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My home Pilliaiyar (Ganesh)

Our Pillaiyar (Ganesh)

This is Hashu (Harshavarthini) my uncle’s 2 and half year daughter. Last evening she visits my place. It was surprise to have here yesterday; she was very respectful on us. She sings devotional song in her sweet voice before the pillaiyar statue and she used to talk with the statue and tell to eat pillaiyar. There was a Pillaiyar procession from our nearest Piliaiyar temple, she went and brought the sacred ash put it on our forehead, she was very quiet. So happy to see her playing and her innocent speech. It’s an awesome evening for me. She like's to wear only Pants and Top’s; it’s a month long she wears gown and skirts, and also avoide to put bangles and pottu (dot on forehead) if she wears Pants. In this small age itself she likes to wear modern dress, I think sure she will become a modern girl soon.

An achievement in Tamil Film History

Shivaji Productions a film company of great actor Shivaji Ganeshan. By celebrating its golden jubilee last year. It produced a movie Chandramukhi as Super Star Rajini Kanth as hero. In this movie Prabhu, Jothika, Nayantara, Vadivelu and more have acted. It was directed by P.Vasu and music by Vidhyasagar.

This movie was released in April 14 last year (2005) on Tamil New Year Day. It released above 200 theaters all over World. This movie succeeds by crossing for 200 days in 57 theaters in Tamil Nadu. In 7 theaters it crossed 300 days. But in Chennai’s Shanthi Theater alone chandramukhi is still running. Today it reached its 500th day and still running. This was a new achievement in Tamil Film History. Before this Haridhas in the only Tamil film, which achieved by running for long days as 365 (one year), it was acted by Thiyagaraja Bagavathar. That achievement was break by our Superstar’s Chandramuke and created a new record.

It haven’t stopped here, Chandramukhi has done another achievement silently. As we know the movies, which was acted by Rajinkanth, have a big welcome in Japan. Chandramukhi has translated in Japanese language. It releasing form today. First of all this film’s success should go to Jothika, who brings an excellent acting. In today’s situation of pirate VCD’s around every corner, a film runs successfully for 100 day is wonder. Chandramukhi’s record break is a head smash for the pirate VCD distributors and its supporters. Hope every good movie like this should reach our people in a good way thought standard theaters. If the theater owners reduce there high fare on tickets, sure the pirate CD’s will destroy, and more poor people will visit theaters and enjoy. And the Tamil Nadu government’s order for No-Entertainment tax for movies, which have Tamil names and tax-free for low budget films, will encourage the film industry to grow more.

Wish u all a Happy Vinayagar Chadurthi

New Enemies

Mosquito!! Mosquito!! If we tell this name in chennai every one fear like hearing some terrorist name. Like how it threat’s our people. For this we also not an exception. Our latest enemy is blood-sucking Mosquitoes, in our place after 6pm we are like home arrest people, can’t go out of our house, if we open our door there will be a bunch of mosquitoes waiting like war soldiers to attack us. You know we are putting separate budget for these small mosquitoes. There are thick plants in front of our house (un constructed ground!), in the recent rain many mosquitoes have hatch eggs in the plants and developed they kids. In day times we can’t see any, but when the sky get dark, they come out, and start they work. We use many Tec nick to kill them, but no use, they are very strong. You know they are brilliant actors, if we spray the Hit medicine on them, they used to fall down and when the power goes they started to dance. Then we use the coil, even thought to no use, when the time reach 6 switch on the liquidators, the only medicine protect us form the Mosquito’s are Odomos, before we leave to seep we use this cream on our hands, legs, and face to avoid the bite. Last night found a new way of treatment, by taking the mosquito mat in a compus, burn the mate and spread the smoke all over the room, with in 15 minutes every one fall down we sweep it and put it outside the house. Even though we put mosquito net for windows.

Why we (the people of Tamil Nadu) suddenly afraid of mosquitoes now? Chikungunya.

As of August 2006, nearly 1 lakh people were affected in Tamil Nadu, by this new disease, Chennai, is one of the worst affected. Mostly this disease are worst in suburbs of chennai like kottivakam (just a 200 meter form my house), thorappakam, kanthanjavadi, Thambram ect…for this many child’s are affected. News had come that 2 kids were died in this disease in north chennai, but the health minister who objected this news said that Chikungunya has affected Tamil Nadu 40 years ago. Now the patients who affected by this disease, has reached 1200 a day in chennai & its suburbs. In south & western districts of TN the disease is spreading quickly. The sad thing was without knowing the seriousness of the dieses the politicians are arguing about the previews government, and hiding the truth. The central health minister as an MP form TN, not bringing the seriousness of this, we can’t get full relief form the disease. As we are near the monsoon, if they dint control the disease now, the situation will be worst.

What is Chikungunya? Chikungunya is a relatively rare form of viral fever caused by an alpha virus that is spread by mosquito bites from the Aedes aegypti mosquito. Its attacks? Infection in Aedes aegypti salivary glands is symptomatic and life long. Humans are subjected to severe joint pain. Transmitted by Aedes aegypti in human transmission highly infectious. Characterized by sudden onset of chills and fever, headache, arthralgia, arthritis and rash. Many rarely cause hemorrhagic fever, esp. in children. Few deaths, though symptoms may persist for several weeks. Currently there are no vaccines available. Be careful on mosquitoes, that all I can tell!!

How chennai was discovered?

Old photo of chennai Central Railway station

In old movies, they will show the Central Railway station and the LIC building in Anna Salai to introduce the Chennai (Madras). Now there are many building higher then the LIC, we can see many Software companies in every corner of the city. Anna salai ones the horse carts was running through this road, and now many foreign comfortable cars are running. The history of the splendid buildings, and the growth of modern comfortable chennai are very long story. August 22nd (today) our chennai age was 367 years and celebrates Madras Day today. The chennai found like this:

British East Indian Company’s Francis day and Andrew Cogan this two persons created the chennai. Today’s chennai was called as chennaipatanam that time, and then it was called as madraspatanam. Before this, Mylapore, Tripilican, Thiruvanmiyur, Thiruvattriur and many areas are small villages, and chennaipatanam was looked like small small cities. Bushes, forest, trees are surrounded this cities in between the rivers like Cooum and Adyar were run. Above 2000 years of chennaipatanam was doing good business on fragrance cent and garments. After the Portuguese arrive, that started to grow. In 1552 Portuguese settled in Santhome and did business.

In chennaipatanam we got high price garment’s primary elements. By aiming on this the British like to kept they foot here. So they send the two-business man’s Francis day and Andrew Cogan to chennaipatanam. After coming to chennaipatanam they search for a land to build a Trade Center. For that they brought a limited land from the king of Poonthamalee Nayakar, in that land they built East India Company’s trade center and St.George Fort on 22nd August 1639. This marks to create the chennai.

Consider the security of the St.George Fort; they built a wall around the fort. After building the Fort many Europeans came and built houses around the areas of St.George Fort and that part was called as white pattenam. In the outer places, weavers form Andhra settled and it was called as Blackpatnam. After some years this place was changed as George Town.

The northern parts of the St.Gerorge fort are called as chennaipatnam and southern part as Madraspatnam. British’s join these two patnams and called it Madraspatnam and Tamilans call it Chennaipatnam. In 1653 chennaipatnam, was changed as chennai province. After that in1702 Muhal’s, and in 1741 Marathi’s attacked it. In 1746 it was in the hand of French. After it was shifted to British hand, again in 1758 it came in French hand. But within 2 months the British redeemed it. After that, till 1947 the chennai province was in under British control.

Chennai province was renamed as Tamil Nadu in 1968. Like this the name Madras was changed as Chennai in 1997. Chennai city, which was grown as population of 30,000, have crossed 60 lakh (6milion) now. The chennai city was extending day-by-day. It was how the chennai discovered. The chennai, which was found on 1639, was reaching its 367 years of age. Every year the citizen of chennai celebrating Chennai (Madras) Day for a week long, there will be many functions this week, which tells about chennai and its tradition.

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