When cupid struck me first, at 15!

Today I was watching zoom television, and suddenly there was this song playing in it "kehna hai kya.." from Bombay. And guess what happened? I was suddenly dragged down (or up?) my memory lane. It has so much importance in my teenage years cos , the actor Aravind Swamy, was my first ever heart-breaking, crush I ever had in my life (sigh! Believe me, He was the only actor whom, I could love with all my heart, truly, madly, deeply!!! ). No one could capture my heart, so strongly, since his demise inside my heart! LOL.

 

I was 15, when "Roja" (in which he starred!) was released in Tamil. And the moment I saw him (on posters!) my heart skipped (increased?) some 50-100 beats (LOL!). I lost my heart, to him. I went and told dad, "I love Aravind Swamy and I want to see all his films from now onwards". I declared him as my love forever, to my dad and mom. I proclaimed to be faithful to him, all my life! I think mom asked me to grow up. But dad was okay with it.

 

I saw "Roja" in Tamil some 50+ times. How much I envied that heroine of my love(madhoobala). And there I was madly in love with him. I asked dad for a walkman (sony), "Roja's" audio cassettes (which all he bought, to satisfy the badly wounded, cupid struck heart of mine!). I spent my time, walking (floating in my mind), hearing the songs of Roja, 24 hrs a day, dreaming (thinking) about no one but, Aravind Swamy. I had just written my 10 th exams (thank God, Roja didnt release before my exams!). The whole 2 mths after my exam, my life revolved ONLY around Aravind Swamy. I think, I even told dad, that I will marry only him!

 

But astonishingly, dad, never made fun of me, or even tried to stop me. He took me to all of Swamy's films and sat with me (though all his next films flopped, in a stretch!) Amma didnt come with me. I dont know when and how, I lost interest in him. The self-proclaimed, true, mad, deep, lover of him (me), just lost interest in her love, after some months.  Oh! What a tragedy!. Today when I saw him after so many years (on screen) , I tried to think what made me go mad behind this guy! And I found out that that the answer to my question is :

1) his smile (it is killing!)

2) my age (15, is very much appropriate to get cupid-struck)

 

U know, if I could get a refund for all the batteries I burned out, for hearing "Roja", 10 hrs a day for 3 mths, that would have been a decent amount, I suppose.

Note: This is the exact poster of "Roja" which struck me the cupid-arrow, first in my life! wasnt his smile, killing?shud i be blamed, oh no...i was such a naive, innocent thing, at 15, to be in love with this actor!

Laughing It Off on Court (Indian?)

Laughing It Off
COURT TRANSCRIPTS

These are from a book called "Disorder in the Court: Legal Laughs, Court Jests and Just Jokes Culled from the Nation's Justice System"and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters who had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place:

Q: What is your date of birth? A: July 15th.
Q: What year? A: Every year.

Q: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?

Q: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
A: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.

Q: Were you present when your picture was taken?

Q: What was the first thing your husband said to you when he woke up that morning? A: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"
Q: And why did that upset you? A: My name is Susan.

Q: Can you describe the individual? A: He was about medium height and had a beard. Q: Was this a male, or a female?

Q: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?
A: Did you actually pass the bar exam?

Q: So the date of conception of the baby was August 8th? A: Yes. Q: And what were you doing at that time?

Q: She had three children, right? A: Yes. Q: How many were boys? A: None. Q: Were there any girls?

Q: How was your first marriage terminated? A: By death. Q: And by whose death was it terminated?

Q: How old is your son, the one living with you? A: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which.
Q: How long has he lived with you? A: Forty-five years.

Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people?
A: All my autopsies have been on dead people.

Q: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
A: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.

Q: Do you recall the time that you examined the body? A: The autopsy started around 8:30 PM.
Q: And Mr. Dennington was dead at the time? A: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy.

Q: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse? A: No.
Q: Did you check for blood pressure? Q: Did you check for breathing? A: No.
Q: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy? A: No.
Q: How can you be so sure, Doctor? A: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
Q: But could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless? A: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere.

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Source:Internet

Un, dos, tres !!

It feels odd to write abt the lack of serenity and virtues of temples just entirely contradicting to my last blog !!!!!!

Last night I woke up at 1:30 AM with a loud 10,000W full volume boom-box voice which felt like its blown inside my house. You should have been in my place, to jump awake in the middle of night hearing “Un, dos, tres….” Of Ricky Martin at 1:30 AM in 10,000W, blasting in my ear (I thot my heart was vibrating and my ECG at that moment must be going haywire!!!!). I was “literally” deaf and dumb for 5 minutes, before I came back to my senses. I was completely unprepared for this treat, for my ears!!

It turned out that on Feb 26 th , it’s the Mahashivaratri, and the Lord Shiva temple near my house (OK, its NOT the one, I mentioned in my last blog â€¦this is in the main road(our own townish temple!) celebration has started by blasting “Maria” in the middle of nite!!!! Believe me, I wouldn’t have hated that song, sooooooooooooooo much in my life at that moment. How I loved Ricky! But never as the reason to wake me up at 1:30 am, as part of shivaratri celebrations????? Oh my God, save me and Ricky Martin.

Now we(me, mom, dad and our dog) are completely deafened for 1 week(till 26^th). One loud speaker is placed near our gate(it seems). Use of loud-speakers is prohibited by law. But who cares!!! We cant talk or hear anything inside the house. We cant hear our phone ringing, water-tank overflowing, calling bell ringing, or NOT even some one banging the door!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Our dog has gone silent, and seems confused, just like us (may be partially deafened, too). Ricky Martin is “screaming” 24 hrs a day. They switch it off at 12:30 AM and switch it on at 4:00 AM. And that’s our sleeping time. Even after they switch it off, I hear “Un, dos, tres” reverberating in my ears!!!

Now humans and animals in our house, speak to each other in one universal language ---the sign language!!!!! . Till now, the songs they play (or rather BANG!!!) remains malayalam, tamil and English/Latin (mostly film songs!). For the first time, I feel a relief, when power supply goes. But it lasts only for some time (till they start using generators!!!).

Lord Shiva Temple and Ricky's “She bangs..”----WOW what a combination!!!!

Ricky Martin, must have never thought that this latin (or Spanish??) song would be BANGed in a small Lord Shiva temple and that too in a small malayalam speaking area!!!).

I am worried about the real “Lord Shiva” who resides in that temple with his wife, “Parvathi” near Him, and is “Forced” to hear “She Bangs” all 24 hrs!!!!!

If this is 21^st century( “kalyug”, would be a better name, I think!!!), I don’t want to imagine further future.  

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A Temple & its serenity (not lost yet!)

I admit that I am not an avid or regular temple-goer. And even if I go, I will never go by walking. Usually I take my car, if I can reach there by it. I do the ritual, and then get home as soon as I can. I never care to spent time, in temple premises.

But there is a very old small Lord Shiva temple some, 2.5 km from my house. I went there first when I was 5 yrs old. My father's youngest sister took me there (she was 25 yrs then). That was when I came to my dad's house for summer vacation. The thing is that, this temple is almost 2-3 km inside from the main road. Actually there isnt any proper-tarred road. Its reachable only by walking thru higher and lower areas of lonely wilderness. As it is too much inside from the main road, we wouldnt even hear a single sound of an automobile there. Both sides of the primitive road to the temple, are still covered with so much wild trees and flowers that, we feel that we are almost walking thru a forest, till we reach the temple.

I decided to start walking to that temple back and forth everyday, to give some exercise to my otherwise dull body.(OK, the truth was, I wanted to reduce some weight!). But after the first time, I really got glued to the ritual. It was so hard to reach the temple. By the time, u reach there, you will be really out of breath! (After going thru all the ups and downs of the muddy route!)

At 6:30pm the "Deepaaradhana" or "Aart" starts. I start from home at 6:10pm and when I reach there it will be 6:35pm, and I will be out of breath. The route is so secluded and dark that my parents were very worried about me traveling alone, when I did it for the first time. The original reason is mainly cos, the local people here, dont know me, as I dont go outside thru this local routes, and that too by walking. (OK, its true that they stare at me, may be cos of my short hair and unfamiliar face LOL!)

Everyday I try new small local routes to reach from temple to main road. (OK, my mom has strictly prevented me from doing it, cos I dont know any local routes here!) Today when I walked panting, the only sound I could hear was the sound of cuckoo and some other wild birds. Couldnt even hear the "kaaw" of our crows--only cuckoo sounds were there. I stopped there looking up at the trees, to find cuckoos. But couldnt, find anyone. It was very dark, after 7pm.

Almost all temples are associated with a temple-pond or "ambalakkulam". And most of them will be filled with water lilies. Here also there is one, near the big Peepal tree (which is also another common, thing in a temple). We are supposed to wash our feet in pond, before entering temple. But now the temple-pond is so dirty that nobody bothers to do it. The water is very dark green and when I sat in the stone-steps, I cud see small fishes touching my feet. In big temples, we will never get to feel so much silence and serenity. But as this temple is very much inside and is not known to public other than local people, there are still natures blessings in it.

As soon as the "aarti"("deeparadhana") is over the people (max there will be only 6-7) leave the temple and it becomes so secluded and lonely again.

I have really fallen in love with that place. Mainly cos, it hadnt had much changes since my first visit, when I was 5 yr old. But yea, 1 or 2 concrete houses are coming up...still the only sound I could hear while traveling through those narrow muddy road are those of cuckoo songs!

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