a very positive message against violence....!!
Love // Suren
AGANDAM
Hi All
During last week, I got a call from home when I was bit busy at office (believe me, it happens once a while for me too !!!!). I was summoned by the High Command at home (also referred as Better Half) to write 8 / 10 sentences about MOON just in case I had time at office for our beloved madhoo as required for her school. It was supposed to be memorized by the little one and recited in front of the teacher on the very next day.
Though I politely refused and assured that I will do it after reaching home; When I reached home, I was too tired and bit blank to construct so many sentences from my own memory and knowledge (respectively !!). Bit lazy to switch on the google, I mustered the required number of the sentences from an Encyclopedia at home (how handy and useful these big books are ... though google has every thing at store - I mean those things that we want and too many things that WE DO NOT WANT.....all together !!). Well there were few wonderful facts that kept me hooked for some time reassuring me the vastness of AGANDAM....I give below few of them...
(1) Earth has has just one moon in comparison to few other planets. Jupiter has sixty odd Natural satellites while couple of other planets have forty odd satellites.
(Have we really counted all of them.....?? well, are we only talking about "our" solar system ??)
(2) However, in comparison to the respective planet size, our "moon" is the biggest of all such satellites
(wow.....!! so, Earth has one more unique-ness apart from having life.....)
(3) Moon has a non-circular (you know, its wise to avoid difficult words for me to spell and you to pronounce!!) orbit and the closest distance from Earth is an whopping 4 1/2 lakh kilometers... (well, how do these astronomical object maintain the perfect shape of orbit religiously....??)
(4) Unlike planets, since these satellites do not rotate around themselves, the other side of moon is literally unknown to us....
(Hope Chandraayans and his other cousin projects find if there is going to be some thing more interesting than craters and vast open space)
Well, I never remember getting interested in subjects like Geography and Astronomy during my school days. Even special days like Eclipses and Satellite launches did not create so much ripple in the mind. As my daughter recited the entire 10 lines that I wrote down for her with her usual confidence and stylish (these days she has picked up a strange accent and pronunciation which both of us at home do not possess....!!), I was craving within my heart for her.....at least let her be blessed with appreciating the wonder of what she has mugged up for the school exercise before she becomes a parent.....
It will be fantastic for every one of us to identify a passion for us quite early in life so that we never we never have a chance to regret about it...!!
By the by, not that I am brooding myself for not having becoming an astronaut...!!
For that matter, I have too many such ripples of thoughts these days (including why not I had learnt Bharathanaatyam ...... and have pursued Cinema Industry - just examples), I am convinced that it perfectly suits me to have become an admirer of AGANDAM without taking a plunge deep enough into any thing that makes me think....!!
Not that rose flower smells nice and looks pretty when we hold it in our hand; the rose garden is quite breath taking from a distance, too......What do you say....??
Love // Suren
During last week, I got a call from home when I was bit busy at office (believe me, it happens once a while for me too !!!!). I was summoned by the High Command at home (also referred as Better Half) to write 8 / 10 sentences about MOON just in case I had time at office for our beloved madhoo as required for her school. It was supposed to be memorized by the little one and recited in front of the teacher on the very next day.
Though I politely refused and assured that I will do it after reaching home; When I reached home, I was too tired and bit blank to construct so many sentences from my own memory and knowledge (respectively !!). Bit lazy to switch on the google, I mustered the required number of the sentences from an Encyclopedia at home (how handy and useful these big books are ... though google has every thing at store - I mean those things that we want and too many things that WE DO NOT WANT.....all together !!). Well there were few wonderful facts that kept me hooked for some time reassuring me the vastness of AGANDAM....I give below few of them...
(1) Earth has has just one moon in comparison to few other planets. Jupiter has sixty odd Natural satellites while couple of other planets have forty odd satellites.
(Have we really counted all of them.....?? well, are we only talking about "our" solar system ??)
(2) However, in comparison to the respective planet size, our "moon" is the biggest of all such satellites
(wow.....!! so, Earth has one more unique-ness apart from having life.....)
(3) Moon has a non-circular (you know, its wise to avoid difficult words for me to spell and you to pronounce!!) orbit and the closest distance from Earth is an whopping 4 1/2 lakh kilometers... (well, how do these astronomical object maintain the perfect shape of orbit religiously....??)
(4) Unlike planets, since these satellites do not rotate around themselves, the other side of moon is literally unknown to us....
(Hope Chandraayans and his other cousin projects find if there is going to be some thing more interesting than craters and vast open space)
Well, I never remember getting interested in subjects like Geography and Astronomy during my school days. Even special days like Eclipses and Satellite launches did not create so much ripple in the mind. As my daughter recited the entire 10 lines that I wrote down for her with her usual confidence and stylish (these days she has picked up a strange accent and pronunciation which both of us at home do not possess....!!), I was craving within my heart for her.....at least let her be blessed with appreciating the wonder of what she has mugged up for the school exercise before she becomes a parent.....
It will be fantastic for every one of us to identify a passion for us quite early in life so that we never we never have a chance to regret about it...!!
By the by, not that I am brooding myself for not having becoming an astronaut...!!
For that matter, I have too many such ripples of thoughts these days (including why not I had learnt Bharathanaatyam ...... and have pursued Cinema Industry - just examples), I am convinced that it perfectly suits me to have become an admirer of AGANDAM without taking a plunge deep enough into any thing that makes me think....!!
Not that rose flower smells nice and looks pretty when we hold it in our hand; the rose garden is quite breath taking from a distance, too......What do you say....??
Love // Suren
Rehearsel Vs. Reality
Prelude : I made a brief mention about my daughter's dance program in one of my earlier posting. Today, I sit here fully charged at the end of her fourth stage performance for more than one reason...and too many learnings....!! Well, lemme start with the first and foremost one which aptly fits in the above title....
Hi All
I had some naive doubts about the necessity of "rehearsal"s on the prior day before every stage performance. Invariably we had to take our daughter to the same hall where the program is supposed to be performed....believe me, week ends are becoming too hectic at our home. But then, as I was watching yesterday the performance of the kids in the stage in the name of rehearsal, the reality dawned upon me - not like a mad rush but more like a flowering....
Well, the stage that this group performed today is abnormally small compared to the earlier occasions. Area wise, it could measure up to 1/3rd of any other stage that we have seen so far and I was seeing the magic of rehearsal. It is not that the children have forgotten what they have performed just the earlier week end....But then, the way they have to adjust their own movements in terms of not the foot work but also their hand movements - the manner they grasped the new setting and adapted to the new situation so rapid gave me a tremendous learning.....!! Of course, the ever watchful Guru was giving them tons of feed backs for improvement but still, the way children learnt the "Dias" so quickly gave me a glimpse of the power of such rehearsals....
Be it rehearsal of fine arts or net practise of cricket, rehearsal helps tremendously by giving tremendous psychological advantage before the reality. Well, it is not very uncommon to see few people don't take rehearsals seriously giving their own interpretation about saving their energy and focus for the D day, but once we understand the rhythm of rehearsal, then there is no question of lackluster performance during practise sessions.
Simulating the ultimate reality as much as possible and feasible in the name of rehearsal helps all of us to face the reality at ease. (the only difference I could see in the dance rehearsal that I witnessed was that the kids were not wearing their formal dance attire...all other things including their intensity levels were tested to the core)
Taking some thing upon us with full focus and sincerity but clearly knowing that its not the ultimate thing..... how else YOGA is defined, you tell me, my Friend ?
It need not be a costly extravagant affair in the name of simulation... Just some thing akin to shadow boxing - all by ourselves all alone could make a very big difference. In my own experience, I cannot forget few of the public speaking I did after rehearsing in front of the mirror and once - I distinctly remember - in front of my family.
Well, the purpose of this posting is not to just keep bragging about the power of rehearsal... - its also about the impermanence / insignificance of those things that we get bogged out in our lives seriously taking them too sincerely.....
For that matter, what ever matters to us most gets faded away over a period of time and new realities of different shapes and dimensions dawns upon us.....!!! Without getting drowned with ceaseless realities of the moment, it could give us a taste of yoga if we indulge in a rehearsal in what ever we do....
Its all the same....in the vast existence / AGANDAM, every little thing matters so much... but then, its also true that what ever that matters so much ultimately is just nothing in the vast scheme of things....!!!
Krishnaarpanam // Suren
Hi All
I had some naive doubts about the necessity of "rehearsal"s on the prior day before every stage performance. Invariably we had to take our daughter to the same hall where the program is supposed to be performed....believe me, week ends are becoming too hectic at our home. But then, as I was watching yesterday the performance of the kids in the stage in the name of rehearsal, the reality dawned upon me - not like a mad rush but more like a flowering....
Well, the stage that this group performed today is abnormally small compared to the earlier occasions. Area wise, it could measure up to 1/3rd of any other stage that we have seen so far and I was seeing the magic of rehearsal. It is not that the children have forgotten what they have performed just the earlier week end....But then, the way they have to adjust their own movements in terms of not the foot work but also their hand movements - the manner they grasped the new setting and adapted to the new situation so rapid gave me a tremendous learning.....!! Of course, the ever watchful Guru was giving them tons of feed backs for improvement but still, the way children learnt the "Dias" so quickly gave me a glimpse of the power of such rehearsals....
Be it rehearsal of fine arts or net practise of cricket, rehearsal helps tremendously by giving tremendous psychological advantage before the reality. Well, it is not very uncommon to see few people don't take rehearsals seriously giving their own interpretation about saving their energy and focus for the D day, but once we understand the rhythm of rehearsal, then there is no question of lackluster performance during practise sessions.
Simulating the ultimate reality as much as possible and feasible in the name of rehearsal helps all of us to face the reality at ease. (the only difference I could see in the dance rehearsal that I witnessed was that the kids were not wearing their formal dance attire...all other things including their intensity levels were tested to the core)
Taking some thing upon us with full focus and sincerity but clearly knowing that its not the ultimate thing..... how else YOGA is defined, you tell me, my Friend ?
It need not be a costly extravagant affair in the name of simulation... Just some thing akin to shadow boxing - all by ourselves all alone could make a very big difference. In my own experience, I cannot forget few of the public speaking I did after rehearsing in front of the mirror and once - I distinctly remember - in front of my family.
Well, the purpose of this posting is not to just keep bragging about the power of rehearsal... - its also about the impermanence / insignificance of those things that we get bogged out in our lives seriously taking them too sincerely.....
For that matter, what ever matters to us most gets faded away over a period of time and new realities of different shapes and dimensions dawns upon us.....!!! Without getting drowned with ceaseless realities of the moment, it could give us a taste of yoga if we indulge in a rehearsal in what ever we do....
Its all the same....in the vast existence / AGANDAM, every little thing matters so much... but then, its also true that what ever that matters so much ultimately is just nothing in the vast scheme of things....!!!
Krishnaarpanam // Suren
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