Interpretation of maladies

My brother is a good reader just like me (ha ha see , i take the privilege) , and so i found a book written by the Pulitzer award winner Jhumpa Lahiri . This book was titled Interpretation of maladies , and is a collection of short stories ! The book was in simple words and portrayed the life of indians and indians who have migrated to foreign lands ! It easily captures our hearts and is very interesting ! Thanks to my brother , iam going to spend the rest of my life reading such books which have won the Pulitzer award ! Wow , books r our only great best friends !! In case if u r reading this post , find Jhumpa Lahiri's work in a library and read it !! U will like it too !

Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire!! The movie which grabbed a lot of attention recently ! I was in brother's place watching the Golden Globe Awards , and when our Music Director , whose music we have been loving/listening to,in the past years, got the award , for the best musician , and for this film , we were actually jumping up and down, clapping our hands and getting excited about the whole issue ! By that time i havent seen the movie but only heard of it ! My brother told "hey , u better see it , its a great movie "! ...i was double excited , one that the movie was taken in india , and two- AR Rahman has won the best music director award too ! And most of all this particular movie has won four golden globes and is paving the way to oscars !! I said to my brother , we r making history thru this film ! We did make !

I finally got the link from one of my friend , she was worried after watching the movie ! I thought oh my , why on earth is she worried ? whats wrong .. my tension grew !! At last i gathered the time to sit and watch it , with headphones in my head - cos i didnt want my kids to disturb me !!!
I finished watching it in two parts !! Then i realized that i was also very unsettled by the way the movie was taken! Ok ok .. i do appreciate that a boy belonging to the slums becoming a millionaire in the end , is a great story ,but the way they had portrayed our mother india was the worst ! Oh ,come on, after all India is not only about slums man ! India has already developed and is developing , why dont they take a movie on this yaar .. A movie taken by a westerner , concentrating on the weaker parts of the country , is clearly disturbing !! There was an article in the BBC criticizing the movie and i accept the things written !!

It has been nominated in the Oscars, and i take this movie positively , that it will atleast give more fame to the characters and above all to the billions of indians thru its music !!

Whatever it may be , I luv India , I luv my country !! There will be a time when everybody's eyes r on India and its developments ! Hope there is another picture about india and its positive images !!

Wedding Anniversary

Today is our Fifth successful wedding anniversary. I have got a lovable and perfect husband in my life. But i had to make this resolution for the first time, and that too on such an important day, to keep my mouth shut!! Hee hee, this is my discovery after five best years. Can u believe it? Well, it is true .. and u know why only this will work out in future, i think so.. Dont U? Cos the way our great I-know-everything- hubby talks is in such an impressive way, that everybody around even our own parents start to fall in their side . There is one such case going on for a long long time in my own household. When i complain about one of my neighbours everybody will pounce on me back saying that , no..no.. there is something wrong with u, u r short tempered, why dont u see the positive side , why do u have so much hatred towards that female.. blah blah blah.. but my hubby will be talking about the same person, sometimes giving the same complaints and it never shows up.. they simply take it as yeah yeah thats right, and everything is directly accepted.. as if all those words r from the great Gandhi himself! This will get us on our nerves!

I chose a book recently by Susan Konig from the Library."Why Animals sleep so close to the Road" .. (and other lies i tell my children ) is the title . It is a very different and curious title right? so i read it.. wow... i found that she is a wonderful writer who knows to express practical life in a hilarious way.. she gives the reader a feeling that she is one among us.. i was even laughing out loud by one of her jokes. It is really good .. and iam on the verge of finishing the book. I also wonder sometimes that, hey why dont i try to write a book like that?! Its an interesting profession, and one of the best ways to express one's feelings.

Tamil Website

Hi i just wanted to include this very good website which my hubby came upon recently! Its very good .Has a very good quality online movie links and the picture and sound effects r very clear.It has every classification needed for tamil viewers. Watch www.megatamil.net . There r Live tvs,movies,FMs etc. Its cool and great yaar! We watched a recent new movie "kannum kannum" starring prasanna.It is a good family movie to watch and an apt climax! Enjoy~

I also visited the website from my new commentor, www.movies-tv-songs.com , it is also very good.This will be interesting for those who r in need of tamil lyrics for their favourite tamil songs.
There r lots and lots of collections but we can only download the songs to hear.I found the different types of quotes that r added in the webpage very interesting . Oh my i never knew that there r so many types of quotes in life! Do visit this site also guys!

An easy side dish for Chapathis/Rotis/Indian Breads

Here's a very easy side dish for chapathis during dinner.This is called Bombay chutney or Besan ka chutney or Kadalaimaavu Chutney.

Ingredients:
Kadalaimaavu/Besan:: 1/4cups
Turmeric-a pinch

Water

salt

For sautee:
Mustard seeds-1tsp
Urad dhal-1tsp
Green chillies-1 or 2 depending on spice
Curry leaves-little
Coriander leaves-little

Preparation:

1.Mix the besan in a vessel with water , salt and turmeric . Mix it evenly without any lumps.

2.Saute all the above ingredients in a pan with little oil except coriander .

3.After mustard seeds splutter pour the liquid mixture into the pan.Add water immdly and keep stirring otherwise the mixture thickens too quickly.Keep adding water to the required consistency or amount.

4.Garnish with coriander leaves finally and serve hot with chapathis.
Yo, its a very tasty dish, very easy and quick too.If u dont want to spend too much time in the kitchen during dinner for chapathis then this is really a good idea to finish off with the job!

Enjoy and Dont forget to comment!!

Free websites-Hindi/Tamil

Here r some of the online free websites where one can see Hindi/Tamil and other language films for free.

Bharatmovies.com: Here they have several pages for the hindi and tamil films arranged in alphabetical order! So u watch them online or even download.New films r added every now and then.Now they have improvised their webpage also.They also have important videos or highlights even cricket! I have used this for Hindi and it is the best.Now they also have for other languages like malayalam,telugu,kannada,and even bengali movies.

Bhejafry.net::This is another best website for hindi films.I have used this also to see many good hindi films.

Rajshri.com: Here there r collections of old movies both in hindi and tamil for free but the new ones r premium downloads and they would cost some USD for a very less rate.They have many videos to watch for free but to download no,its not free.

Matrimonialbank.com: This is another site dedicated to bollywood cinema.

123onlinemovies.com:: They also have links for watching hindi/telugu films online.

Sulekha.com:: This is a collection of all the possible things one would feel to browse.This has movie reviews in it.All the languages and how to book tickets online.I dont know whether they offer free movie online,maybe u gotta login.

Tamilblood/Puretamil: This is a fully dedicated site for tamilians. We have all the famous and catchy programmes of sun and vijay tv in this,also all the new films will be updated immdly.I used this site for a long long time.Now i think they r facing some problems in the site so it is not up to date.

Tubetamil: One of my friend recommended this to me and am myself is new to this site.It seems to be good in terms of buffering and all the parts of the programme keeps running in a steady stream,but shockingly the programme stops in the middle and struggles to run later.I dont know why?! Maybe some regular user of this website shd share her/his experience with me for this.But it is a good site too.

Tamilwire.com: This is also a good site but u got to log in for downloading and stuff.

Tamilclipz.com,Tamilgalatta.com: Both r cool stuff to watch many tamil tv programmes and currenct events.

Kollywoodtoday.com:: This is a cool website to know what is going on now in kollywood or the southindian film industry.We can know many news gossips important events tributes from this website. tubedb zone pops up in a new window for other interesting videos.

Oruwebsite.com:: This is an interesting website where we can see kids videos also,rhymes in tamil etc. This is a good website to download favourite mp3 songs to our system.

Isaitamil.net:: Is another tamilwebsite for southindian cinema.

All these above tamil websites also give live tamil channels like Suntv and vijaytv.

Iranichai.com:: This is a surprise.There r loads and loads of english films to watch online for free.But it has not worked properly for me.I watched only one film Alvin and the chipmunks thru this link the others ,sorry no info.They also have marathi,hindi,telugu movies online.

PBSkids.org:: This is the best website for kids who want to play online games, or read stories ,solve puzzles etc. Kids start playing!!

So here the websites which can be accessed easily! Enjoy.

Jai Sai Ram

Saibaba-the name may confuse u cos there r two saibaba's wellknown.But the one iam talking about is Shirdi Saibaba.Initially even i never believed in his leelas or i never even thought i would believe him or become a follower one day.But u know i did.And now here iam still praying and believing him with all my heart.A real life incident helped me a lot, changed my life and gave a big and very good turning point. My marriage plans were getting delayed by two years. And one of my mom's friends directed me towards shirdi saibaba and took me to his temple once.She told me if i went to his temple continuously for eleven weeks,pray in his feet wholeheartedly then saibaba would answer my prayers.I did. I went to his temple,sometimes even cried to help me out to get settled in life..and as soon as i finished the eleventh time we got the green signal and the hopes of finally getting married to someone that i didnt know! Thanks to saibaba again that i got the man i wished for! Later i went to pray to him for a normal and healthy pregnancy,yo i got two lovely kids perfectly normal.

Baba's power had a significant effect in all these things that have happened in my life .I always think about him the same way i think about my favourite gods.I believed in him, i sang the saibhajans alongwith the other sai devotees in the temple and sometimes even cried during the Aratis (Pooja) .

After coming here to US i joined in the yahoogroup which is solely devoted for writing materials about Shirdi Saibaba and sharing them with others.Recitations of Saibhajans r done and many devotees share their prayers and experiences in the group. The link to this group is mysaibaba20@yahoogroups.com ,there one can download and save Sai's photos,listen to cds etc.

Believe in Shirdi Saibaba and he will show u the way!