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eduminatti · 1 year

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WHAT ARE THE BEST ACTIVITY-BASED PLAY SCHOOLS IN CHENNAI

At the age of 6-9 years, children go through a lot of changes. Children need a lot of time to play in order to grow and thrive in these early school years. Play aids children's development in a variety of ways.

Play and games with simple rules, for example, can help your kid adjust to the more formal learning frameworks she will encounter at school.

As per research conducted by schools in Bangalore this type of play also teaches your child how to take turns, which is essential for forming and maintaining friendships. Your youngster may discover new hobbies and interests through play at this age.

For example, your youngster may begin to read more and love books and periodicals on topics that interest him, such as motorcycles, horses, bugs, and other such topics.Another survey done by schools in Pune shows that these kind of activities empower your youngster to pursue his own passions and learn on his own.

Play and games with simple rules, for example, can help your kid adjust to the more formal learning frameworks she will encounter at school. This type of play also teaches your child how to take turns, which is essential for forming and maintaining friendships.

Your youngster may discover new hobbies and interests through play at this age. For example, your youngster may begin to read more and love books and periodicals on topics that interest him, such as motorcycles, horses, bugs, and other such topics. These kind of activities empower your youngster to pursue his own passions and learn on his own.

Some of these unstructured play activities might appeal to your school-aged child:

Outdoor play: your child can ride bikes and other wheeled toys (with trainer wheels if necessary and a helmet), run about in the park, or go for a walk with you and some friends.

Art and craft: your school-aged child can express his imagination using basic or natural materials. Feathers, leaves, bark, sticks, coloured papers, crayons, fabric scraps, glue, paints, beads, and other objects can be used. Build a puppet, make a collage, or simply sketch and paint with your youngster.

Dress-up games are wonderful for pretending to be someone else. They allow your youngster to experiment with different emotions and roles, such as pilot or doctor. Your child only requires some old clothes and simple props like as hats or handbags.

Activities such as jumping and dancing to music, or building and playing modest homemade instruments, are excellent for expressing emotions and imagination.

Usually, one or two planned after-school activities will suffice to keep your child occupied. However, if you want to get your child involved in more structured play, it's a good idea to find activities that you and your child can do together. This is something your child would enjoy: playing outdoor games such as football, soccer, netball, or backyard cricket doing puzzles and jigsaws or simple card games, board games, or memory games using craft kits.

WHY CHENNAI

Chennai, historically Madras, is the capital of Tamil Nadu, a state in southern India, located on the Bay of Bengal's Coromandel Coast. Chennai, sometimes known as the "Gateway to South India," is a key administrative and cultural centre in the country.

In 2001, the city had a population of 4,343,645 people while the urban agglom had a population of 6,560,242.

Before the arrival of the British in 1639, Armenian and Portuguese tradesmen lived in the San Thome region of what is now Chennai. Near 1639–40, the British East India Company established a fort and factory (trading post) in the fishing village of Madraspatnam, which became known as Madras.

Cotton fabric weaving was a local industry at the time, and the English recruited weavers and native merchants to reside near the fort. Fort St. George's factory was acknowledged as a presidency (an administrative unit administered by a president) by 1652, and the corporation increased its influence between 1668 and 1749.

EDUCATION IN CHENNAI

Schools in Chennai are either managed by the Tamil Nadu government or privately, with some receiving government funding. English is the primary medium of instruction at private schools.

Government-run schools provide instruction in both English and Tamil. The Tamil Nadu State Board or the Tamil Nadu Matriculation Board are mainly linked with private schools.

The national CBSE board, the ICSE board, the NIOS board, the Anglo-Indian board, and the Montessori system are all associated with a few schools. The International Baccalaureate and the American systems are also available at a few schools.

Schooling starts when a child is three years old with two years of kindergarten, followed by ten years of primary and secondary education. Before being eligible for college education in a general or professional field of study, students must complete two years of higher secondary school in one of two streams: science or commerce.

SOME BEST ACTIVITY-BASED PLAY SCHOOLS IN CHENNAI

Indus Early Learning Centre (Besant Avenue)

KiwiLearners (Neelankarai)

Vruksha Montessori (Alwarpet)

Vael’s Billabong High-Kangaroo Kids (Neelankarai)

Alphabet Play School (Alwarpet)

SEED Academy (Kottivakkam, Adyar & Anna Nagar)

Amelio Early Learning Centre (Sholinganallur)

Kangaroo Kids (Velachery)

Learning Tree (Adyar)

Alacris Preschool (Adyar)

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laughingemojis · 1 year

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Watch மூங்கில் பைக் மினி டிஜே - Bamboo Bike Mini DJ Story 3D Animated Tamil Moral Stories Maa Maa TV Tamil. In this third and final episode of the Bamboo Bike Mini DJ story, the bamboo bike finally arrives in our town. Our kids get to work setting it up and playing their favorite music for the whole community to enjoy. From the very first day, the kids have loved playing their music on the bike. They've been able to keep everyone happy and entertained with their contagious laughs and music. Thank you for spending your time watching our story. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do! #bamboo #TamilStories #MaaMaaTV #ShortStories #FunnyVideos #ComedyStories #VillageStories #NewTales Thanks for watching Please Like! & Subscribe For more Updates and Videos Subscribe to us: https://goo.gl/OqIzcF Follow our Social Sites: Twitter: https://twitter.com/maamaatvtamill Fb Page: https://ift.tt/4Fla0uy Blogger: https://ift.tt/WzQDGoE Instagram: https://ift.tt/qZicKRh

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schoolbuddies · 1 year

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Watch மூங்கில் பைக் மினி டிஜே - Bamboo Bike Mini DJ Story 3D Animated Tamil Moral Stories Maa Maa TV Tamil. In this third and final episode of the Bamboo Bike Mini DJ story, the bamboo bike finally arrives in our town. Our kids get to work setting it up and playing their favorite music for the whole community to enjoy. From the very first day, the kids have loved playing their music on the bike. They've been able to keep everyone happy and entertained with their contagious laughs and music. Thank you for spending your time watching our story. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do! #bamboo #TamilStories #MaaMaaTV #ShortStories #FunnyVideos #ComedyStories #VillageStories #NewTales Thanks for watching Please Like! & Subscribe For more Updates and Videos Subscribe to us: https://goo.gl/OqIzcF Follow our Social Sites: Twitter: https://twitter.com/maamaatvtamill Fb Page: https://ift.tt/4wxvgHM Blogger: https://ift.tt/Z6gPK7R Instagram: https://ift.tt/SvRH7aP

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gayathreya · 3 years

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leftist suriya characters appreciation post

since soorarai pottru, been thinking more about all the explicit leftist characters suriya has played in his career. and i actually mean explicit - characters that are supported by the narrative framing and structure and not just my own headcanons and stuff or a throwaway generic goody-shoe typical hero line. i have been itching to talk about this cos it’s obviously in my field of interests

suriya has played 4 openly various brands of leftist now, and that’s pretty cool! i love that none of them are cookie cutter personalities of each other, they all have their own select trait. this post is a toast to them;

michael vasanth (ayutha ezhuthu, 2004)

vimalan (maattraan, 2012)

iniyan (thaanaa serndha koottam, 2018)

maara (soorarai pottru, 2020)

[small write up on each character with pics behind the cut]

*****

1. michael vasanth (ayutha ezhuthu, 2004)

so michael was his first, said to be inspired by an actual university popular marxist student leader, george reddy. michael is very obviously somewhere along these lines - he himself is within the film known as the leftist student leader on campus with a huge following, much to the chagrin of his professors who want to stamp that out of him. he’s openly engaged in campus politics as well as politics outside, and he’s most definitely no weak willed liberal because he has no problems with violence or direct action, which he organises. he organises villagers to stand against others on their own feet, never once preaches about lying down and taking it easy or playing polite. which was nice to see lol i hate liberals who have morals about property damage but in ayutha ezhuthu, michael clearly doesn’t give a fuck. he and his group break things and smash cars and lorries on their way and threaten physical violence on their opponents too which is the way it should be because to him human lives are worth more than any property or vehicular damage. he never shies away from that. hell yes to violence and structural damage!

probably the most definite trait of michael compared to other suriya leftist characters is that michael still believes in the establishment and electoral politics, which u don’t particularly see his other leftist ones talk about. but here, michael works within the system, and trusts it to bring change if u put in the effort into that. though, it’s not as frustrating as it sounds cos michael’s work is not geared towards other liberals, but in villages and rural districts where he goes to spread word, and makes them choose their own leadership to represent. it’s way more marxist aligned and ~rise of the proletariat~ here instead cos he bypasses liberal bougie nonsense and never once is his voice used for that, but used towards and for the working class directly to both take up arms and resist violently themselves + hold ranks for themselves and choose their own leaders to influence their local politics/protect their environment.

michael is fundamentally very marxist, with a dose of direct action plus violent resistance if need be, and supports organised proletariat uprising within an established political system playing towards electoral politics

(of course, a point to note in why this isn’t as frustrating as it sounds as mentioned above is cos this film was released in 2004. would michael still believe in the establishment and electoral politics now? things in 2020 are very different with all of us more aware of things around us and globally, it’s definitely a debate to be held. i doubt he will, since he’s not a pacifist or liberal. he’d say fuck electoral politics, all my homies hate electoral politics)

2. vimalan (maattraan, 2012)

second very openly communist character he played. prob gone a bit forgotten for others since he does die halfway through the film (which itself isn’t a favourite of anyone either, fans or neutrals) rip but can’t go by without mentioning cos i remember liking this character a lot and i teared up in the cinema first watch when he died. i was mad they killed the suriya i loved instead of the other one whom i found annoying lmao

vimal supports workers’ strikes and unions against bosses, even when that boss is their own shitty father. this automatically makes him stand out instantly considering he is sympathetic to the working class despite at the cost of his father’s annoyance with him. he’s also the first character suriya plays who’s explicitly anti-capitalist with line(s) about it, since michael had no canon lines regarding capitalism from what i recall. vimal outright does.

the leftist imagery tied to vimal the most is che, which is a nice touch. his room has at least one poster of him, and his phone’s wallpaper is also him. u can also see bhagat singh and ho chi minh books on his shelf. so.. safe to claim where vimal’s political ideologies are. it’s both tied in pictures and him siding with workers for their rights against corporations, since he obviously likes revolutionaries. vimalan was a class traitor and a supporter of the working class poor bb tragically gone too soon. ilu u didn’t deserve your terrible fate, sweet commie good boi :(

3. iniyan (thaanaa serndha koottam, 2018)

iniyannnnnn i love him and i think it’s a suriya char with one of the best character arcs in his whole career. mostly cos he had a very distinct ‘’yes i want to work for the government and change things from within’’ phase which gets squashed over the course of the film. we see him start off obviously in a very blatantly communist neighbourhood in a song that is also very specifically anti-establishment/politicians with a lot of hard resistance vibes. the entirety of sodakku is a very good introduction to him and what he stands for - in general the film promises upon wealth disparity, useless bougie politicians, and the rest of us being crushed under them.

what happens to him at the end of the movie is FANTASTIC because he no longer gels with what he wanted at the start of the movie. iniyan’s key leftist trait to me is that he’s the most anarchist of suriya characters, varying from other leftist suriya characters. he refuses to work with government powers and authorities, he looks down on their entire establishment and institutions (he does not at the start of the film, which is vital cos again, he wanted to work alongside them at first), and depends more on the good will of individual people over job titles, while clearly engaging in mutual aid and distributing wealth. these are very distinct anarchist ideals. i’d still peg him as anarcho-communist but would say he leans more towards anarchy and progressing on mutual aid over official state resources or state people for any kind of positive change since his faith in them has pretty much diminished by the climax. he does not give a shit about politicians, cops, or any kind of authorities at all, leaving them in the dust to raise his black flag and do his own anarchist hot shit.

iniyan is a good example of an anarchist arc for me in tamil cinema in simple commercial terms without heading too deep into actual words and phrases in a big hero movie, cos it’s also very easy to explain to anyone the shift in his ideas and his eroding faith in institutions with power. good for him!

4. maara (soorarai pottru, 2020)

this should be fresh in everyone’s memory, but yes, a character who is obviously in your face about it since he has an actual line - ‘’you’re a socialite, i’m a socialist’’ which caused all of us with good taste to whoop and cheer. plus he was very sexy in this whole scene, so what a bonus. it’s the most explicit thing said by him in the film, but there are also other little things peppered into his speech and background imagery showing u the kind of person maara is.

he gets married to bommi in a self-respect wedding ceremony. no priests or any kind of traditional hindu iyers/chants involved. u see it clearly with a periyar pic hanging behind him explaining who he is. he wears black a lot in the film, which fits him being a periyarist so i’d label him as such and consider it his standout trait from other leftist characters suriya has played previously because this is the only character with explicit periyar symbolism (i kid u not i saw multiple sanghis being very angry suriya dressed in black in this movie and were harassing him on twitter constantly since sp released. die mad, uglies). obviously, this also fuses well with the little things we see of him implying he’s ~lower caste~ like his in-laws being embarrassed about him on behalf of their own caste, and paresh sanitising his hands after shaking hands with maara on the plane, which is not subtle at all and trademark casteist behaviour about touching someone ‘’lesser’’ than you and u view them as ‘’dirty’’ or beneath you. as well as maara’s remark about breaking the class and caste barrier during his radio interview. being a periyarist fits seamlessly.

there’s also a bts vid of suriya on his bike where you can see an ambedkar pic pasted onto the side. i can’t remember any scene in the film where u can see his bike from this angle but it doesn’t matter, cos u can definitely tell the kind of person maara is and how he was envisioned as a character - an explicit socialist and periyarist, with a natural fondness for ambedkar too since ofc they overlap as many do irl as well. it is very in tune with his background in the film and i liked seeing the tiny aspects of these things seeded within the movie throughout from beginning to end. it’s explicit in a way that isn’t jarring or artificial, and a nice layer to him and feel endeared to since maara is a great character. u support him all the way with him being unquestionable in his stance and ideology. the sexiest leftist suriya character, if i say so myself, ahem.

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5. ngk (ngk, 2019)

bonus: THIS IS IT. THE BIGGEST SIKE. THE BIGGEST WHIPLASH. THE BIGGEST BASTARD.

it’s here cos damn, when they released that first look, i completely lost my shit cos that poster was sooo heavily che inspired and very, very obviously marxist. cue me thinking that holy shit suriya is openly playing some kind of marxist guerilla revolutionary in ngk and he’s gonna be some brand of violent radical leftist i’m gonna fall in love with. the beret, the raised fists, the red.. i was ready to be head over heels for this guy.

except of course, none of this was true, cos once the film released, u know that poster was only meant to signify how his village looked up to him before he sold them all out. it’s literally just a mural on the wall where a kid stares up at him in a larger extended poster. he COULD have been that character, but ngk’s character arc was a negative character arc and his moral downfall from the start to the end of the film, sacrificing all he stood for to arrive at his end point which was just dragging his village and all the youngsters who believed in him to the pits before jumping party to the winning group and abandoning all of them after manipulating them to act in his favour to gain sympathy. not to mention, also selling out to corporate tools to harness their power and influence in order to rise to the top himself, something he very openly states at the beginning of the film to his mum and wife that working like that is no way to live. he has a full reverse by this point, compared to how ngk was introduced to us as an audience with that first look of him.

the marxist poster was a complete 180 to how ngk falls on the spectrum at the end, but it was a great ride nevertheless and at least one thing was still true - i still fell in love with him cos he was such an asshole bastard but still so hot i had to give in. biiiicchh. i love u, non-leftist regressive jerk. u may have pulled the biggest sike on me, but.. my heart is yours, slut <3

*****

ok that’s really it and all i wanted to say so hopefully at least a few people read this lmafooo. i do think these characters and time have sort of seeped into suriya over the years as evident by his shifting left in the last couple of years, and openly also saying he has had a lot of perspective changes on things around him. he has been noted in recent interviews saying stuff like how he’s in favour of a cashless society, talking about a whole new level of poverty class being created during this pandemic. his written articles/statements/agaram related speeches takes jibes at india’s education system being brahministic/casteist in nature and how it creates barriers for the lowest strata of society while also being very sensitive about student suicides, showing understanding of it as a systematic failure and not an individual one, courts not functioning for justice, not demonising protests as it’s the only act left for the voiceless, etc. it’s nice. i wouldn’t go as far as to call him a leftist until he proves that to me (suriya is still very much in that liberal zone of appreciating the police and military institutions so i will never consider him one of us until he sheds these allegiances and rethinks his stance on them in society), but i’d say he’s definitely the furthest left of all prominent actors in tamil cinema as no one else really has said or written the things that he has, for which i’m very proud of him.

so keep up the good work and hot shit comments and ballsy articles, suriya, i look forward to u shifting further left and pissing off everyone from right wing patriotic assholes, to centrist bootlickers, and even cowardly liberal pacifists. i believe in u and i hope he crosses that steep liberal curve soon since we were all there at some point as well.

that’s all goodbye i love suriya thanks for reading

#hooo lads finally wrote this like i wanted to! target audience? spare target audience??#suriya #tamil cinema #kollywood #mix #mine*#commentary #politics

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with-valkyrie · 5 years

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moonlampmart-blog · 5 years

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Moon Light Night Light for Kids

Another fascinating sanctuary light is the changalavatta, a balancing light with somewhat well for the oil and a scoop to empty it into littler lights.Lights, he lets me know, were likewise materialistic trifles.

Kerala's Namboodiri light, where the wick is encased in glass, was not just utilized by the Namboodiris to light the manner in which when they visited their sambandham accomplices around evening time, they were additionally hung at the lady's way to declare his quality inside.

It is getting dim, and Prasad flicks a switch and floods the live with light. Indeed, even 140 years prior, things weren't this simple. Oil or creature fat must be obtained, and the light always renewed, wicks cut and supplanted. The lovely 'Islamic light', likely of Turkish cause, accompanies expound attaches to draw the wick and scissors to trim it. The chavi vilakku from Tamil Nadu has a handle to raise and lower the wick.

While functioning as a beacon engineer, Prasad explored and composed a few monographs on beacons. Also, this enthusiasm reflects in his historical center: there is, for example, a guide light, one that used to help ships explore restricted channels and enter the harbor securely. I detect a few fine pole lights as well.

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The LeviMoon is, essentially, a strange thing, and I can't quit considering it. What sort of lovely neurotic would possess something like this? Or on the other hand give it as a blessing? Me, that is who. It's a 3D-printed imitation of Earth's moon, made work area estimated, and "set apart with exact cavities and shading — drifting simply over a smooth walnut base." You can make it turn quick or simply linger palpably, unmoving.

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bachpanschool · 3 years

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CHOOSE THE BEST PLAY SCHOOL FOR YOUR CHILDREN

NCR or National Capital Region covers Delhi and many cities and districts surrounding it from the states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan. Some of the prominent cities of NCR include Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, and Noida. There are an abundance of reputed universities, high schools and play school in NCR. Bachpan has 25 play school in NCR with 9 play school in Gurgaon, 3 in Noida, 6 in Faridabad, and 7 play school in Ghaziabad.

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tellywoodtrash · 7 years

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ishqbaaz 29.08.17 lb

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lo shuru sanskaari music. 🙄🙄🙄

never getting over the “fuck me” bedroom eyes they’re giving each other. 😏😏😏

gauri feeding shaktiiii cake. gosh, what even do you call it when you start shipping a new parental figure for a character? there are no words in fandom culture for all the dynamics this show makes me ship!!!! 😫😫😫

... such unnecessary tension. just eat the damn cake, omkara. 😒😒😒

shivika giving each other “kuch karnaaa padegaaaa” looks 🙃🙃🙃

yes plz, turn for you to play shipper now. yell at omkara alternately till he fucking fixes this ish. 😒😒😒

shaktiji is practically glowing from all the #shivika shipping. happiness is a good look on him. 😊😊😊

who’da thunk that i’d eventually be rooting for shakti as the good parent? in any case, he did less damage than pinky, so there’s that. 😕😕😕

god i hate this stupid “abhi tak shaadi nahi hui hai, toh door raho” nonsense in remarriage tracks. they were living together for more than six months. they could have been having crazy monkey sex in that time for all you know. bloody nonsense. 😑😑😑

i am happy that anika looks just as dismayed as shivaay at this development. 😌😌😌

LMAO RUDRA, HAATH KO AAYA PAR MOOH NA LAGA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

the dubbing of this damn scene... 😐😐😐

ohhhhhhhh great. pinky’s here to fuck up the happy. 😒😒😒

omkara’s instant bitch face. love itttttttt. 😆😆😆

nope. shakti is firmly #teamShivika. SHAKTIJI OUT!!!!!!!!! 😙😙😙

i think omki took that “8 baje kamre ka darwaaza bandh” instruction from rudra a little too seriously. he looks mad at shivaay for making him leave this late at night. 😋😋😋

honestly #me. don’t you make me leave my bed/room after 8 pm. you won’t like my grumpy ass. 😒😒😒

OMG YES THEY BROUGHT UP THE “ROTE HUE AAYEGA MERE PAAS” DIALOGUE!!! WE’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR ITTTTTTTT 😭😭😭😭

omki’s excitement and glee at shivaay’s happiness. oh my heart. my boys. my beautiful boysssssss. 😭😭😭

4 LIONS MEN GOING FROM GROWLY ASSHOLES TO SOFT PUSSYCATS WHO ARE SO HAPPY TO BE IN LOVE IS MY ULTIMATE FAVE THING EVER OK *weeps* 😭😭😭😭😭

saansein ruk jaati hai was anika’s thing. and di’s thing to arnav. not omki’s to shivaay’s. 😕😕😕

I LOVE HOW SHIVAAY MADE OM COME SEE HIM IN THE DEAD OF THE NIGHT JUST SO HE CAN GEEK OUT ABOUT BEING IN LOVE AND HOW BEAUTIFUL HIS GIRL IS 😚😚😚😚

UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY BOYSSSSSSSSSSSSS 😭😭😭😭

“sabse pehle main tujhse bataane aa gaya” BECAUSE HE’S YOUR PERSONNNNNNN. 💖💖💖

awwww man, i’m just so happy and weepy from all the feeelz. 😭😭😭😭

lol omki yelling at him for telling HIM first instead of anika. 😊😊😊

“i think i need a hug. i think we both need a hug.”

HAWWWWWWWW WITHOUT RUDRA?????? 😯😯😯

THIS HUG THO. MY BOYS. MY BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL BOYS. OMKI SO HAPPY, HE’S A BLURRRRRRRR. 😅😅😅

“subah subah shivaay singh oberoi pakode tal raha hai?”

a sentence i never thought i’d hear. also, probably a real headline in the newspapers of this show’s universe, knowing the press and the way they act in this show. 😒😒😒

ANIKA AGREES WITH ME ABOUT THE NEWS THING 😧😧😧

anika’s about to lose it at him for using the wrong type of oil. 😆😆😆

(god, she’s so me, it hurts. i too am very specific about shit like this. 😕😕😕)

“aap na bohutttttttt cute ho.”

not in that ugly ass shirt and white jeetendra pants from the 80′s he’s not. 🙄🙄🙄

ALSO, NO YOU!!!!!!!!!! GOD MY GIRL LOOKS SOOOOOOOOO GOOD TODAY. 😍😍😍😍

billu hates being called “cute”. he wants to be called “HOT”, does he? 😏😏😏

OMG HE DOES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😯😯😯😂😂😂

lol his innocent “haan dadi????? 😇😇😇”

snort. idiot. he’s doing ONE ARM DISTANCE like we used to do in schoooooool, for assemblies. 🤣🤣🤣

wait, so they’re still in the same room at night? so, what does this “do foot” nonsense even matter??????? 😑😑😑

“DADI KO MAT BOL!!!!!!!!!!!!” “DO FOOT, MY FOOT!”

oh billu. you’re incorrigible. 😝😝😝

also, um hello, YOUR PAKODE?!!?!?! 😯😯😯😯

incoming takaraaana in 3... 2... 1....

EEEEEEEEE HE PULLED HER IN CLOSER EEEEEEEEEEE 😍😍😍

ohhhhhh you twoooooo awkward babiesssss. 😌😌😌

YES, SHIVIKA SHIPPING RIKARA!!!!!!!! 😁😁😁

anika helpfully informing shivaay of gauri’s “atrangi ideas” 😊😊😊

anika’s excited squeals oh my hearttttttt what a fucking cutie!!! 💖💖💖

“ab jab hum nahi lad rahein, toh jo humari jagah khaali hai kisi ko toh bharni padegi.”

this damn family thrives on conflict and chaos. check yourselves before you wreck yourselves, idiots. 😐😐😐😐

YAS, MISSION RIKARA IS A-GO!!!!!!!! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

what the fuck is a “shaadi ka bowl”? 🤔🤔🤔

what’s this 90′s bollywood type theme music. 😒😒😒

pfffffffft rudra. you’re soooooo lame. 🙄🙄🙄

HA! i like how she gave it back to him! “public police ko nahi bachaati. police public ko bachaati hai.” 😎😎😎

ok romance is getting tooo icky with the staring. also i haaate their music. fwding. 🙄🙄🙄

gauri approves of shivaay’s olive oil waale pakode. at least someone does. 😋😋😋

meanwhile anika here is working on om. yaaaaaas, i am loving this division of labour. MY BROTPSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!! 😘😘😘

shivaay feeding gauri pakode apne haath se. LIKE HE DOES HIS BABY BOY RUDRA. i am actually fucking crying. 😭😭😭😭😭

oh boy anika omki ko faraq ka jaap pada rahi hai. 😐😐😐

OMG SHIVAAY BAAT BANA RAHE HO YA BIGAAD RAHE HO 😯😯😯

but fully loving how he’s trash talking his own brother for bulbullllllllllllll behnaaaaaaa 😚😚😚

OH MY GOD SHE’S SO CUTEEEEEEEEEEEE WHAT EVEN IS HER FAAAAAACE 😍😍😍

meanwhile anika toh is going to town on omki with reverse psychology. behen, sambhaal ke. bante bante baat ke upar apni bulldozer mat chalaiyo. 😣😣😣

OMFG HIS FACE AT “DER HO CHUKI HAI” AND “MOVE ON”. YES!!!!!!!! 🙃🙃🙃

“ab gauri ko main pasand nahi hoon???? 😟😟😟”

THE FEAR. I AM LOVING IT. I AM LOVINGGGGG ITTTTT. 😆😆😆

“agar woh tumhare paas aaye toh mooh pher lo. pher lena!!!! achcha ab yahaan phero, sun toh lo.”

omfg shivaaaaaaaay. lmaooooooo i love these two togetherrrrr. 🤣🤣🤣

ok kids, time to pick a team in the replies: are you #TeamAniKara or #TeamShivRi

you guys know my team already. bade bhaiyya and bulbul have my fuckinggggg heart. 😍😍😍😍

“ab gauri om se door bhaagegi.” “aur om gauri ke peeche peeche!” “aur hum?”

tum dono ab make out karoge. 😌😌😌

*siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh* 😍😍😍😍😍

oufffffo dadiiiiiiii yaaaaaaar. 😣😣😣

LMAO “pehle toh nahi tha puttar, lekin teri harkatein dekh kar...” dadi let the boy liveeeeeee lollllllll 😆😆😆

you guys i can’t tell you how hella glad that i am that anika is just as frustrated as billu. it just warms my hearttttt that she’s as into it as he is. 😌😌😌

oh my heartttt, omkiiiii. look at his faaaace. and how he’s nervously adjusting his shirt and vest before approaching her. 😭😭😭

‘please still love me!’

oh boy, not the best voices to have in your head guiding you. honestly, why would you take advice from a couple who haven’t even been properly together for 24 hours yet!!?!?! 🙄🙄🙄

ohhhh boy omki is going to be asad (from QH) ka sequel, with the “woh actually, main...”s. 😬😬😬

HIS PANIC AT “SAB KHATAM HO GAYA HAI”!!!!!!! HER ADORABLE FAKE GUSSA! HIS DARRRA HUA FACE! I LOVE IT ALL OMG

ohhhhhhhhhhhhh no. these fucking idiots. they underestimated omki. 😟😟😟😬😬😬

OK LITERALLY NO ONE CARES ABOUT TEJVILANA. FWDING.

will i ever stop sighing happily over these two and their cuteeeee???? 😭😭😭😍😍😍😚😚😚

hahahahahaha shivaay dropping the stuff and fumbling picking it up . what an idiottttt. 🤣🤣🤣

oh boy why does dadi have rope?!!?!?! 😬😬😬

what a cutieeeeeeeee 😍😍😍

OMFG OMKI DHOKEBAAZ 😧😧😧

omggggg hahahahah shivaay singing “jahaan main jaata hoon wahin chali aati hai” 🤣🤣🤣🤣

lo rudra ki bhi entry. loving the casual way shivaay and he exchanged rock on 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽 gestures as greetings.

“rudy, pata hai, shivaay rangay-haathon pakda gaya!” “bhaiyya yeh koi holi khelne ka time hai kya?”

snortttttt, idiot. 😂😂😂😂

ohhhhhhhh boyyyyy. omkiiiiii. tu toh puraaaaara paaapi nikla. 😫😫😫

bulbul doing taubaaaa gestures at “patne - pataane ki baatein” hahaha 😆😆😆

lol anika getting mad at shivaay for being an idiotttttt. 😂😂😂

ouff againnnn tejvilana nonsense. fwding. 🙄🙄🙄

lo, omkara has taken the ramayan parallels from the initial promos a little too seriously and drawn a literal lakshman rekhaaaaaa. 😐😐😐

ladki waale kaun ladke waale kaun waala confusion.

lmao smart singh oberoi has very cleverly declared himself a ladki waala and stepped rightttt over the loc lololol 😂😂😂

DEVAR SQUAD ARE LADKI WAALE. *weeping* 😭😭😭

BEHNEIN BADE BHAIYYA KI TARAF SE. 😚😚😚

AND SHAKTIJI IS LADKI WAALE. FROM “BETI” KE SIDE. *weeps 5ever* 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

pffft tumhaaare dad aur mom haiiii kahaaan? have you even bothered calling them for the last 2 weeks? 😒😒😒

ugh fuck off pinky. no one invited you. 😤😤😤

maaaaaaaaaan, what even is this jhanvi plot?

who dat on the bike? um... kinda looks like gauri ka woh “apun ki sister” waala bhaiyya? 😕😕😕

OMFG IT IS HIM. WHUT? 😯😯😯

HOLY SHIT WHAT EVEN IS THIS JHANVI/DANDIIII TEAM UP??? 😟😟😟

ok idek why i’m watching this nonsense. oh wait. i do, for this face:

who the fuck told these people that south indians start every sentence with “aiyyo”????? 😒😒😒

like idk about other south indian states, but elders always admonish me if i say “aiyyo” too much - it’s a thing you say in distress and it’s believed saying it over and over kinda invites negativity into your life. 😐😐😐

THEY’RE TAMILIANS AND THAT’S A MALAYALAM NEWSPAPER. WHAT THE FUCK EVEN OMGGGGGGGGG. 😧😧😧😟😟😟

ALSO THE TITLE OF THE NEWSPAPER IS JUST A BUNCHA RANDOM MALAYALAM LETTERS THROWN TOGETHER????? THE FUCK. 😣😣😣😣

dandiiiiiii is under the influence of dosas and thinks kaveri/peter are legit. don’t blame him, whatever said and done, those dosas did look damn good. 😌😌

also, i hate the way north indians pronounce “dosa” - it’s tho-sha/tho-sa, not dosa with a hard D. 😒😒😒

OH THANK GOD. DANDI CAN TELL MALAYALAM AND TAMIL APART. HALLELUJAH. ALREADY LIKE HIM MORE. 😐😐😐

jhanvi is like yep, that kinda ignorant ass north indian bs sound like tej/svetlana for sure. 😒😒😒

didn’t even get what the precap was about really. some murti, some shiv-parvati sanjog, and everyone shocked at shivaay’s possesiveness re: khanna. ok???????? 🤔🤔🤔🤔

hopefully om-gauri get a little trip outta this hellhole to go get this murtiiiii? 😊😊😊

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KodaiKanal – “The Princess of Hills”

Tourism to Kodaikanal with Hosanna Tours and Travels Pvt.Ltd.,

Kodaikanal is called as “The Princess of Hills” which is located near Palani , Dindigul District.

· It is is two hours travel from palani by bike nearly 60 Kms to reach the destination.

· By the way we are going to kodaikanal . it is very nice to travel in the hairpin bend roads.

· Where there are many places we want to cross while travelling.

First we want to travel to Kodaikanal through bye pass road or through giri veedhi from the side of palani hill.There is also another route which is from the karamadai road the way to Udumalai.

Now we are going through the dindigul main road and travel through the kodaikanal bye pass.

· While entering the bye pass there is bakery ,tea stall & Hotel .where we can get some food and Snacks there for some biting. We can have some warm up there. While travelling there is the mango gardens which is quit natural to travel there. when we travel across “Varathamanthi” dam.

· We can enjoy the falling of water in dam.Which is surrounded by mountain and at the centre the water is reserved. It is quit cool to see ,enjoy and have a snapshot.

Ok lets move on !!

· Next is the puliamarathu set. Where there is a check post there. there is a place ” thaekanthottam” Which is government reserved forest with the mountains and there is some natural falls where we can enjoy ourselves ,which is really calm and peace there.

· Crossing that within 1 Km kodaikanal Hairpin bed road starts . This is the first point for moving in zigzag road which is really adventurous there. We can feel different kind of weather there. And once move up & Up. It is really natural and fantastic to see the ground at the bottom.

· Which is really covered with coconut trees and the water in the dam which is scattering through sunlight makes us feel good. And the roads which we have crossed will be visible clear and we can see the whole road which is in zigzag. while moving up there is a quit cool where our ears feel closing slightly by the feel of mist.

· And we can have some play with monkeys on the road side where they are in groups and expecting some food over there. Next we move and reach “vadakavunji”. There is some hotel which is located with great location where some farmers working in the field of banana tree. Really natural.

Next we move to “Melpallam”

Melpallam :

· Melpallam is rich of fruit stores where we can get some rare fruits over there such as mangoosthan,avacoda,mala nellikai,berry,plus,pichchees and etc..,

· we travel some five to six kilometers there is a toll gate and we are near to the “silver falls”.

We reached “Silver Falls”.

Silver Falls :

· Silver falls is really nice to see the falls which is breezy and cool and we can have some photographs over there. And have some spicy “Tea & Mulahai bachchi” there it is where the tourists engage in large.

Next we move to the “Pillar Rock” .

Pillar Rock :

· Pilllar Rock is really a gigantic place which gives us an amazing feeling. It is busy over there and many shops for purchase where many foreigners visits over there.

· We can have a good visit of the nature. It is the place which is so deep nearly 2000 feet distance from the land and there is a single rock over there with standing by showing the power of almighty .There is some “Ayurvedic thailam” and some shops over there where we get some refreshment there.

Next to the “Guna Kuhai”

Guna Kuhai :

· By moving up & down the road. We reach Guna Huhai. There is a ticket counter for visiting and we move to guna kuhai there is some slope over there and we can reach the place which is really adventurous and it is covered by steel fence it is dangerous to move against the gate.

· After having some snap we move some place which is called the pine forest.

Pine Forest :

· Pine forest is really a sloping area. And with full of pine trees where we have the tickets for visiting. We should be aware of the monkeys which is waiting for snacks. Really it is a beautiful spot for shooting & the snapshot.

Next we slowly move to the “Bryant park”

Bryant Park :

· Bryant park will be good place for having Lunch & also the Lake. Here also there is an entry ticket where there is a place for kids to play and the green house with different Speices of plants and there is a flower park inside the Bryant park really a special treat to our eyes. After having some photograph over there we shall move to the lake.

Lake :

· Lake is really a good place where we can enjoy for many hours and where there are is a famous boating there and really the depth of the lake is so long and we can have cycling over there and the cycling is relay a superb feeling there.

· Horse riding is special there where we have ride with horse will give us a good feel and some biting will be available such as the chilly corn and chilly mangoes which is really a correct food bite over there. Shooting is also famous for kids there we can Enjoy some hours and let go down to resort.

· Some place are there on the way where we can have and there is the point which is called the coakers walk .

Coakers Walk :

· Coakers Walk is built around the small mountain by a King for walking. In there some shoppings and snapshot we can have. And the landscape is superb there.

· Solar observatory, Berijam Lake and while moving down there is a place near melpallm is the palani view.

Palani View :

· At night it is so glorius to visit palani view. Since there are many places we can discover by trekking with our friends and it is so hilly.

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Photo 1: My Ammama's house Photo 2: My home during the 2 richest months of my life Photo 3: The TRO office on the A9 Road, Killinochchi (2005) Photo 4: 2 Grave "stones" of Tsunami victims erected at a mass burial site Photo 5: 69 children, all under the age of 12 perished at this Children's Home in Mullaittivu. There were remnants of feeding bottles, toys, shoes and books strewn around. SHIRANEE ************ 19 February 2005

Hi all When I arrived at the TRO office in Colombo and asked if I could hitch a ride to the Vanni I didn't know they were looking for a translator for 2 French ladies who had arrived with relief items that they wanted to distribute at the camps (known as welfare centres). That is how I met Sandrine and Catherine Chopin (S&C) and had 4 memorable days on the road with the sisters. The trip up to Vanni was smooth (left Colombo at 2am) until we reached the Army checkpoint at Omanthai at 9am. We followed the heavily laden truck (with relief items), by van. The SL Army insisted on unloading the truck to check if we were carrying any banned items (like guns!). They detained us in the hot sun for 3 hrs while they unloaded, checked then reloaded and demanded Rs.1800 for their trouble !! Sandrine was not going to part with the money without a struggle. She asked to be taken to the highest ranking army officer who was rude and relentless while the junior officers were very apologetic saying they were only carrying out orders. We had no choice but to pay the 1800 rupees and get out of there before they thought of other ways of harassing us. While they checked our personal baggage 2 female army officers helped themselves (or thought they did) to 2 of the trauma bears that I had brought. When they finished with my bags, I pretended I didn't understand any Sinhala, grabbed the bears from them and put them back in my bag and zipped up very quickly. They made rude comments about the Tsunami victims being 'lucky' because they received stuff like the bears !!!! My limited knowledge of Sinhala prevented me - I was so tempted to say something which would have been a very foolish move under the circumstances. Arrived at Killinochi (TRO Headoffice) at 3pm, very tired, hungry and longing for a shower but had to go into meetings with the TRO guys who would help us with logistics/direction re distribution. I was on a PC translating and typing lists, 15 minutes after arriving in our homeland - felt very useful and glad to be so. All records are maintained in Tamil so any information needed, has to be translated, which is where I become useful. 95% population speak only Tamil. The 20 year civil war preceding the Tsunami has impeded the education of the younger generation. They had no opportunity of learning English (or anything else for that matter). Coming back to S&C, we got the necessary information and with a guide provided by the TRO we left Killinochi for the Mullaitivu area to distribute relief items - this we did for 3 days, returning only to sleep at 11.30 pm each day. Mullaitivu is about 1-2 hrs by (pot-holed, mostly dirt) road. We visited several welfare centres, all run by TRO. We met victims still in schools (Phase 1), in tents (Phase2) and saw individual homes still under construction (Phase 3) where they will eventually be resettled. Life in the tents is unbearable in the 40 degree heat - very sad. They sit in groups under the shade of trees during day and go into the tent only at night. They have no choice. I managed to distribute the stuff I brought - Karen, the kids loved the trauma bears. They have nothing to call their own and hugged them tight. The stuff that Sue and Kate gave too were gratefully received - very useful. S&C brought stuff that were suitable for infants - we had made up baby kits with about 12 items in each kit before we left Killi. The smaller camps were easy but there was a rush for stuff in one camp that we reached only at 6.30pm. We had to use the headlights of the van to distribute the packages as there was no electricity - this was a bit scary as we were losing control of the situation - people mobbed us and were visibly disturbed that they had not each received something. Those who didn't get anything were complaining to me as I was the only Tamil in the 'team'. Very sad I wish we could give them all something - they had lost absolutely everything - some even had their clothes washed away and found themselves naked when the water receded. TRO is doing a marvellous job with the limited resources. We had lunch at one of the camps y'day and the inmates were thrilled that we shared their lunch. It is not an experience I can even begin to describe. I had the opportunity of talking to many of the victims. A lady who was surprisingly cheerful said she had lost 15 relatives including 3 siblings and 3 grandchildren. I asked her how she coped with her grief - she said being amongst others like her helped her cope. She pointed to the rest of the refugees and said that they were all in the same plight. There was a very young father who blinked away tears as he related his story. He had returned from Dubai when he heard of the Tsunami only to find his wife and all 3 kids had perished. He is not sure if he wants to go back to Dubai to continue his job as a truck driver there. He says he has no one to earn for. There was a lone young woman sitting under a tree - I sat with her for about 10 mins but could not get a word out of her - she sat with her head lowered and was not even aware of my presence. The others told me she had lost her youngest who was born 2 months after her husband's death (natural causes) - this child had been special. She had 2 other young kids who hung around. She ignored them. The other inmates are caring for those kids. Several such stories. It was the fisherfolk who were most affected in the Mullaitivu district. The fishermen, now living in temporary shelters are proud breadwinners and are not happy to live on handouts. They want to get back to sea as soon as possible. I think that is the best 'relief' we can offer them. I have now made contact with Prof. Soosaiananthan who has taken time off from his job at the Jaffna University (lecturer in Fisheries and Aquaculture) to help restart the fisheries industry in the Mullaitivu area. I start work with Prof. Soosai's team today working on the "Back to Sea" project and will be based at the TRO office in Killinochi. The "team" consists all of 3 members including yours truly!! We have an office set aside for us with 2 PCs. I will be translating reports and other data which we will send to people overseas who are interested in helping. Everything happens at snail pace here - so don't expect updates from me too often!!! S&C returned to Colombo this morning and I miss them - we had a wonderful time together with our young muslim driver, Innam and Jeevan the TRO guide - everyone worked so well together. I am beginning phase 2 of my work here (!!) today. Very rewarding time so far and am already sad that almost a week of my 8 weeks here is coming to an end. I will write whenever I find time. I am going to try and attach some photos and hope it gets through to you. Sadeesh the IT guy here tells me hotmail will only carry one photo at a time - will therefore send you separate emails with photos - please bear with me !! Shiranee ************ 13 March 2005 Hi everyone This is another update in case you are interested. I am continuing to enjoy my stay here and find the work very rewarding. I live in a small house built by the TRO for volunteers. There are 5 such houses in one compound but not all are occupied all the time. At the moment there is a couple (retired engineer and wife from UK), 2 young engineers and myself occupying 3 houses. All meals are delivered from a communal kitchen in an adjoining compound. It is quite normal to hear rustling sounds in the house. I am too scared to investigate so I get under my mosquito net (for safety!!) and read by torch light. I am quite often in bed by 8pm. I can ask the watchman (of the compound) to have a look but don't want to - this is all part and parcel of life here. I suspect frogs have decided to keep me company. Plenty of wildlife around. The UNICEF rep here (American lady) was bitten by a snake and was airlifted to Colombo after 3 days at the Killinochchi hospital. I ride a bike to work and back and arrive at the office huffing and puffing much to the amusement of the TRO staff. I am so unfit. At the moment I walk to work (45mins each way) because I have a flat tyre which needs fixing. The sun is scorching hot by 7am. Believe it or not, I have now acquired a tan !!! I work in the office 6 days and teach English on Sundays (after attending CSI church at 7.30am) at one of the orphanages close by which cares for 520 girls and a few boys under 5. I can't bear to go the baby section because it is so pathetic. The kids are very well cared for, well fed and kept clean but there is still that sadness in their eyes. I try and make the lessons as fun as possible - games, actions, colouring etc The Year 9's were only interested in the story I read and explained to them in Tamil. There is a 21 yr old in the office (Akila) who grew up in the same orphanage. She is keen to learn English but all she wants to do everyday is read the Cinderella story - I try to distract her and teach her other things but later wondered if that story is her dream too and whether that is why she wants to read that story over and over again. She is gradually beginning to trust me and now tells me her story - very sad. She has a little sister in the same orphanage and a brother in an adjoining boys home. Her sister is currently down with mumps along with 34 other kids and has been quarantined. Akila told me her sister was tiny for her age (I am yet to meet the sister) because she had only been fed water for the first few weeks of her life. Children as little as 7 draw water from the well, hand wash their own clothes and attend to all their needs themselves - they are so much more independent and capable than our children growing up in luxury in Australia. Another girl (Year 9) told me that she owned a cow called 'Letchumie". She does not speak of her parents or siblings (probably dead, not sure) but keeps telling me she misses her cow and wonders where it is today. Like the Tsunami victims I spoke to, I think these girls take comfort in the fact that everyone around them is in the same plight. Some who have one parent or relatives (who are interested enough) go home during the holidays but the others stay all through the year. One girl even told me that she misses the orphanage when she goes home and feels 'out of place' when she is with her family who she sees only once a year - probably true. My work is quite varied and I am happy to do whatever is useful which is mostly the use of my language skills. For example, I attended the sports meet of a preschool run by the TRO where they teach kids 3-6 years in ENGLISH. The people here are aware of their lack of English skills and make it a priority to learn the language. Anyway, at the sports meet, I was asked to make the announcements in English (I was only there as a guest). The guy making the announcements in Tamil was so professional and here I was spluttering my way through colloquial English - lucky not many understood me!! I am often called into meetings to translate - sometimes challenging and exhausting because I have to be very careful to understand the issues before I translate and get the right message across. I went to Colombo for a day to get my visa renewed (we are only given 30 days on arrival). I managed to get a lift in an air-conditioned NGO 4 wheel drive - sheer luxury. Returned in a TRO vehicle driven by a young maniac with a death wish!! I had to keep my eyes peeled all the way back. We left Colombo at 2am to avoid the sun and also to make sure we arrived at the army checkpoint early. The driver said "akka, keep talking to me, I am feeling sleepy"!! So I had this deep and meaningful conversation which went on for 8 hrs. Thank God we arrived safely - wont be travelling with that guy again. I have approx 4 more weeks here and panic when I realise that my days here are numbered. Will write again whenever I find the time. Shiranee ************ 4 April 2005 Hi all It is with much sadness that I have begun saying goodbye to the wonderful people I have met during my stay here in Vanni. It is so true that time flies when you are having a good time. This is my final update before I return home in a week. People have been very warm and gracious in sharing their stories with me. Every person I met had a story – they had lost at least one (usually more) family member either in the war or as a result of the Tsunami. Displacement has thrust them into poverty. It is interesting how they’d go to the trouble of explaining how well off they were before the war/Tsunami. All the Tsunami victims have now been moved into temporary shelters by the TRO which is a very basic structure – one room and veranda, communal baths/toilets. The shelters are built only 7 mtrs apart from each other – no privacy at all. They cook outside on an open fire. The children in these compounds seem reasonably happy but some have not gone back to school yet. This is probably because they are left with one parent (or none) and have no guidance and support to get them back to school. Several school buildings were destroyed by the wave. Some of the students gather under trees in the school compound for lessons. I have enjoyed sitting cross legged on a mat and chatting with these newly resettled families. Most are happy with the assistance they have received but TRO is not without its share of disgruntled beneficiaries. They are unhappy that they have not been given boats and fishing equipment yet – they are not able to comprehend the mammoth task that TRO is faced with. I had to explain to them that TRO itself relied on donations from the Tamil diaspora and had very little money to work with. Some were also annoyed with people like me (incl. myself!) who come, chat to them and go away leaving them ‘empty handed’. I hope they understood when I said that my aim was to go back and publicise their plight and get more donations so TRO could do more for them. I could easily have caused a riot if I started handing out money. It is very clear that people are emotionally disturbed and the men in particular seem lost and helpless. Some are not coping well with their ‘altered’ social status and stress that they owned big houses with their own generators, couple of boats, trucks etc before the Tsunami. Tamil funeral customs are fairly elaborate and there is a lot of trauma relating to people not having been able to perform the burial/cremation rites for their loved ones who died in the Tsunami. In a sort of compensating gesture there were several memorial functions held on the 90th day of the Tsunami, couple of which I attended. At one such service I met a 45 yr old lady who was terminally ill. She said she lost her husband and all 3 kids in the disaster – she cannot understand why she was spared and attributes it to ‘karma’. At one of the shelters I met a man who kept thrusting this photo of his family (all perished) at me repeating “thanichu ponan” (I am left alone). He had scribbled the names of his family on the door of his shelter. In the adjoining shelter there was a young widow with 3 kids with sad vacant eyes. I have lots of photos but there have been occasions when I have felt it inappropriate to take photos. I have given up trying to make sense of these people’s misery. It has been an emotionally draining experience but very enriching at the same time. Sumathi is a student teacher at the English College run by the TRO. I always spoke English when conversing with Sumathi so she’d get some practice. Whenever she reverted to Tamil I would keep speaking English until one day, exasperated she said “Akka, can we speak Tamil because I want to ‘talk’ to you” . She then poured out her story. She had lost two brothers in the war and her family had been displaced several times. Her older sister fell in love with a LTTE soldier and married him which threw her parents into further despair. Sumathi said she tries to remember the times when her mother was happy (before the death of her brothers). She seems desperate for her parent’s happiness. Interestingly, she didn’t refer to her own grief. I have been visiting a few of the Nutritional Centres run by the TRO. These are places set up in remote villages where malnourished mothers and babies are cared for until the baby reaches an acceptable weight. A mobile doctor visits the centres weekly. The dormitories that house the mothers and children are mud huts with thatched roofs which often collapse during the monsoon season. There is a chart of recommended nutritional meals displayed on the wall but they often can’t afford to follow that chart. TRO allocates only Rs. 25,000 (A$320) per month to each centre for food. This is far from adequate and the kids often go without basic necessities such as milk. With donations from family in Sydney I have arranged to buy 2 cows each for 2 of the centres and 200 chickens for another and also paid for the construction of a hen house. This will now provide enough milk and eggs for the centres and any excess will be sold. The needs are endless. These centres are also refuges for abused women. I met a 14 yr old mother who has been abandoned by her parents for bringing shame on the family by becoming pregnant out of wedlock! The man who promised to marry her had absconded. The centres provide training (cottage industries) for these mothers who are often illerate, so they will have a skill and are able to earn a living when they leave. This email is going out to friends and family in over 9 countries. Some of you have worked tirelessly for TRO over the past 20 years. Having lived and worked amongst these people I can tell you without a doubt that your efforts are not in vain. You’d never find a more dedicated bunch of people such as those working for TRO. They work long days and have a ‘makkalukaha” (‘for the people’) attitude in everything they do. On a lighter note…… Sleeping-in, is not a choice we have in this part of the world – the cock-a-doodle-doo usually starts around 4.30 and goes on until 6am when the last lazy rooster decides to join in! I am usually up and out of bed by 5.30am with absolutely nothing to do until I leave for work at 8am. I lie in the hammock under the mango tree until the sun is up and scorching, around 7am. One of our neighbours must have managed to buy some batteries for his radio – he thinks nothing of sharing his choice of Tamil music with the entire neighbourhood from about 5am and then again late into the night. He plays the music so loud that it is really horrible and distorted. I ride about 2km to work along a dirt road bordered by beautiful paddy fields on one side. The fields were dry and brown when I arrived in Feb but are now being ploughed and prepared for ‘Siru Poham” (low season) cultivation. It is sad to see young boys who should be at school working in the fields. For farmers who cant afford to pay for labour this is the next best thing – to have their children help in the field. Very young girls bring cooked food to the field for their fathers and brothers at lunchtime. I am going to miss everyone here so much particularly the 3 young boys in our compound who insist on doing a ‘full service’ on my bike each morning!! All I need is to have the rear tyre inflated a little. They love tinkering with bikes and I seem to have provided them with the perfect toy. Kate is another Aussie volunteer sharing the house with me. She arrived 3 weeks ago and plans on staying for 6 months teaching English. We both have a session of debriefing at the end of each day which is great. I have been translating for Kate both in the neighbourhood and at the orphanage where we teach together on Sundays. She is now hurriedly writing down Tamil phrases that she can use after I am gone. Its been a lot of fun and I will miss Kate too. This incredible experience would not have been possible if not for the support and encouragement of my immediate and extended family. My employers, Blake Dawson Waldron were generous in allowing me 5 weeks additional leave as part of their Tsunami relief effort. I was therefore able to save some of my leave and hope to come back again, may be late next year. See (some of) you soon. Love Shiranee

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