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Oh, the project submission date is approaching fast, it’s decided not to spend time in books for a month. Already I was given plethora of time to finish my project but I have acted like hem and haw.
I think, if you know what the future holds for you then the present will not be as interesting as you enjoyed before – its regarding my job offer from infosys in September’04. And now the joining date was intimated to me. It is in August’05. There is some good two months gap between my master degree finishing date and infy joining date. So I can equip myself to cope up with the fresh undergraduate IT people as my background is non IT.
Recently I read a famous Tamil historical novel
Ponniyin Selvan by
Kalki Krishnamoorthy. It was about the great chola king Rajaraja chola (who built the famous Tanjore big temple). I don’t know how I missed this book for this many days. A fantastic tome of more than 2000 pages that you can’t put down before finishing.
Only very few can match
kalki in his description of events, he brings every thing live to you, which took place around 1000 years back. This one is available in English too but you can enjoy more if you have Tamil roots or know Tamil history.
Bye,
The photo shows the 133 feet (denoting 133 chapters in Thirukkural) Thiruvalluvar statue erected by the Tamilnadu government (India) in kanyakumari (cape comerin) in the midst of the sea.
Thirukkural
Todays post is about a well known n most obvious thing.
Thirukkural – one of the greatest books in the world.
Thirukkural means sacred couplets. It has been treated as a Bible in Tamilnadu, India. Written some 2000 years back (BC) still its content is relevant, it is applicable to all countries, all religions and ALL TIMES. It has been eulogized as a directory of code of conduct and ethics to humanity. It gives the code how to behave and act in socio, political, religious and family circles
Thirukkural has been translated to many languages of the world. For the complete work in English version, just click here,
http://www.coimbatore.net/kural/ku_1.htmlhttp://www.tamil.net/projectmadurai/pub/pm0017/trkrl17.html(You can find many resources of Thirukkural by searching in the net)
Thirukkural consists of 1330 couplets in 133 chapters, each chapter comprising of 10 couplets. The 133 chapters had been divided in to three parts. First 38 chapters deals on Dharma or virtue, next 78 chapters deals on wealth and governance, last 25 chapters on love.
In my school days they didn’t give importance to teach love in Thirukkural. So, we shall see some couplets (just a sample) from love part – This may be due to my age
(Mind, it’s written 2000 years back)
The nectarine fluid, in which are stepped the milk-white teeth, of my lady of gentle speech
Is like the delicious mixture of milk and honey (1121, on love)
All the five-sense delights of sight, sound, smell, taste and touch are experienced together,
Only in the embrace of this resplendent damsel. (1101, on love)
The intimate love between this artless damsel and me is very much like,
The natural union of body and soul. (1122, on love)
Rapture at the thinking, and delight at the very sight
Are only features of love, and not of wine. (1281, on love)
More delicate than the softest of the flowers is genuine love, only a few approaches it
With deserved gentleness to enjoy its blissful promise. (1289, on love)
Where the eyes have reached an understanding between themselves,
Words of mouth are quite superfluous. (1100, on love)
My passionate love, while it lasted, did rage like open seas, but with enforced separation,
Resultant grief goes fathoms deeper than the ocean. (1166, on love)Favourites in virtue, wealth and governance will be posted in duecourse.Bye
The Foolish Dictionary
There are many free things available in net, my favorite one is E-books in Project Gutenberg. You can find all the classic works there. Though it is difficult to read the entire work thro computer it has some rare works that you can’t find in the market.
There is one book called
Foolish Dictionary by
Gideon Wurdz, he has given some funny meanings to more than 500 words.
To find the complete work of
Foolish Dictionary click this URL
http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext99/fldct10.txtClick this URL for
Aesops Fableshttp://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext91/aesop11h.htmSome words from
Foolish DictionaryACCIDENT a condition of affairs in which presence of mind is good,
but absence of body better.
ADAMANT from "Adam's Aunt," reputed to be a hard character.
Hence, anything tough, or hard.
ALCOHOL a liquid good for preserving almost everything except
secrets.
ANGEL a heavenly ineligible, with wings and a harp; or, an earthly
eligible, with money and a heart.
CHAMPAGNE the stuff that makes the world go round.
CONSCIENCE the fear of being found out.
TWINS insult added to Injury.
TROUBLE something that many are looking for but no one wants.
SINNER a stupid person who gets found out.
POSTSCRIPT the only thing readable in a woman's letter.
POLYGAMY a thoughtless way of increasing the family expenses.
PARENTS one of the hardships of a minor's life.
#A stitch in time saves embarrassing exposure.
#People who live in glass houses should dress in the dark.
Bye
