Sunday, May 17, 2015
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Health update
For last few months I am going
though some difficult with my position of sitting as well lying on bed, I experience
pain around the lumbar. I visited doctor and he gave me medicine for pain relief
but it worked for a short period and later I was back with the difficult and it
becomes a part of life these days. Although I feel comfort while on wheelchair
and sleeping at night, only shifting from to and fro the position of sitting to
lying on bed strains. I know back pains
are obvious for people seated for long time and in my problem too it could be
perhaps the reason, as I seated on wheelchair throughout the day and shift to
lying position only while going to sleep at night and doing
exercise/physiotherapy.
I have been on wheelchair for
last 8 years and my body used to it so much and adapted to its own comfort. And
also I haven’t changed my wheelchair all these years have put effect on my posture
that was slightly recline to left and a rise in hipbone on right. I have
started to lie on bed bending my right leg while lying down and wake up by
dropping the leg aside the bed so that I was seated without pain around lumbar.
I know the position I sit on the wheelchair is not right and it isn't the right
wheelchair for me right now as I have grown from the stage I started to use
this wheelchair, so no way I could remain in this wheelchair anymore. I am
looking forward to purchase a wheelchair that suit me well enough esp. to prevent
further changes in aliment.
Meanwhile, I wanted to go for a
master health check-up since it’s been two year I went through one; consulting
our doctor and on his guidance I took certain tests on Thursday which reports
almost normal. I was going though some
uneasiness lately with my upper body and it makes me tense with uncertain what
this feeling is about has result in taking echo-cardiogram. It was 5 years back
that I took echo test when I was affected by lung infection and echo is
recommended to muscular dystrophy patients who experience constant loss of
muscles strength and not to forget heart is also a muscular organ and checking
its function from time to time will help taking precaution measures.
Glad my heart functions so well
and everything related to heart shown normal! But the x-ray (that I took for back
pain) report shows small curve in the lumbar region of the spine which seem to
be the reason for my back pain. The two impressions found on the x-ray report read
“scoliosis with convexity to the left” and “lumbar degenerative spondylitis
change”. The scoliosis is a medical term referred to “abnormal lateral
curvature of the spine” and it seems like a common cause in muscular dystrophy
patents who are bound to wheelchair and improper sitting position. But who
affect by this the most/worst is the spinal muscular dystrophy patients whose muscles
lose are abundant around the spine.
With this report we are suppose
to consult an orthopedist to prevent further curving and as an initial
step we’re yet to change my wheelchair that I hope to support my lumbar and rectify
the sitting position. The muscular dystrophy is a condition where going back is
impossible and preserving what exists is also a struggle but I am glad to be healthier
enough than expected. Hope that we revealed the curvature of spine early before
it become a serious problem, I am looking forward what doctor’s suppose to say or
do I need to wear brace or not like the websites suggest. Let me update you
later on.
Saturday, May 09, 2015
Portable Transfer Aid, Take-along Lifts
Four months had passed since I
imported a patient hoist/lift from the USA, and only started lately to use it to
transfer me from one surface (sitting position) to another. As you all perhaps
know that after my fracture in femur in 2013, I lost my ability to stand and transferring
from one place to another has become difficult. Initially the transfer between
the wheelchair and car (and car to wheelchair) has been the most difficult
thing, but these days every transfer has become difficult as parents find it
harder to shift me here and there. My mom too has exposed to serious health
issues lately and expected to be addressed (by hysterectomy) soon, so I thought
it was the right moment to go for an alternate and thus the patient lift.
There are hoist manufactures in
India, but Indian make are bigger in size and take away large space while being
operated as well as in idle, so I was looking for a portable ones which are
available only in abroad. First I
inquired about the popular one in the hoist manufacturing, the Milford Peron
Lift, both in US and UK through my friends there. It is a lift that can be
mounted into a car as well as walls at home, near the cot and toilet, where the
transference happens frequently. But the price of person lift cost a lot and
falls out of the budget. Actually there isn't a budget quota but knowing my
limits I kept away the idea and went to Take-along Lift, after learning its
usage, which seems to be simplest, and the compact in size grows a desire and
interest to fetch.
I decided to go for it with
confident only after getting nod from one of the mobility aid manufacturer in
Chennai, who I know for long time and who understand the needs of disabled so
well. But moreover it is because of my friend, who was on onsite to USA, boosted
my confidence. Because I believed someone being there would be great helpful in
communicating with the company and can confidently progress with purchase. I
just passed the link of the website to him and he takes care of the entire
procedure and updated me with each step forward. He also paid the entire sum,
including the shipping, to repay when he returns home. What really caused trouble
was the imposed customs duty at the airport, which we didn't expect?
This is the first time we are
importing something from abroad, although we aware about the customs duty but
what make us carefree was that my friend told, the shipping company (USP) has
said to deliver at home. He was further told the hoist will be delivered within
a week of payment, so I was looking forward to receive it without going out
anywhere. Meanwhile, I received a call from the shipping company agent in
Chennai and he asked us to collect the hoist from the airport, via custom house
agent (CHA), by producing the document which he had sent through email. Before
that he asked us to come over their office and take away the dispatch
notification by paying an amount and only showing that at the airport will lead
out the hoist.
Initially he hadn't said anything
about visiting his office, so we proceeded with a relative, who is working at
cargo and who helped us with each step within the customs regulatory and I am
sure if he hadn't it would have been great difficult with the proceeding. He had
been in touch with airport authorities on the arrival of flight (BA 035) and
also arranged for a CHA to clear away the customs proceeding, where we are insist
to pay 25% of the entire cost ($2215) of the hoist. Although they reduced 10%
on the customs duty later when we produced my medical documents and letter from
our family doctor on the purpose of importing the hoist, we spent more than 10%
of the amount of duty here and there on the progress including the rupee paid for
the releasing order from the shipping company.
It was less than a week progress
from the time I received the call from the shipping agent, and the flight hadn't
arrived at the time/date he had mentioned in the mail and when we inquire about
it, only then he told about the order to get from them. In the other mail he indicated that only 1 pack
of the 4 packs had arrived and our relative also confirmed it, so we waited for
a couple of days for the others packs to come. But after a day or two day when
we called the agent, in doubt, as I read the packing would be done as a sole carton,
he told that it was only 1 pack and the other 3 were marked mistakenly. So no
way blaming others, as we have to pay extra charges for the days it had been retained
by the customs.
Coming to the Portable TransferAid (PTA), it weights merely 20 kg and could lift individuals weighting up to 136 kg
and though it’s a manually operated mechanism, it’s the easiest among the
patient lifts I have seen. This lift can be used both at home and transported
in a car to use where we needed and it can also be disassembled into two parts
of approximately equal weight for easy transport. Unlike other hoist/lift that elevates
patient in hanging or swing position, the PTA lifts like seated in chair and comes
in two lifting options. The Seat and Split Slings are both used for transferring
and the seat sling is positioned underneath the patient, while waking up from
bed, with closed bottom, to feel not unease while travelling out of doors and
quick transferring. But the split sling is designed to lift patient from their
sitting position and is mainly used for toileting as the sling provides access
to clothing and under-garments.
Just began to use it slowly, we
are supposed to practice it more for easier transferring. The seat sling doesn't
need much effort like the split sling which has extract strap to connect for safety
feature and the force required to turn crack (to lift patient) is typically
less than 5 lbs. So far we have been used it many time for transferring me from
wheelchair to car/SUV, but haven’t take it out anywhere. I hope it will be very
useful in coming days as my parents feeling tough to transfer me, and the PTA doesn't
need much manpower to access and look after others.
Thursday, May 07, 2015
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Sit out rail
The house we live has a sit out/portico
and what makes it pretty was the railing in wood and iron.
The tenant who stayed here before
us has added plank frame/fence to the already existed rail. It also has a wood gate
which truly helps us preventing our pet getting out of home and she also enjoys
being untied to roam freely inside the home.
Linking this post for Run a Round Ranch's Good Fences
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
A boat fishing offshore
During my visit to Palavakkam
beach on Sunday, I find two fishermen putting their manpower in oar against the
offshore tides in their catamaran rather using a motor. But only later I
realized it is because of 45 day annual ban on deep sea fishing, to facilitate
breeding of fish. According to the Tamil Nadu Marine Fisheries Regulation Act
1983, the ban was enforced for the conservation of species propagation during
the breeding season, which comes into force from April 15th, halts
the fishing operations by mechanised and motorised boats.
The fishermen were on their
chance looking for fish and the flag coloured boat was rowed by both the men
but in two different ways. One was putting oar sitting well on the rear and the
other stood centre and propel the boat with a pole, which seems to be called punting.
I really wonder how long could they go by like this against the heavy ocean
wind. I know this is how fishing has been before motors are found and fixed to catamaran,
and there are fishermen who don’t know anything rather fishing seem to be
hooked this way instead sit back and wait for the ban period.
While the scene here was like
this, the other side, were the sunset, was quite drastic and splendid. Even
though the beach was crowded enough for being Sunday and summer evening, it was
quite wonderful being out and to Palavakkam beach after long time. During my
reside in our flat in Thiruvanmiyur I used to visit this beach at least twice a
month and it is the most quiet being among the beaches in Chennai.
Palavakkam Beach |
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Horses and barbed fence
Last year
during my vacation to Ooty, I come across this two horses walk past the cottage
we stayed over there. The horses moved along a barbed fence very carefully one behind
another, helped capturing them at individual. The driveway on the other side
leads down to a bungalow and the horses where come from a residential area, far
behind where we stayed. Later I noticed there’s also a fence on the other side
of the driveway.
Linking this post for Run a Round Ranch's Good Fences
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Sri Vidhya Ganapati Temple @ HIMT Campus
I have
been on ECR (east coast road) many time, but haven’t led beyond Mamallapuram
that much on the scenic road and during my occasional drives across Kalpakkam,
I used to come across a Lil beautiful temple/shrine on the left side of the
road and within a compound wall and gate, that led inside, the temple look
pretty in white. During a course to Alambarai Fort few years back, I stopped
and clicked pictures on the temple (from the road) but I haven’t noticed the name of
the temple, the idol it hold, even more than 2-3 time I have passed the temple after
that, I had no idea of looking beside.
But
during my recent drive to Pondicherry, I come to know the name of the temple –
Sri Vidhya Ganapati Temple, from a board
at the entrance. So it is a temple dedicated to Ganesha, also known as Ganapati
and Vinayaka. At home when I Google with the name of the temple and locating it
on the maps, I get to know the temple belong to the Hindustan Institute of
Maritime Training (HIMT) and the temple is located at the entrance of their HIMT
Pre Sea campus near Vengambakkam Junction, where one of the roads led to
Kalpakkam Atomic Station. What interesting was the temple’s architecture, which
enhances a style of Jain Temple?
Sunday, April 19, 2015
National Fossil Wood Park, Thiruvakkarai
A couple
of weeks back I had been to Pondicherry to attend a friend’s wedding and this
is the first time I am attended a function out of my relatives (close) circle
and been to a wedding after long back, I also got to relish on the wedding
dishes. The bridegroom is a friend of mine from childhood and our fathers being
best friends, whom worked and retired from the same govt. service, it’s obvious
how we become friends. Though we aren’t in communication much in older days,
the internet has changed the pattern later to become close, I decided to not to
miss his special occasion.
(click each pic for enlarge) |
I
already had a plan back then to visit the Petrified Wood Park (National FossilWood Park) at Tiruvakkarai on the sideline of attending the wedding, but I
wasn't sure until everyone agreed to give company to the geological park
located about 25 km west of Pondicherry, in the Villupuram District of Tamil
Nadu. It can also either be reached from Villupuram or Tindivanam at about
28-30 kms respectably; the Fossil Wood Park settles on a sandstone mounds little
bit outer from the Tiruvakkarai village on the bank of Sangarabarani River.
From the
time I read about this place long back in Hindu Metro Plus, I wanted to be
there. Thanks to the GPS Navigation,
there isn't any difficult for me finding route to the place and the road was
also good enough except for few hundred meters close to the site being unpaved.
When we visited, there were very few people in the park, but a van full of
tourist unloaded as we suppose to leave the
park. It’s really wonderful being there, even though it was a hot midday
it doesn't bother much in front of woods displayed in rock formation which was
truly amazing to think about.
The
Fossil Wood Park is maintained by the Geological Survey of India and over an
area of about 247 acres; there are 200 fossilized trees ranging from 3-15
meters in length and up to 5 meters in width. But only a small portion of the
sandstone mounds is open to the public, where they displayed the fossil woods as
partially buried and strewn all over the area. A small ramp built along the
mound takes us little bit around the park that contains petrified wood fossils,
which is a special type of fossilized remains, where the organic matters are
replaced with minerals (mostly silicate) while retaining the original
structures, pattern and shades of the tree trunks.
I think
the information board (picture above) provide enough details about the park,
but still for those who couldn't get to read: “Geologists call this
(Mio-Pliocene Sedimentary Rocks) as “Cuddalore Sandstone Formations”. About 20
million years ago, these tree trunks are believed to carry by rivers and
deposited in the water bodies along with sediments. In the absence of roots,
barks and branches it make certain that these tree trunks are transported to
the present location and fossilized.
European
naturalist M. Sonnertet was the first to document the existence of fossilized
wood from here in 1781. These fossil trees belong to both gymnosperms and
angiosperms are seed producers at open and closed state. It is likely that
modern plant families have also flourished here, but some of the trunks
resemble the modern Tamarinds species. Fossilized trees are very rare and occur
only in some parts of the world. Silently these fossil woods tell us the
earth's history. By protecting them we are saving the pages of earth's history.
Geological survey of India, the custodian of National Geological Monuments, is
protecting these rare occurrences of Fossil Wood since 1957.”
FYI: A
piece of fossil truck displayed at Ooty Botanical Garden and Children’s Park in
Chennai where also brought from here.
Thursday, April 16, 2015
First Summer Shower
Chennai had
better/wonderful weather for last few days, thanks to the clouded sky, and
surprisingly it downpour yesterday morning with just 3 inches left for the
water to enter our home. I just woke up to a higher pitter-patter, which I
thought was the guy (who used to wash our car regularly) is fetching water from
the tap behind our bedroom window, but only realized when the sound extended. I was surprised to reveal that it was rain.
It’s been more that two month since we shifted to this house and this is the
first rain I experience here and also being a summer showering I couldn't enjoy
it quite unlike before because of the cause it created.
Being
first on the row house and little lowly lay from the road, the rainwater easily
run into our courtyard pools around the home and we couldn't ask even just a little more as water rose close to
our home level. Although we expected water to stay little while it rain, but
the entry of street water and heavy downpour all the sudden and also lag in draining
transformed the courtyard into little Venice for a while. This really put off the excitement of rain,
thinking what if monsoons arrive with constant downpour; there is an ample
chance of water flooding the home like one of our neighbor warned from his
past experience.
There
are rainwater drainage's in our area, but they aren’t in good condition and need
to be restored. Wish the authorities look after these before the northeast monsoon
arrive in October.
v |
View towards the front gate, while it raining water rose to road level |
Through the backdoor, the space we used to put cloths to dry |
Water close to our door/foot step |
Got a beautiful reflection of fresh green leaves, when water reduced after the rain |
Sunday, April 12, 2015
Sunday Photo: Intimate
When I
shot I focused it as a single flower but at home, later, checking the photos I
find it (daises) to be conjoined and showed great intimacy towards each other.
The photo was captured at Cloud Mountain and the guest house we stayed there
had a long flowerbed with some colourful flowers bloomed to ornate the large
courtyard. And daisy being one of my favourite flowers, which also grow in wild
as well planted as ornamental flower, it was the first I went to capture among
the flowers once I left out at the courtyard.
Being
evening and shimmering to glorious sunset, there was a great natural exposure
on the daisy to captivate. But what I
find more pretty here was the twist of the two white petals, which gives me a
perspective of holding hands i.e. a thought of intimate.
Thursday, April 09, 2015
Vineyards @ Chinnamanur in Theni
On my
way to Cloud Mountain lately, as a part of my vacation, I come across many vineyards
while driving towards the foothill from Chinnamanur. Coming into the Cumbum
Valley in Theni district, which produces about 90,000 tonnes of muscat grapes
and 10,000 tonnes of Thomson seedless grapes yearly, Chinnamanur is one of the
major towns in the valley that embrace the cultivation of grapes and coconuts the
most.
Being the
most fertile valley in south India, is almost red soil by nature that enriches
the agriculture activities in this region. The Cumbum Valley enjoys an
invigorating climate that’s ideal for grape cultivation and there are more than
4000 odd grape farmers in this region who are experts in grape farming. I share here some photos shot on a couple of
vineyards that neatly fenced for the grapevines to thrive and while on the uphill
task these vineyards looked like patches of green among the red soil and foliage
of coconut groves.
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Friday, April 03, 2015
A brief on my early vacation come travel to Thandikudi and Cloud Mountain!
Usually
we go for vacation in midsummer to keep ourselves away from hot weather and
chill sometime in pretty cool mountains/hill stations while visiting places in
and around the destination. Although I have visited almost hill stations/mountains
within the state of Tamil Nadu, I still believe there is a lot to be explored
and experienced. Each time I plan to visit mountains or any other place, I look
forward to go beyond tourism and take roads that less traveled and places explored
at least. This time too, though, went to
the places that I have been already, I tried to explore things that missed last
time and observing more the nature and environment and experience things leisurely.
After a
gap of two years, I visited the mountains of Kodaikanal and stayed at Thandikudi
followed by Cloud Mountain’s – which are a part of Western Ghats, from March
20-25. I was looking forward for a break/change from regular life since it’s
been nearly a year I had vacation (in Ooty-Valparai) or traveled long, I
decided to be earlier mainly to prevent the season’s crowd and easy
accommodation at less fare/tariff. Being a month ahead to midsummer, it’s
already terrific hot here and as we began the journey the sun was almost up in
the sky shimmering bright, which is one of unusual with this travel as we
always begin our journey early morning so that could easily get out of the city
before it get congested and lesser heat.
Our drive from home till the
foothill of Thandikudi/Kodaikanal was under scorching sun, which we felt
heavily on the national highways in lack of trees and the A/C in the car also
went frozen to block the blowers. The heat was able to make feel even driving
upon the mountains and being unseasoned to rain there wasn't a piece of cloud
to hold umbrella. The coldness on the mountains was also not so high and
bearable with plain blankets at night and only in the morning the chillness is
felt. We had booked rooms in the Panchayat Union’s Narumana Kudil (fragrant
hut/cottage), which we early stayed and it is one of the very few accommodates available
at Thandikudi apart couple of high fee resorts.
And it is a wonderful place to
stay and watch birds alongside. But this time it wasn't fair enough to allow me
to wander its premises, encompassed by coffee plantations and canopy of trees,
because of lack of maintenance and unclean of fallen leaves gives a strange
look across to move around. Moreover I didn't get the room I was looking for,
which would ease my access through wheelchair so that I could come in and out
of the room without much difficult. While booking in, itself we stressed for that
particular room but those communicated hadn't conveyed it clearly to the
management who had rented the room to some other. So I had to be transferred to
a chair before getting in and out of the room to overcome a huge step and then
back to wheelchair/car to move around.
The beauty of Kodaikanal Lake, illuminates in eventide sunlight |
I
expected to spent much time outside the room looking for birds i.e. it is a bird
paradise in itself with many distinct bird species, even though I listen to
their chirrups in various tones, I find only few birds with capable to shoot
while others were tiny ones which treats me with sweet tweets. We stayed there for three nights and two
days, which was spent mostly on drive and discovering new places/routes that I
wanted to do for some time – will write more about it in detail later. I hope
my future visits/stay at Thandikudi would be fine due to my uncle’s (mom’s
sister husband) construction of guesthouse there, beside the coffee and orange plantations
he bought two years back.
During
my stay, I visited Kodaikanal only for a brief moment and took a leisure ride
around the lake while capturing some photos and having a cup of coffee, we head
back to room by late evening after purchasing some homemade chocolates. We
haven’t planned to visit Kodaikanal that day as we are intended to stay there
later; it was our car that forced us to check the princess of hills as it refused
to start suddenly we are either to go to Vathalagundu (at the foothill) or
Kodaikanal to rectify, we chose Kodai so that we don’t need to get down the
hills. While the day went like that and the other spent on exploring some Ghats
sections, the real excitement of the entire vacation was the chance to visit
Cloud Mountain aka Megamalai!
The place where we stayed in backdrop of Highwavys dam at Cloud Mountain |
I have been to this part of
Western Ghats Mountains in 2009, but I haven’t done a post or write a piece on
the pristine mountains that guard the Cumbum Valley from the east. It is one of
the few places where nature exists at its best/pristine stage and human
intervention is at least. I avoided writing about this place and posting
pictures then to do a bit on preserving and preventing exposure as I never want
it to be seen as another spoiled hill station. I think it is a place not for
tourist activities but to admire and experience nature. At about 1500 meter,
the cloud mountain is dedicated to tea plantations and it comes under the High
Wavy Township which is one among the three major tea estates who leased the land
for 99 years.
Getting there is not an easy task
and one really needs a high ground clearance vehicle to venture the road that
almost an off-road journey. One can drive up to High Wavy (there is also bus
service) somehow, but trying to go beyond is painful. We
haven’t planned to visit Cloud Mountain but it came as an offer from my cousin
brother, whom we sought for booking rooms in Kodaikanal, and upon our
willingness he booked rooms for us in the High Ways IB (inspection bungalow). I
was telling to my dad, very lately, that we should go to Cloud Mountain once
again, a place I visited as a day travel in 2009, I couldn't say no when
someone offered such an opportunity. I was quite delighted to spend two days stood
between dense forest, tea gardens and dams/lake in front and rear.
More for later...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015
A (Asian) toad in bucket
Last
year during this time we received a surprise guest (toad) in the bucket that
left outside the home, in our earlier resident opposite to Sishya School.
Seeing a toad or frog is not a surprise thing but the condition of the weather
could make I guess. Summer in Chennai usually pick up in March, although it
sense earlier this year, it was approximately same last year when we found a
toad lonely floating in a bucked with least water left at the bottom.
I was in
wonder where the toad would have come from since the weather was very hot and
wasn’t wet anywhere near and though I guess it must be a great survivor to come
to quench the thirst and couldn’t leap out because of less water at bottom. The
toad was floating in the water, leisurely stretching all the limbs and eyelids
kept closed and open causes a sense of sleepiness. The toad spotted in black
has beautiful texture/traces in brownish and yellowish and nice black curves
around eyelids.
The toad
commonly called as Asian common toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus) and also
known as black-spectacled, common Sunda and Javanese toad, is probably a
complex of more than once toad species that is widely distributed in South and
Southeast Asia. The amphibian is a
lethargic timid animal that moves about with deliberate hops from place to
another, comes out after sunset and frequents mostly the human habitations
(where it gather under street lamps) to feed on photopilic insects.
Saturday, March 14, 2015
Nerungi Vaa Muthamidathe - A Novel Script
I
usually write on movies only that I watched in theatre, but Nerungi Vaa
Muthamidathe (which means “come close, do not kiss”) is a 2014 road movie in
Tamil that I watched last weekend in a Tamil channel. I was looking forward to
watch this movie as downloaded, but glad I come to know the movie being relayed
2 hours early to watch and it was interesting and gives a new experience.
The
actress-turned-director, Lakshmy Ramakrishnan - who's popular with her mother characters, has written the story (that
based on a road journey and background as petrol/diesel crisis) and screenplay
in a novel way i.e. each character has been depicted in brief, that encounters along
the journey, makes it more interesting watch. The movie drove from three
different paths/situations has intertwined so well, leading all the way towards
ending, the ride has been kept at thrill with anticipation of what come next.
Chandru is
a lorry driver, although he the son of a petrol bunk owner, he choose his life
to be like that and who drive trucks and Lorries for thrill, decides to smuggle
2000 litre of diesel for the same amidst fuel crisis. On the other hand, a
runaway couple joins him for life whose love has been opposed by the relatives
for being different religion/caste and a girl from wealthy family, going
through distress and misunderstanding with her mother for not telling who he
father is. But once understand her father as an injustice to her mom, the girl tries
to reach her and fall into accident.
At one
phase and in unexpected situations, all boards the lorry to get down at their
destination and how Chandru comes out of the crises for smuggling diesel that
could sentence him at national level. The movie settles for a light-hearted
entertainment and taking a serious issue in hand, where the price and demand
for petrol/diesel has been at rise to protest, ‘Nerungi Vaa Muthamidathe’ has utilised
it well and also got closer but didn’t strike a chord!
The new
comer Shabeer (Chandru) has a look needed for a lorry driver and also being
adamant he quite understands later. But however upright, a driver could not
drive straight forwardly. Lol! The pretty Piaa as Maya has been left with a
face of confusion and anguish almost the movie, is enough describe her mindset
and as her mother, Viji Chandrashekar, has recorded a bold statement that being
odd is nothing wrong. As a young (runaway) couple in love they represent a
familiar identity yet strongly
‘Nerungi
Vaa Muthamidathe’ is a phrase I myself have seen on a lorry back, is perhaps
the inspiration for the director and being a woman, has set a theme/trend which
is pretty new, creative and ideology to inspire other. There aren’t many songs
and also haven’t taken separate scenes for songs, which go along the subject. Although I am content with the technical
background, I wish I was watching this film in theatre to appreciate quite
overall. NVM is must watch if you want a change in watching pattern and novel
way of storytelling!
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Divider in poles
The
couple of photos here (from the archives) were shot years back into one early
morning in Bangalore and road was MG road! I think it is a road comparative to Mt.
Rd/Anna Salai in Chennai with many commercial, shopping and official buildings
to keep it busy throughout the year. Couple of my friends from Bangalore expressed
surprise looking at these photos said, they never seen MG road such empty.
And I
find the elastic pole dividers dividing the MG road were interesting to post/link
with Good Fence at Run a Round Ranch.
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Colorful Villea
Following
the gates on Pvt. Beach lanes off ECR, I was captivated by the colorful blossoms
of bougainvillea bloomed outside a bungalow, while leaving one of the by-lanes
of ECR. I have seen bougainvilleas bloomed in eye-catching colors of white,
yellow, red and purple among the by-lanes many time and I have also grown
watching the bougainvillea in a house garden opposite to our native home sometime
until we shifted or cut-off by the owner. I always have a nostalgic feel
towards this flowering shrub! Hope you like the photos
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