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[mplanetleaf]

చతుర్నేత్రుడు Part 47 Chaturnetrudu Folklore Novel దేవళం SMBAB

[nagakoushik6]

What is it to read an inconsistent man's mind...

Asamardhuni jeeva yatra

Hii all,,

Yes,as this is gonna be my first Blog u might not find anything or something useful in this read,which I can't help tho.And also ignore as many errors u could .I wanted to start personal Blogging coz I need something to let me say whatever I'm shit thinking and to find my niche which probably I can't find in this galaxy..

So, this will be regarding my recent read `Asamardhuni Jeeeva yatra` written by Gopichand. I have started reading some books lately not a good number, but yes. I came to know this from an insta page saying this book can haunt you.

As I would love to know new genres,this is the first telugu psychological novel. Which means most of the story happens in the mind of the protagonist.

As after knowing about the book,I ordered it the next day as I have never read a proper telugu novel yet.

At the start of the book,Sitaramrao's father on his deathbed,asks his son to maintain the family's honour as passes away.He easily believes everyone around him initially and goes nuts,loses his job and wealth. And also who is curious about to know everything and does nothing about it because anything curated him . As the saying A idel mind is a Devil's workshop, he starts to overthink and can't control his doings.

as he perceives the social life,community and international affairs falsely,he fails as a person and becomes A well knowledgeable idiot.

And this book really made me think like his consciousness and in the meantime I was also digging wikipedia for some other info. which I do whenever I get interested over some other thing(probably will cover this in next blog,if think to write about it).And made me something which is not me usually and also had an argument at home.And they really thought I having stress over balancing over work and career lately and advised to take care of my mental stress by meditation.

And in this read I have noted following which I really made me entertain for knowing these: All these things will be discussed to Sittharam rao by Ramayya in the story..

* About how we humans are evolving over a period of time. (Pashu dasha, Aadhathmika dasha and Bhothika dhasha). Society does contain all three kinds of people and habitat together and developing over with cultures, theories(siddantham) and philosophies we have.

*We can't say old theories are wrong, but we are learning through experiences.

*And we cannot control over the thinking abilities and capabilities of various societies, nature and not even ourselves. We can't control over what we should be thinking...

*Life has come into existence for no purpose as even nature. But we mistakenly come with the thinking ability. Nature has not set an inspiration to achieve, but we do live with it.

If u are till here, you should comment something upon this so called blog for me..

[desigrrrl]

Hello!

I’m Ro, a queer indian neurodivergent girlie. I did my undergrad in english + certificate in translation (indian uni), postgrad in creative writing (russell grp uni, uk)

Known languages: raised with English (C1), Hindi (native but mid/bad), Telugu (native but bad + can’t read or write), Tamil (can hear and understand bits), and French (learnt formally but suck)

Languages I hope to learn real soon: Malayalam, Japanese, Urdu, Thai, BSL.

I also like conlangs, but I only make them for the novels i write.

I’m very much into dark academia and langblr and such, but I see the need for less eurocentrism. hence, this acc. plus finally learning my mother tongue: Telugu.

So... yeah.

[bcrgamvts]

INTRODUCING ... DANIKA CHAKRAVARTHY

FULL  NAME:  danika  chakravarthy

NICKNAMES:  dani

BIRTHDAY:  january  18,  1992

AGE:  thirty2

PRONOUNS:  she/her/hers

SEXUALITY:  bisexual  /  biromantic

OCCUPATION:  ghost  writer  /  video  game  concept  artist

HEIGHT:  5’9”

EYE  COLOR:  dark  brown

HAIR  COLOR:  black

BIRTHPLACE:  upper  west  side,  manhattan,  new  york  city

CURRENTLY  LIVES:  cardinal  hill

SPOKEN  LANGUAGES:  english,  telugu,  hindi,  &  spanish

FACECLAIM:  sobhita  dhulipala

BIOGRAPHY

danika  was  born  into  a  family  invested  in  literature�� —  her  father  a  longstanding  editor  for  random  house  before  its  big  merger  with  penguin  in  2013,  while  her  mother  is  a  beloved  gothic  and  victorian  literature  professor  at  columbia  university.  it  became  less  a  matter  if  danika  and  her  siblings  would  enjoy  reading  as  a  hobby,  but  when.  especially  since  books  were  oftentimes  scattered  around  the  brownstone  townhouse  the  bustling  family  lived  in,  from  the  novels  being  discussed  in  her  mother’s  courses,  to  the  manuscripts  in  her  father’s  office  that  danika  would  more  often  than  not  sneak  into  to  read.

creativity  was  embraced  in  the  chakravarthy  household,  but  not  to  an  extent  that  should  danika  or  her  siblings  find  more  academic  holding  in  stem  that  it  should  deter  them.  danika  herself  would  discover  her  dual  love  for  art  and  writing  at  an  early  age,  oftentimes  drawing  illustrations  to  work  alongside  the  short  stories  she  would  write.  she  remembers  the  encouragement  of  her  parents,  even  going  to  show  her  how  her  passion  for  her  two  skills  can  be  applied  to  many  creative  forms  whether  that  be  children’s  books,  comics,  or  even  graphic  novels.  to  danika,  her  artistic  ability  shined  brighter  than  her  storytelling  abilities.  for  this  reason  she  would  sharpen  her  focus  on  her  drawing  skills,  practicing  enough  and  enrolling  in  extracurricular  classes  that  would  allow  her  to  hone  in  on  her  craft.  her  parents’  income  allowed  for  danika  to  be  tutored  privately,  keeping  her  grades  up  across  the  board  so  she  could  later  on  apply  to  the  rhode  island  school  of  design  for  drawing.

high  school  fades  into  college  where  danika  does  go  on  to  pursue  an  illustration  degree  from  rhode  island  school.  during  this  time  she  still  writes,  dabbles  in  her  journal  with  short  stories  and  ideas  for  potential  future  writings,  but  that’s  all  she  ever  really  views  it  —  dabbling.  for  as  much  as  danika  would  like  to  write  her  own  book  and  have  a  finished  manuscript,  like  the  ones  that  look  at  home  on  her  father’s  desk  in  his  office,  danika  struggles  putting  the  pieces  together  to  form  a  full  and  cohesive  narrative.  or  so  she  tells  herself.  it’s  with  that  in  mind  that  she  decides  her  future  holds  best  a  career  that  showcases  her  art.  her  undergraduate  years  are  filled  with  hard  work  and  fun,  before  danika  is  walking  across  the  stage  with  her  degree  in  hand.

danika  takes  up  odd  jobs  here  and  there  in  the  first  three  years  post  college  when  she  moves  back  home  to  manhattan,  not  quite  feeling  fulfilled  at  what  she’s  doing  with  her  art  when  she  knows  she’s  capable  of  so  much  more.  it’s  on  a  whim  that  danika  decides  to  apply  at  a  video  game  company  for  their  open  concept  artist  position  despite  not  being  much  of  a  video  game  person  herself.  her  flair  for  details  between  conceptual  character  art  and  landscapes  is  what  earns  her  the  job  and  as  she  settles  in,  danika  comes  to  realize  that  she’s  found  her  place.

as  the  years  progress  and  danika  enters  her  late  twenties,  she  meets  her  partner  where  the  two  would  eventually  go  on  to  become  engaged.  danika  settles  into  her  career  with  a  promotion  and  pay  raise  before  slowly  dipping  her  toes  back  into  writing.  she  may  have  stopped  writing  in  her  journal  as  much,  but  it’s  with  the  insistence  of  her  father  that  she  doesn’t  bury  her  voice  and  somehow  finds  herself  in  the  side  gig  of  a  ghost  writer.  her  parents  both  think  danika  is  more  than  capable  of  fully  devoting  herself  to  writing  her  own  book  and  it  being  successful  on  its  own  merit,  but  for  now,  danika  is  happy  to  write  out  the  inner  machinations  of  someone  else's  mind.  danika  pushes  her  own  self  doubts  regarding  her  creativity  to  the  side  and  enjoys  the  budding  collection  on  her  bookshelf  of  books  she’s  technically  written,  but  have  the  name  of  someone  else.  the  books  act  as  a  physical  reminder  that  her  writing  is  good  enough  to  be  published  even  if  she  hasn’t  ever  taken  the  plunge  with  her  own  ideas.  danika  is  content  with  where  she  is  in  both  her  art  career  and  her  writing  pursuits.

in  terms  of  her  romantic  life,  danika  wishes  she  was  as  thriving  as  she  is  in  her  career.  she  and  her  partner  were  together  for  five  years  and  engaged  for  a  year  and  a  half  when  things  began  to  get  rocky.  her  partner  suggested  moving  to  their  hometown  of  blue  harbor,  illinois  due  to  their  new  job  offer  in  chicago.  both  believed  a  change  of  scenery  and  pace  was  what  their  relationship  needed.  fast  forward  eight  months  and  the  two  come  to  the  mutual  decision  to  end  their  relationship.  each  claim  a  differing  reason  as  to  why  they  grew  apart,  but  the  only  agreeable  bit  of  information  is  that  the  two  are  stuck  together  in  their  lease  for  another  few  months  since  whoever  breaks  it  is  responsible  to  their  share  of  rent  until  the  other  is  able  to  find  a  secondary  roommate  to  takeover,  or  pay  until  the  end  of  the  lease.  as  it’s  a  fairly  pricey  apartment,  neither  want  to  be  the  one  to  waste  their  money.

never  one  to  retreat  with  her  tail  between  her  legs,  danika  keeps  her  complaints  to  the  confines  of  her  family  and  is  sticking  it  out  in  hopes  of  moving  onto  the  next  chapter  of  her  life  soon.  sharing  an  apartment  with  your  now  ex  is  less  than  desirable,  but  danika  is  hoping  that  it  at  least  builds  character.  now  she’s  stuck  in  the  town  of  her  ex  and  his  family,  wishing  she  was  back  in  manhattan  but  also  slowly  growing  to  enjoy  blue  harbor.  to  her,  it  feels  almost  like  a  betrayal  with  how  her  life  flipped  since  arriving  and  she  tells  herself  once  her  lease  comes  due  in  four  months  that  her  bags  will  be  packed  once  again  for  new  york.

[balladedutempsjadis]

Ever since I saw Ponniyin Selvan, I’ve been on a quest to watch many Tamil movies, since I think the last Tamil film I watched before the PS saga was Kandukondain Kandukondain (that was at a time when I was watching Jane Austen adaptations non-stop!) I’ve been choosing in a rather erratic way from films that either were directed by Mani Ratnam or starred Trisha, Vikram, Aishwarya Rai Bacchan, Jayam Ravi, Karthi or Jeyaram. (As far as I’m aware, neither Aishwarya Lakshmi nor Shobhita Dhulipala have acted in other Tamil movies? I do have Shobhita’s Prime show to watch though.)

The other actors whose movies I’m also watching are Vijay Sethupathi and Samantha Prabhu because I saw their acting in “Farzi” and “The Family Man” (both Hindi-language OTT series directed and produced by two Telugu gentlemen so really very all-India!) After I watched Thani Oruvan, I added Nayanthara and Aravind Swamy to the list so … basically, I’m set for like the next 20 years ;)

Sometimes I get lucky and two of the actors are in THE SAME MOVIE. Which brings me to the fact that I watched “Unnakum Ennakum” last night, and my goodness, Arulmozhi Varman and Kundavai Devi were SUCH BABIES in this film. (Also, much closer to the ages of their characters in Kalki’s novel - Arulmozhi Varman is 19 and Kundavai is 21, and Aditha Karikalan is 25 … so yeah.) This movie came out in 2006 so I think Trisha was 23-24 and Ravi was about 25-26?

Farming is HARD WORK, y’all, but this boy was willing to collect cow dung in his bare hands for the sake of Trisha. And who wouldn’t! (Vandiyadevan would die for her, but would he plow and plant rice and milk cows? Hmm?)

This picture is for contrast! They’re still beautiful, but definitely not playing 19-21 year olds any more :)

[lunar-serpentinite]

Introductory Post

Hello ~ I'm Cloud and welcome to my blog !

My pronouns are they/them ! I don't really have hard no's for gendered terms used to refer to me .

I'm a '02-liner (meaning i was born in 2002) and from Southeast Asia . I am currently in uni studying Geology and I use my spare time to think about my hyperfixations <3

I'm neurodivergent and I usually vibe on my own but I'm open to chats ! I'm bad at replying though so don't be afraid to bump up messages

I've been on Tumblr since 2012 but this is the first time I have ever tried to be more active instead of keeping in the background .

Fuck JKR !!

Free Palestine, Free Congo, Free Sudan, free everyone who has suffered and are currently suffering under a capitalistic, warmongering white supremacist society . Never stop talking about the genocides and human rights injustices currently happening around the world . Share, save, boycott, educate, donate when and if you can !

Current Fixations / Interests / Fandoms

Harry Potter (specifically the character himself, as well as Drarry)

MXTX Novels

Percy Jackson

ATEEZ

Genshin Impact, Honkai Star Rail

Disclaimer

(Especially for those who are particularly focused on Harry Potter canon and/or certain dynamics.)

In my headcanons and posts, I will stretch canon pretty thinly. I will rewrite and redo huge chunks of what we know as the Harry Potter canon. This includes huge changes in the history, the timeline, and the ethnicities of a lot of characters (read: majority of the characters we know in my AU are now BIPOC). Everything I am doing is purely for my own enjoyment and I just wanted to share the things I made with anyone who wanted to have a read.

I do not follow any Marauders fandom headcanons nor do I consider myself part of the fandom . This means my Lilys and Jameses will have vastly different friend groups than what you're used to if you're from the Marauders fandom .

If you're particular about dynamics, I am a fixed DMHP account . I don't post NSFW on this blog since I focus on worldbuilding and more SFW character building, but I'm just throwing this out there :3

Have a good day ! (My AUs under the cut)

Current AUs

Nandhini's Legacy - my main AU and the reason why I made this blog in the first place ! This is a Harry Potter AU where the Potter family are South Indian (specifically Tamil [James] and Telugu [Lily]) and the Black family are SWANA . New elements in the story include entirely new fancasts for the entire cast, the introduction of a Magical British Museum (the new primary antagonist besides Lord Voldemort), OC siblings for characters like Harry and Pansy, and several timeline changes .

Related Links : Families Masterlist, Fancast, Main Tag

pls ask me abt this au i have so much to say

Son of Hecate Harry AU - a PJO x HP crossover AU where Harry was born to Lily and James but with the additional blood from Hecate . In this AU he was taken away from the Dursleys by a satyr and raised in Camp Half-Blood . By the time he arrives at Hogwarts, Harry has already undergone one quest and is only at the institution because of another prophecy (not Trelawney's) . He is accompanied by fellow demigods and witches Yurika Haneda (Slytherin, Hermes) and Poppy Caxton (Hufflepuff, Athena)

My Mortal Companion - the AU in which post-War, Harry retains his title as Master of Death and believes his next destiny is to be the sole Unspeakable in the Death Room since he's the "only one who could do it" . Features Harry's relationships and dynamics with various psychopomps and death deities of diverse pantheons

Related Links : Main Tag

Favourite of the Fae Harry AU - an AU where Harry is highly favoured by the Fair Folk of Great Britain, but only in the way a human might highly favour what they deem a particularly cute pet . Includes tidbits of Harry being his mother's son because Lily was their previous favourite, and Harry having difficulties with socialising in the "proper" human way because he was used to the constant transactional socialising of the Fae

[bollywoodirect]

51 Years of Yash Chopra's Daag (27/04/1973). Produced and directed by Yash Chopra in his debut as a producer, the film laid the foundation of Yash Raj Films. Story by Gulshan Nanda Dialogue by Akhtar-Ul-Iman. It is an adaptation of the 1886 Thomas Hardy novel, The Mayor of Casterbridge. The movie features Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore, and Raakhee in lead roles, with supporting actors Madan Puri, Kader Khan, Prem Chopra, Master Raju and A.K. Hangal. Daag was made at the height of Rajesh Khanna's popularity and became a blockbuster at the box office. Songs by Laxmikant Pyarelal and Sahir Ludhianvi. The film was later remade into the Telugu film Vichitra Jeevitham (1978), and it marked Kader Khan's debut as an actor. Dilip Kumar giving muhurt shot of Daag.

[alien-chicken-baby]

I want to apologize to every dubbed movie/series ive watched, translation IS hard

Like, i bought the demon slayer manga box cuz i thought itd be cool and my greatgrandma shows up and asks me “why don’t you buy me story books as well?” and like all the telugu books on amazon are biography type shit, not actual novels. She doesnt want those. So she asks me “why don’t you translate your comic books to telugu for me?” and I was like HELL YEAH CHALLENGE ACCEPTED

bruh its so hard?? 

like tanjiro’s mom thanks him for working hard right?? but how tf do i translate that to telugu. Like dhanyavadamulu is too formal. It isnt something a mother would say to her son on a daily basis

TELUGUS PLEASE HELP ME WHAT DO I WRITE IT AS?????

like dude, “nuvvu roju ento kashtapadutunnavu, dhanyavadamulu.” DOES THAT SOUND LIKE SOMETHING A MOM WOULD SAY TO HER SON??? TOO FORMAL I TELL YOU!!!

[dreamsofnightmares2035]

kapil sharma PS-1 extras

(bear in mind, not fully fluent in hindi here!)

[0:17]

kapil: a big round of applause for our guests!

my question is to all of you. [to the audience] you might already know, they're making a big-budget film.

[to the actors] so when you found out that the budget is so big, did you tell your actual price to the producers or did you add some ten thousand to it, like it's fine, it's already so expensive, let us ask for a little more as well? or did the producers say, we're making PS-1 now, there will be PS-2,3,4,5 so please lower your rate a little?

i heard from [somebody] that those who weren't lowering their rates would be dying in the war scenes in the film. is it true, sir?

vikram: yeah, yeah, definitely. 

-

vikram: you can say amitabh sir's dialogue; "i can talk english, i can walk english, i can speak english" (dialogue from the movie 'namak halaal' in 1982; i think they cut to when they're talking about kapil's english)

archana: [kapil] can flirt english! anytime! 

kapil: i can what?

archana: you can flirt english. hindi, punjabi, sindhi, marathi, all!

kapil: thanks, thanks, pleasure. okay, you know that this film is based on kalki's novel and it's a 2600 page novel. so did you read the script or read the novel? and if you read the novel, how many days did it take you to read such a long novel?

sobhita: there are five books, each of them this thick.

kapil: you read the whole thing?

sobhita: yes.

vikram: half payment is for reading the novel.

kapil: for [a book] that long, actually yeah! 

vikram: and exercise also with that.

kapil: you read the book in seven days.

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archana: about trisha, do you know this?

trisha: so actually, my first film in telugu, "nee manasu naku telusu" ('i know your heart/mind'), in that film, archana ji was my mother; and she's very hot, and the role was of a hot mom, so…

kapil: until now, there's no one in the industry who has said they haven't worked with archana ji. 

trisha: that's true.

kapil: some people were saying that when the british left in 1947, she was standing at the main gate to see them off.

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[2:24] to [8:11] is the game, as per this post.

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from [8:12]

kapil: karthi sir posted this photo. 

[reads comments] 

"it looks like they're pulling the TC (ticket collector for trains) aside to confirm their ticket on the waiting list"

(reply to above) "hey, that's not the TC, that's the director; they're confirming their roles"

please show more.

"karthi sir's smile is telling that his next scene is a romantic one"

"director be like: you're doing all the romance scenes; what share are we getting? take out a couple thousand [rupees]"

please show more.

[trisha's post]

"it seems like the producer is coming to discuss the budget, so she's taken out all the awards and put them there"

[another trisha post]

"by standing on that cake, you could even fix the ceiling fan"

[another trisha post]

"madam, a question: in horse riding, does the horse burn calories or does the person sitting on the horse burn calories?"

"you give your helmet to the horse and put on the horse's ears on yourself, then your height will be as much as the horse; free advice, there's no fees"

[jayam's post]

jayam sir posted a photo; back to doing what i do best. please show the comments below.

"i can also drive a tractor well; you are a good actor also"

"seeing the lion behind you, i remembered i have to (not sure what the word means exactly but i'm assuming it's some type of consumption) drink two bottles of glucose"

"sir, i have to shift my house, will you give your tractor? dm me the charges"

"he's also waiting for the ride; it won't move forward until the trolley is full (of people)"

please show more.

[sobhita's post]

oh this is anurag sir? (a filmmaker) show the comments.

sobhita: i'm feeling scared.

kapil: "boys are like this only. even if their own leg is broken, they are always ready to give a support to a girl" (referring to the fact that in the picture, anurag's leg is in a cast, and he's letting sobhita lean against him)

"sobhita ji, from looking at your shoes, it seems like you came straight from school"

(reply to above) "in that sense, then anurag ji looks like he just came after getting beat up"

please show more.

karthi: it's scary when it scrolls, huh?

kapil: "it looks like whoever they trusted and came to france, that person isn't picking up their phone" (because it looks like they're stranded somewhere)

"i have also sat like this is a foreign country; people started giving me money"

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[stephaniedola]

Top 5 films?

[rubs hands together]

ok im not gonna count my like all time fav memey comfort movies (see: the lorax, popstar: never stop never stopping) im gonna try and go with like real films. also my taste changes all the time so this is not a hard and fast list

Love & Mercy - biopic about Brian Wilson from the beach boys, portrayed in a really unique way bouncing between his 20ish year-old self at the height of his career and developing drug-induced psychosis, and his 50+ self meeting the woman who would someday be his wife while still in the clutches of an abusive conservatorship. i've never seen a movie depict either a famous persons life OR a cluster B disorder so well and with such love, mercy, and respect. if you long for better biopics, just watch love and mercy. i wasnt even a beach boys fan and i still watched it. the movie converted me and now pet sounds is like my fav album. oh and paul dano plays young brian

Fight Club - yeah yeah i know this seems like a weird choice but im just obsessed with the lore of fight club, both the book and the film. i think it was really well done and if you actually read it the way its meant to be read its just such a good time. fuck capitalism, fuck consumerism, DID is a bitch. also my main man Eddy Nortz is there so need i say more

A Clockwork Orange - this is another one of those "the book is better but the film still killed it" kind of situations. i just really like the themes and cinematography. sometimes you just want to sit down and watch some good old fashioned ultraviolence with a side of fascist overthrow and government brainwashing. ive yet to find another novel/film to truly dig into what "bad" and "good" really mean and whether forced reform is possible if the persons mind never truly changes. also i stan malcolm macdowell

RRR - right now im really just vibing with it. it ticked all the boxes i love in an action movie and in a drama. not the mention the absolute banger of a soundtrack. the friendship/romance between rambheem is so iconic and i can tell its gonna be one of those films i return to time and time again. if anyone has a link to the telugu dub pls lmk i cry that i can only find it in hindi (the songs r so much better in telugu)

The Princess Bride - arguably just my #1 never-changing favorite movie, but honestly its so ubiquitous it feels weird to give it that title. how can the princess bride be my favorite movie when its just a part of who i am? i know almost every line verbatim. i've seen it more times than i can even count. its a classic. i adore it. but, at the end of the day its not the kind of movie that can move me because it barely even feels like a movie at all. its more like just, a way of life

[mplanetleaf]

చతుర్నేత్రుడు Part 38 Chaturnetrudu Folklore Novel సొరంగమార్గం

[keralatour10]

The Faces Who Made Kerala Proud

Kerala boasts the highest literacy rate in India and as per the latest census it has a projection of 94%. With the sobriquets ‘God’s Own Country’, ‘Land of Coconut’ and ‘Spice Garden of India’, Kerala has always been in the limelight from the perspective of tourism. Thanks to its incredible geographical features. Although being a small state, occupying around 1% of India’s total area, Kerala is always presented as an honorary example for its rich culture, education, ayurveda and other development. Kerala has also given rise to several personalities who have made Kerala and India tremendously proud.

P T Usha - Frequently called ‘Queen of Indian Track and Field’, P. T. Usha was born in Kozhikode, Kerala on 27th June, 1964. Nicknamed the Golden Girl, P T Usha has been associated with Indian Athletes since 1979. She had an illustrious career in athletics and won 33 international medals. In 1984 she was honoured with the Arjuna Award and the Padma Shree Award. The Indian Olympic Association has crowned her with the name ‘Sportsperson of the Century’.

Raja Ravi Varma - Raja Ravi Varma was born on April 29, 1948, in Kilimanoor Palace, Kerala, and is the most celebrated artist in the history of Indian Arts. His artistic talent was exposed at a young age by his uncle who provided him the elementary guidance. He got exposure to various art forms and himself mastered portraits, portrait-based compositions and myths and legends-based theatrical compositions. Ravi Varma received the first prize at the Madras Painting Exhibition in 1873. Shakuntala Composing a Love Letter to King Dushyanta, Damayanti Talking to a Swan and many more are among the famed paintings of Ravi Varma.

Dr. K J Yesudas - A notable Indian classical musician and playback singer, Yesudad was born in Fort Kochi, on January 10, 1940. His musical voice has recorded more than 40,000 songs in Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Gujarati, Marathi, Odiya, Arabic, English, Russian, Latin and many more. Initially, Yesudas was groomed by his own father Augustine Joseph, who was a classical musician and a stage actor, and later he joined the Music Academy. His career started with playback singing in Malayalam and Kollywood movies in the 1960s and in the mid-1970s, he set his foot in the Bollywood industry. Yesudas garnered 7 National Film Awards for the best singer in Indian Cinema.

Arundhati Roy - A renowned novelist and political activist, Arundhati Roy was borned on 24th November, 1961. Although she took birth in Shillong, she shifted to Kerala, to her mother’s maternal house at the age of 2, and completed her schooling there. She has won several awards both for her writing talent and social work. Arundhati Roy began her career by writing the screenplay ‘In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones’ in 1989, which was directed by her husband Pradip Krishen. Her semi-autobiographical novel ‘The God of Small Things’ in 1996 brought her worldwide fame and received the Booker Prize in 1997. 

Vidya Balan - The popular Indian actress was born on 1st January, 1978, in Palakkad, Kerala. She has played the role of a strong female protagonist in several movies. In 2005 she acted in the movie Parineeta and received the Filmfare Award for best female debut. Paa is yet another notable movie of Vidya Balan which brought her the Filmfare best actress award. Vidya Balan was honoured with the Padma Shri award in 2014 for her meticulous contributions to Indian Cinema. 

Almost every travel enthusiast’s bucket list in India contains a trip to Kerala. Your Kerala Tour Booking will provide a detailed overview of the unique landscapes of Kerala, but familiarising with these personalities and their achievements is worth cherishing the talents of India. There are many more individuals who inscribed their identity in Indian history for their distinguished attributes. 

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moral stories for kids in tamil

Certainly! Here's a moral story for kids in English with a Tamil cultural touch:

Title: The Wise Elephant and the Clever Ant

Once upon a time, in a dense forest in Tamil Nadu, there lived a wise old elephant named Kavi. Kavi was known for his intelligence and kind heart. He was respected by all the animals in the forest.

One hot summer day, a clever ant named Arasi approached Kavi with a request. "Dear Kavi, our anthill is in danger because of the dry weather. The water sources are drying up, and we are struggling to find food. Can you help us, wise one?"

Kavi, with his compassionate eyes, nodded. "Do not worry, Arasi. I will find a solution to your problem."

Kavi thought for a while and then came up with a brilliant idea. He called all the animals in the forest for a meeting and explained the situation. "We must work together to overcome this challenge," he said.

Kavi suggested that the animals dig a channel from the nearby river to the anthill, ensuring a steady supply of water. The animals were inspired by Kavi's wisdom and agreed to help. Elephants used their strong trunks to dig, monkeys climbed trees to cut branches, and birds carried leaves to cover the channel.

As the work progressed, the unity among the animals grew stronger. They laughed and shared stories while working together. Even the wise old owl, Athulya, was impressed by the collaboration.

Finally, the channel was ready, and water started flowing towards the anthill. Arasi and her fellow ants were overjoyed. They thanked Kavi and the other animals for their selfless help.

The lesson of the story is clear – teamwork and unity can overcome even the most challenging situations. The animals in the Tamil Nadu forest learned that by working together, they could achieve great things and ensure the well-being of their community.

And so, the wise old elephant, Kavi, continued to be a guiding light in the forest, teaching everyone the importance of compassion, teamwork, and unity.

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March 2023 Wrap-up: 1920s

(You can read more about the challenge on my post introducing the challenge. Basically, Reading Through the Decades is a year-long reading challenge where we read books - and explore other media - from the 1900s to the 2020s, decade-by-decade.)

Hoo boy, this month was a terrible month for me! There’s been so much turbulence going on in my life that I barely had time to concentrate on this reading challenge. I’d much rather just forget this past month ever happened, and just forge ahead to, hopefully, better times ahead.

So, without further ado, here’s...

What I Enjoyed This Month

🎬 RRR (2022), dir. S. S. Rajamouli -> An Indian Telugu-language epic action drama film, RRR centres around fictional versions of two legendary Indian revolutionaries, their friendship, and their fight against the British Raj. -> Just. Three hours of pure dopamine. It might be because I’ve seen a total of three Indian movies before this, but this was a type of movie that I have honestly never seen before. Totally unreal, absolutely delightful. Full of ridiculously improbable and cool action scenes, energetic music and singing, vibrant cinematography. Just a really awesome movie, and a wonderful story about resistance to colonialism.

📖 The Great Gatsby: A Graphic Novel Adaptation (1925/2021), K. Woodman-Maynard, based on the novel of F. Scott Fitzgerald -> A sumptuously illustrated adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's great American novel, painted in lush watercolours. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, the novel depicts the narrator’s interactions with a mysterious millionaire and his obsession to reunite with his former lover. -> Lovely art! I’ve had Gatsby on my TBR list for literal ages but I’ve never really been that interested in actually reading it. I only had a very hazy idea of what the novel is actually about - empty rich people partying and a green light. (I’ve never seen an adaptation of Gatsby either.) So, when I found out about this graphic novel adaptation, I thought it would be the perfect chance to quickly get the gist of the story without reading the whole thing. In the end, I actually really sort of liked the story (what can I say, musings on and criticisms of the class system are my thing), and now I do actually kinda want to read the whole damn thing... So, didn’t get to cross that off my TBR yet... 😪

🎬 The Immigrant (2013), dir. James Gray -> After her sister is quarantined at Ellis Island, a Polish woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville by a theater manager who moonlights as a pimp, until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister. -> I was surprised? I was expecting something much more conventional from this, but the movie ended up being deeper and more interesting than I expected. Stories about sisters get to me, I guess. And stories about going through hard times and tough situations yet still persisting through it all, and about power and abuse.

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Apropos of nothing.

Random luck of the universe, indeed.

FILM AWARDS SEASON CHECK-IN Part Deux - No Spoilers

THE GOOD GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY- People can like - or not like - what they want. I can only control what I like. But when I read about people who didn't like GLASS ONION I just think, "Do you just not like fun?" This is a fun film. It's hilarious. I think it improves greatly on KNIVES OUT, which I felt was overpraised. It loosens up Daniel Craig's Benoît Blanc giving him a personality instead of letting his accent do all the work. I found it very clever and entertaining and if Rian Johnson can continue to improve on these films, I would love to see more outings with the character.

THE MENU: Another fun film. Dark comedy directed by Mark Mylod (SUCCESSION) and written by late night comedy writers Seth Reiss and Will Tracy ( which is remarkable because there is nothing less funny than light night comedy). Centered around a group of strangers who congregate for a night of high dining under Chef Slowik (Ralph Fiennes who can always be trusted to bring dry wit to the table). While I love Anya Taylor-Joy, I think too many of her characters - or rather, how she plays them - are too one-note; too cool and even-keel. Ralph Fiennes continues to be a delightful actor. BABYLON: A stunner. Maybe it's because I love Old Hollywood and loved all the touches and references to that era (Margot Robbie's character is a nod to Clara Bow, even using a quote attributed to Bow as one of her lines. Brad Pitt is drawn after John Gilbert; Jean Smart a Louella Parsons type).

The trailers can't do all 3 hours and 9 minutes of the film justice, but I think it encapsulates the journey the film takes.

People are already dismissing it as a fawning love story to Hollywood and they're not wrong, but it is a film that doesn't litigate the past. It shows all the seediness within Old Hollywood. The heartbreaking desperation of those who dreamt of being stars. It's an unconditional love of accepting an era warts and all. Margot Robbie gives it 1000% percent. Paramount is running Robbie as Lead and while there are some tremendous female lead performances this season -Olivia Colman in EMPIRE OF LIGHT, Danielle Deadwyler in TILL, Cate Blanchett in TÁR and Michelle Williams in THE FABLEMANS. While I want Danielle Deadwyler to win, I would be so happy if Robbie did. I can't imagine Emma Stone had this role before her. As great as Stone is I don't see that character as richly drawn if it had been another actress doing it.

More films. NO SPOILERS.

RRR: This film is what people meant by crowd-pleaser. My audience was so hyped during this film. Spontaneous clapping and cheers all throughout the film. We were all joined in our love for the over-the-top action, the comedy and the smiting of British soldiers. Like BABYLON, it's a bit over 3 hours but doesn't feel like it. The leads, the story, the action is outstanding. CGI? A bit dodgy, but it's so deliriously fun.

It is on Netflix but as their US distributor stated at the screening Netflix has dubbed it into Hindi instead of using the original Telugu, so if you want the real deal it is in theaters.

WHITE NOISE: I like films that takes big swings and this and BARDO: FALSE CHRONICLES AND A HANDFUL OF TRUTHS certainly do that and for that alone it makes me love a film. Noah Baumbach's adaptation of Don DeLillo's novel. It was once consider not filmable but Baumbach assembled a great cast to give it the old college try.

The cast makes it work. Much like Cate Blanchett in TÁR who masterfully delivers dialogue that could easily be sedam Driver is able to make it entertaining. Same with Gerwig, Don Cheadle...essentially the entire cast (which includes Andre "3000" Benjamin and Jodi Turner-Smith in small roles, and younger actors Raffey Cassidy and Sam and May Nivola (children of Emily Mortimer and Alessandro Nivola).

Gerwig and Danny Elfman on panel.

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT: Searing look at the brutality of a war and the folly of men who sacrifice people lives just for their own glory and gain. This is the first film role for Felix Kammerer who got it straight out of theatre school. He is devastating as a teen solider who realizes too late that he and his friends have been sold a bill a goods about the nature of war. Director Edward Berger (with Felix Kammerer and Daniel Bruhl who executive produced the film and has a role in it)

It's brutal but that's what I loved about it. War should not be glossed over and glamorized. THE PALE BLUE EYE: I am putting this in the GOOD pile even though it probably belongs in the MEH pile because I have never been disappointed in a Christian Bale/Scott Cooper collaboration. This could have been better as it drags in the middle, but it is a promising film and Bale is never not good.

Bale and Scott Cooper

Adaptation of Louis Bayard's novel about a retired detective (Bale) who teams up with a West Point cadet by the name of Edgar Allen Poe (Henry Melling, THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS, THE OLD GUARD, Harry Potter whichever film) to uncover the murder of a cadet. I liked the idea of a Sherlock-ian Poe but the film is a pretty straight-forward mystery; as grey as its scenery. But Bale and Melling (who is one of my new favourite actors) are so good. THE MEH THE SON- Florian Zeller's companion piece to THE FATHER. In a lot of ways this is a better film than THE FATHER because I preferred the performances in this more. I think Sir Anthony Hopkins chews the paint off of scenery and I felt he teetered on hamminess in THE FATHER, but he has one scene in this (and a standout scene in ARMAGEDDON TIME) that shows why he's so great...when he manages to not go full ACTOR. Vanessa Kirby is also impressive. However, for me it felt like the cast was trying to wring some emotionality from this dry, mediocre script and for that they should be applauded. On the merits of the story itself, I think PSAs have more heart. THE FABLEMANS - There's been some comparisons of Steven Spielberg's THE FABLEMANS to Alejandro González Iñárritu's BARDO: FALSE CHRONICLES AND A HANDFUL OF TRUTHS because both films are film à clefs, both films are viewed as indulgent (THE FABLEMANS at a 2 1/2 hours; BARDO 2 hours and 54 minutes (apparently there is a cut that has 20 minutes shaved off, but I saw the longer one).

But if I had to choose one over the other I would go with BARDO. Yes, it is so abstract at times, so surreal and yes, indulgent, but it's not safe. THE FABLEMANS is safe. It's covered in bubble wrapped and handled with gloves. It's behind protective glass it's so safe. For a movie about his love of film and family, Spielberg and co-writer Tony Kushner seems to keep the passion at arms length. But there were high points. Michelle Williams is terrific and the storyline about the parents is much more interesting than anything about young Steven...I mean, Sammy's, life. SHE SAID: This could have been and, perhaps, should have been a TV movie. My issue with the film isn't really the film itself. The acting is fine but staid (with the exception of Samantha Morton who only is in one scene and blows everyone else out the water), the story functional, not unlike reading an article. But it was hard to view the film on its merits when the absurdity of a film saluting the women who exposed Harvey Weinstein, yet it is coming from an industry that shielded Weinstein and rewarded him all the while. DEVOTION: Based on Adam Makos' biography "Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice" about the camaraderie between Ensign Jesse Brown and Lt. Tom Hudner (played by Jonathan Majors and Glen Powell, respectively)

In many ways I liked DEVOTION better then the other films on this list. It's a throwback to old war films which is to say it's not about battle, it's about friendship and duty and valor. Great chemistry amongst the cast, you completely buy the friendship between Brown and Hudner. It is it a solid film. Sony is really pushing it there have been tons of screenings like one hosted by JJ Abrams, another by Amanda Seyfried whose husband Thomas Sadowski costars (and is quite good in it).

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Sraavyam Naapranaya Kaavyam by Nadigatla Haribabu

About the Book When someone is in the state of choosing one between Young love which is ignited by the tender flames of passion and boundless hope, and the enduring flame of parents' love which illuminates the path for growth, teaching life's lessons, and celebrating each milestone with unbridled pride, What drives the hearts of those embarking on the journey of ultimate love of parents and themselves is all about story. It's an exploration of discovery, where two souls intertwine, creating an exquisite symphony of emotions without compromising the ethics and values of self and family. About the Author Nadigatla Haribabu is a writer by passion and soldier by profession in the INDIAN AIR FORCE, whose love for his mother tongue Telugu emerged at an early age, belong to the village called Saitharupeta in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Haribabu intertwines his expertise with his creative vision, crafting captivating narratives that resonate with readers. When not immersed in the world of words, he enjoys social service, which we will also find in the novel, drawing inspiration from diverse experiences to infuse depth into his writing. Haribabu's words in his writing reflect his dedication to making a meaningful impact on society through his work. Shop Now on Amazon, Flipkart and BlueroseOne