A to Z Challenge - Day 26 - Zest!

Zest - a feeling you feel when you're going to feel a feeling that you have never felt before!!

Your crush having a crush on you may be imagination. Yet the feeling you get when you know that its real,is zest.

Engineering students know this feel well than any others. The feeling you get when clear the semester. Specially the Engineering Mathematics paper.

The feeling you get when your bestie too hates the person whom you hates the most.

That feeling you get when your wife and mom go hand in hand with each other!

The feeling when you accomplish something out of your passion.
Yes, it's zest for me on completing this A-Z Challenge successfully!! 

A to Z Challenge - Day 25 - You are responsible..!

It was midnight. The clock stuck half past 1. Vidya started from her office after finishing that day's work. She worked in Pacific timings shift. She dialled the number of cab driver who used to drop her at home regularly. Unfortunately, he felt sick and no cabs were available for her return to her Abode.

With her nerves bundled, she came to her office entrance searching for an alternate mode of transport. She saw her friend, Vijay approaching towards her. Having heard her problem, he accompanied her till the nearest bus stop and arranged her an auto. She expressed her gratitude. He gently refused it by saying "You're my friend. It's my responsibility to take care of you. Reach home safe and don't hesitate to ring me up incase of any problems"

While going in auto, her heart panicked.  Media shows up some of the auto drivers with negative image. And that's the root cause for her fear. After reaching her apartment, the driver didn't charge extra fare for the late night trip which many of them used to do. She thanked him for that. He in return said " Sister! Your safety is my responsibility. Take care" 

Her apartment watch man who was deep in his sleep, woke up on hearing the sounds at the gate. He accompanied Vidya till her flat without hearing a word when she refused. She felt sorry for awakening him from his sleep and said him the same. He politely replied as "You're like my daughter. Your safety is important to me. Its my responsibility " . She smiled back.

Even if she's not your sibling,girlfriend, friend or daughter, she is your fellow citizen. And you're responsible for her to lead a secured and peaceful life!

A to Z Challenge - Day 24 - Mr X!

Dear Mr X,
Its said that, "When wrong people leaves your life, right things begin to happen" and that's 100% true in my case. 
Thank you for making me tolerate everything!
Thank you for making me to judge people!
Thank you for making me to trust myself!
Thank you for bringing out the determination that was latent inside me!
Thank you for making me more courageous that I can bear anything now!
Thank you for making me to get along with negative minded people!
Thank you for showing your true colour at the earliest and saved my energy & money!
Thank you for shattering my heart that I have found the one who would love me to bits and pieces!

The girl who was once dependent on you for silly matters is now leading her life by all herself. Your words didn't make her weak. It made her even stronger. Consider yourself unlucky. For you have lost the person who loved you the most. I am indeed lucky that way. For I have lost the person who never loved me. 

Your departure led me to find my better half. Infact the best half. The one who loves me along with my past. The one who is solely responsible for my future. He expects nothing but my love. He never finds fault in me. Rather considers them as blunder and gives me the solution. I would miss you at times. But I never want you back.

Finally, Thanks a lot for going out of my life which made me to realise what TRUE LOVE is!!

Having read this, Vijay hugged his wife and placed a gentle kiss on her forehead with his eyes moist! Tears of love perhaps!

A to Z Challenge - Day 23 - Wedding Scenes.!

Wedding is a lovely platform for achieving greater heights. It's a strong basement which gives rise to even stronger building of life. Yet one can witness many funny scenes in a Tambrahm wedding. Given are the ones which attract/anger/entertain me in a Tambrahm wedding.

Advice sessions:
There will be many uncles, rather Mamas who would advise you on anything. Right from your academics to 'How to eat payasam?' they would give you loads n loads of advice! Right from rocket science to atomic stuff, they know anything and everything!
Some random mama to you: "Ena pa? Enga work pandraai?"
You: " XYZ company "
He: "Haan! Adhuva? Increment ae kuduka matene. Ennodu *some complicated relative* anga daan See Eee Ohh ah irkan. Konjam pathu pana choldren" 
And you would have a wide grin in your face.

Match - Making sessions:
Some mama and mami have no other work than fixing matches for the youth attending the event. Though the guy and the girl is no way related to them, they would try to match them out. Next kalyanam saapadu avaalku ready you see!

Showing - off sessions:
Right from the hight school girls to the middle aged lifshtick valinjing aunties, everyone shows off. Be it their diamond nosepin, silk saree, the branded foot wear, aadi thallubadi bag, those jasmine flowers amidst their plait or wig... They would show off like they have won 'The Miss World' award!

Photo sessions:
Taking selfies have become a regular habit these days. In a wedding you can witness many crazy poses. The girls at the reception with that cliche hand on hip pose. The couple and their friends with 'V' pose. The couple and their family with formal attention pose. Needless to say about the people who pose as if it's a candid one.

Food session:
The long wait after tolerating the above mentioned troubles, changes your mood when you hear the words " Saapadu ready!" 
My sole purpose to attend a wedding is for that delicious yummy three course meal! The pace of my heart beat increase as I see a lot of food items arranged in a banana leaf before me. Payasam is the king of desserts. Tambrahm wedding la andha rasam saadham sapadra sogame thani! 

At the end of the event, everyone's heart feels heavy when they see this scene of bride hugging her family with tear-filled eyes.! 

A to Z Challenge - Day 22 - Vote.

As Tamil Nadu elections are nearing, we can witness a lot of changes in our surroundings. The things which the government or opposition party had not done in these 5 years would be done just 5 months before the election. Sometimes I used to feel that we could have an election once in a 5 months rather than years by noticing these activities.

During the election manifesto, every party used to promise that they would make the nation better. Yet all their words would be in vain once they win. At the time of campaign, You would get some amount and goodies from those people. These days people are given some 5000 bucks by the candidate who contests. This 5000 is not for that particular day. That's for the entire 5 long years to come. So, if you divide that 5000₹ to all the days in forthcoming 5 yrs, you would end up having 0.27 paise per day. So do you want to sell yourself for just 0.27 paise??

A good ruling party must be set up so that every citizen gets his own rights. People must survive without the fear of theft,kidnapping or murder. Old men going for early morning walk should return home safe. A woman attending a function wearing a jewel must return home safe.  A common man should return from his office safe. A young college girl should return home safe. A kid must return from his school vacation safe. To be precise, the place where we live must be filled with safety and harmony. Henceforth, a good ruling party should be framed that makes the nation a better place to live in!

So, think not twice yet thrice before you vote. Not to be carried away by the fake promises and false oaths. Caste your Vote but never Vote your Caste!!

A to Z Challenge - Day 21 - US Days!!!

This is not about the days when I was there in the US of A! I had never been there. This is an inspiration from Anjali Menon's current flick, Bangalore Days!

Its about three cousins who are as close as Bread and butter. I can very well relate the movie's story to mine. A guy who is very ambitious and career oriented. Another guy who is concerned about his passion and thrives for it. One fun loving girl who likes adventures and always roam around.

We had spent a lot of time together during our childhood days. They both always prank me as I was the youngest. Pulling each other's leg in front of our parents just to have fun. Crazy ideas for escaping from the tantrums of elders. They make fun of innocence and in return, I irritate them by my mischievous behaviour!

I still remember the days when they taught me everything and helped me in my academics. Every time when I asked silly doubts, they clear it with an immense patience. They have taught me hell a lot of real life lessons too. Right from a simple arithmetic problem to the disputes in my relationship problem, they gave the most simple solution. They were there to support me even when my own parents didn't. Those are the two idiots whom I love to the moon and back. 

Now, my elder brother is a researcher in US and the younger one is pursuing his MS in the same nation. If I get any chance of settling there through an onsite opportunity or my PG (definitely not by marrying a US groom), Anjali Menon, am sorry, I bet that our US Days would be better than your Bangalore Days!!

A to Z Challenge - Day 20 - Tirunelveli!!

First of all, it's Tirunelveli! Not 'Thirunelveli' , 'Thirunelvelli' and definitely not 'Tirunalveli' ! I am an avid lover of my hometown that even misspelling its name makes me angry

I will be on my cloud nine whenever I get back to my hometown during vacation. The feeling I get when I see the "Tirunelveli Junction " name board in the Railway station can't be expressed in words. The first thing I do while going home, is to have a big glass of water. I always doubt if water from Thamirabharani river has some unique taste. That's why our own trademark, Iruttu kadai halwa is that sweet! 

The halwa got its name as Iruttu kadai halwa as there's only one bulb hung in the shop. There's only one small shop in the entire city. The crowd goes crazy for this like any other stuff. For the sale starts around 5 pm every evening and huge gallons of alwa gets sold around 6:30 pm during weekdays and 5:45 pm during the weekends. I have always wondered about this.

As our city is near to many waterfalls and at the foothills of Western Ghats, we never felt ripped off by scorching heat during summer. And so these sight seeing places would be flooded with tourists during vacation. Needless to say about the famous Courtallam and five falls. The most crystal clear clean water I have ever seen. 

In addition of paying visit to the relatives place, I used to go to this place every time when I am in my hometown. Ram Muthuram Cinemas. My trip would be incomplete without watching a movie in our beloved Ram theatre. It's better than many high class theatres in metropolitan cities. I feel it to be better than Chennai's very own Sathyam Cinemas. There's always one special bonding between me and this theatre. During a top star's movie release, the areas near that theatre would be in a festive mood. For the fans and the theatre owner would do grand stuffs to turn the place into a carnival!

My joy knows no bound whenever I see a vehicle with TN 72 registration number in Chennai. Even seeing one shop's name board with Tirunelveli or Nellai in it would make my day. My love for this city immeasurable!

If had put up in a situation to choose either heaven or Tirunelveli, my choice would definitely be my Tirunelveli!!