A rose between two thorns

[Jinnah, Louis Mountbatten, Edwina Mountbatten].

Their meeting had begun with an unhappy gaffe, a gaffe poignantly revealing of the meticulous, calculating Jinnah to whom no gesture could be spontaneous. Realizing he would be photographed with the Mountbattens, Jinnah had carefully memorized a pleasant little line to flatter Edwina Mountbatten, who he was sure would be posed between the Viceroy and himself. "

"Alas, poor Jinnah! It was he and not Edwina who wound up in the middle. But he couldn't help himself. He was programmed like a computer and his carefully rehearsed line just had to come out. 'Ah,' he beamed, 'a rose between two thorns'."



(excerpted from the famous Freedom at Midnight)..

This book is very interesting and is giving a picture what was happening in 1946 - 47...

Some funny Tamil to English translations

Some funny translations that we use in day to day life to show our Peterness.

Bad donkeys, small wall...

Donkey doesnt know camphor smell...

Yesterday rainle grown up mushrooms..

This side, that side is green.

and our peterness continues..

indraya thathuvam

Thennai marathukku keelai kallu kudichchalum
ilaneer nu thaan nenachukkuvanga..

- Kicha, 2000 A.D

3 and Me

Sometime back (after the death of Pramod Mahajan), I received a mail which contained some facts(?) about the role of "3" in Pramod Mahajan's life. One sample is, he died on 3rd of May...

Three, being my favorite number, I started finding how 3 is playing a role in my life.. here are some:

I am the 3rd child for my parents (this might be a reason why 3 became my favorite number...)

I know 3 natural languages and 3 programming languages...

my door number is 7, which has 3 ones in binary.. (ithu konja overnu enakkae thonuthu)..

my date of birth is multiple of 3.

month of birth is also a multiple of 3.

3 big crushes in my life (so far ;-) ).

"tamizh" kku moondrezhuththu, "uyir"ukku moondrezhuththu, intha "kichcha"kkum moondrezhuththu...

me stopping here since I have received a mail saying "3 things in life.... Good one...", me going to read it now..