A day with baby Barath

I could count it as one of a blissful day in my life and the four and a half months old made my day indeed pleasure and impressive watching through his activities of innocent smiles, laughter, rollover and seldom sweet cries. One of my cousins came home last week with her baby boy, after long time and since delivery; and thinking about our pet she avoids visiting us and yet days before going to her in-laws house she decided to visit us and stayed over a night.

Me and Nephew Barath

I ever seen a kid like him so cheerful and enthusiastic and almost smile looking at everyone; he’s very quiet while sleeping and laughter aloud once wakeup and only cries when hunger strikes… otherwise he’s happy playing and rolling around. I had abundant opportunity to capture each of his activity and gesture, almost adorable and cute, to stay never ever away from memories and cherish each time checking over my pictures on him.

He’s named as Barathan alias Barath, but he has many nicknames called by each other and the common one is ‘Bujju’ and during the first 2 month I heard he was very very quite unlike other kids who used to cry often. Huh! He sees everything quite opening his eyes and even began to watch television without blinking a second… his tiny fingers and pristine feet make me wonder how many miles and summit this infant gonna patch its footprint despite stroll.

Pls. take a minute of your time to check the photo slideshow below and I hope you all will enjoy few of the photos - from the many taken on this adorable infant, wearing innocent smiles and expression.

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விலகிடு உயிரை / Depart my life

Image: Google

உயிரே என்  உயிரே

என்னுள் நீ எங்கே?

தேடினேன்  காணவில்லை;

ஆனாலும் விலகிடு

இரவு  விடியும்  முன்.

போதும் இந்த துயரம்;

படுத்தும் உறங்கவில்லை

புரண்டும் படுக்கவில்லை

உயிரே  விலகிடு

வலிகள் ஏதுமின்றி

என் நிழலே

என்னை சோதிக்கிறது;

குழம்பினேன் இரவில்

நிழலா இருளா என

விலகிடு உயிரை இருளில்.

பகலில்  புன்னகை

இரவினில் வெறுமனே

வியந்து நின்றது நெஞ்சம்;

விலகிடு உயிரை

நிலவில்லா நேரம் பார்த்து.

Translation in English follows:

My beloved life
where’re you in me
I searched like missing;
however depart me
the night before the dawn.

Enough the grief;
I slept without slumber
I laid without turnover
depart my life
without any pain.

My shadow
checking me;
I puzzled at night
over darken and shadow
depart my life, in darkness.

The smile of the day
just bare at night
the heart stumbled to stay;
depart my life
while there’s no moon.

Kumbakkarai Falls

Kumbakkarai Waterfalls is 9km from Periyakulam on the foot of Kodaikanal Hills and its one of a tourist attraction of Tamil Nadu and the water is consider as mineral and herbal rich. I have visited this place twice, but I couldn’t get near the waterfalls since it has a series of steps leading down from the road and I could only see a stream of water at a distance.

The water falls at two stages; the first stage collects water in huge rock recesses   which are named each after wild animals like tiger, elephant… and the second stage is the main waterfall which flows as Pambar River. Kumbakkarai serves as a base camp for the trekkers who venture in the hills of Kodaikanal, which is 12km from here through a walking trail… created by British in early 1800s when they discovered Kodaikanal to escape from the heat on plains. But I’m not sure about the Ghats road that some said about its laid lately.

The photos of the falls where taken during our first visit in 2006 and it was almost dry when visiting again the falls in 2009. The place is surrounded by thick forest and wild animals’ esp. elephants are most encountered here and on our second visit we find the place is protected by electric fencing. During monsoon and rainy the falls receives much water which also exposed to risk of skidding rocks and stroked by flashflood.

Happy Friendship

Photo from archive, by Jeevan

Friendship is like fire

without flame it lit our heart
and glow steadily.

Dedicating this post to all my friends here :)

Life is nothing… but

Image: Google

Life is nothing

but a phase on planet;
sometime it pain
like wound by sun
and stain
like the mess-up after rain.

Life is nothing  
but sustain upon strain;
whether it rain or sunshine
under moon lit night
life movie on to gain,
as only remedy.

Life is nothing
but a song of sparrow
twitter of heart
rhythm of breath
embracement of love
and rhyme of friends.

Life is nothing
but unrest heart beat;
taking break
at something breathtaking
and sometime dreadful
about dear ones.