Tag: Kannadasan
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We Express Better Than We Know Why
Age can not wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety, Other women cloy the appetites they feed, She makes most hungry where she most satisfies’ Shakespeare in Antony and Cleopatra. When I was asked to the late Poet Kannadasan whether he can produce some of the great lines he had penned again, he replied No. He said he wrote as the mood set in and he can not even remember how he got around to producing these lines agin. True, Psychologists try to explain these things in a lot of ways.
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Ramani’s blog for Versatile Blogger
Ramani’s blog has been nominated for Versatile Blogger Award. I started blogging in August 19,2009, has completed five years of blogging. It has been a journey of joy sharing what little I know,getting information from people who know more and most importantly picking up some good friends in the process,from US to Australia, not to […]
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Kannadasan Meenakshi Kungumam
Recently we were driving down to Hyderabad from Bangalore. My son was listening to new film songs,Tamil,Hindi and English. When we started playing old Tamil songs ,my son likes them too,there was this line from the Tamil Song, ‘Aagayap Pandalile Oorkolam Pohuthamma’, ‘Meenavin Kungumaththai Naanaalavendumamma’ The song is between the lovers. The lady says ’May I be Blessed with/rule the Kum Kum or Kungumam of Goddess Meenakshi’ What is conveyed is that ‘my husband Be Blessed with long life’ Here why does the poet say ( I would not Kannadasan a Lyricist, he is a Poet) the way he says it? My son remarked that Kannadaasn is obsessed with Meenakshi. I agree. Yes , Kannadasan is obsessed with Goddess Meenakshi, Madurai. The first reason is that as a Nattukkottai Nagarathar, as his community is,he is attached to Meenakshi and Umayal. One may find these names among the women folk of the Nattukkottai Nagaraththaar. Another reason is that there is something significant about Meenakshi, more specifically about her Kum Kum. Kannadasan penned these lines as well. ‘Vannath Theroodum Veedhiyile Oorkolam Pohuthayya Sevvazhaip Pandhalile Lakshmi Kalyaanam’(Film Lakshmi kalyaanam) “Ammuru Meenavaippaarthaalu Ava Kanuukku Varuthamadi’(Savale Samai’-Ammuru is a slang widely used for Nammuru, Our Town in Old Ramanathapuram District, especially among thr Nagarathaar Community) ‘Kungumam, Mangala Mangayar Kungumam(film Kungumum), to quote a few. Lord Shiva is regarded as the One who is never born.
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Vaali Poet Lyricist No More
Rangarajan of Srirangam , popularly known as Vaalii was not known to me personally though I like his songs next to Kannadasan. Another Rangarajan, also from Sri Rangam, is Sujatha the trend setter in modern Tamil Story writing was my friend.. Once when I was talking to Sujatha, I told him that though I like Vaali’s songs i Prefer Kannadasan for Kannadasan’s Tamil flowed naturally; in the case of Valli though they are excellent , to me, the word s seemed to be forced and researched, like Milton’s as compared to Shakespeare. Sujatha seems to have told Vaali of this and Vaali had replied, ‘ I would like to meet him, many times I felt that way’ Such was his down to earth attitude and large hardheartedness that he was a man who recognized and nurtured young poets and lyricists. In fact towards the closing years of his Life these young poets used to visit him regularly. I have been meaning to write on valli for quite some time, as I have done for Kannadasan. It seems that I tend to write Obituaries, much to my regret, thanks to my laziness. Poet, Lyricist, Actor,.Litterateur , Theist, Atheist,Humane,Orthodox, Ultra modern , that is Vaali. Even a die hard fan of Kannadasan would(Like me) would at times find it difficult to identify the songs, whether they are Kannadasa’s or vaali’s. Example’madhavi Ponmayilaal Thohai Virithaal’ I have been under the impression that it was penned by Kannadasan. I came to know much later it was by Vaali. It seeems that Kannadasan was preoccupied and as the the song was urgently needed, it was decide to use Vaali. It is a known fact that Sivaji Ganesan preferred Kannadasan for his films. It seems, that after the recording was over the cassette was sent to Sivaji for his comments.
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அர்த்தமுள்ள இந்து மதம் கண்ணதாசன் முழுத் தொகுப்பு
கண்ணதாசனைப் போல் நாத்திகம் பேசியவரில்லை.ஆத்திகரானதும. அவர்போல் பழகு தமிழில் இந்துமதத்தத்துவங்களைப்பரப்பியவர் எவருமில்லை. அர்த்தமுள்ள இந்துமதம்வீடியோ 1 -12 பதிவு செய்திருக்கிறேன் .
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Rules For Peace உள்ளத்தில் உள்ளது அமைதி
Words ,Deed Thy be One , Peace Forever be Thine, Deeds Be The Best Adorn, Balm The Joy betwixt Pain. Thee grasp the First Two, Thy Life Be in Full Flow ,…1 )ஆறு மனமே ஆறு அந்த ஆண்டவன் கட்டளை ஆறு ஆறு மனமே ஆறு அந்த ஆண்டவன் கட்டளை ஆறு தேர்ந்து மனிதன் வாழும் வகைக்கு தெய்வத்தின் கட்டளை ஆறு தெய்வத்தின் கட்டளை ஆறு ஆறு மனமே […]
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ஆறு மனமே,ஆறு Kannadasan
I hold the view that each has three personalities. 1.What we project to others. This often, is what we think they might like. Imagine if every one were to behave so,which every one does, one never has a real relationship and never gets to now the other. 2.The second is what we think we are. This, normally, is a composite picture of our selves to ourselves consisting of our real nature and what has been imbibed and taught to us, which we unconsciously adopt in the visualization ourselves to ourselves. 3.The Real US.
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காதல் சிறகை வானில் விரித்து ,கண்ணதாசன் -காலத்தை வெல்லும் வரிகள்
‘தூது’ பாடல்கள் தமிழ் இலக்கியத்தில் விரவிக் கிடக்கின்றன . சம்ஸ்க்ருதத்தில் காளிதாசனின் மேக சந்தேசம் மிக உயர்ந்த கற்பனை வளத்துடன் படைக்கப்பட்டது . சம கால இலக்கியத்திலும் பல பாடல்கள் உள்ளன . காதலியும் காதலனும் பிரிந்து பின் சேர்கின்றனர் . எண்ணத்தையே தூது விடும் கற்பனை கண்ணதாசன் சிறப்பு. எண்ணங்களைப் பறவயாககி விண்ணில் பறக்கவிட்டவர் ,காதலை சிறகு விரித்துப் பறக்கச் செய்கிறார். ‘காதல் சிறகை வானில் விரித்து வான வீத்யில் பறக்கவா , கண்ணில் […]
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கண்ணதாசன் ,கெளரவம் ,தங்கப்பதக்கம் பாடல்கள்
கண்ணதாசனை ,அவரது உறவினர் ஒருவருடன் அவரது ஹென்ஸ்மன் ரோடு இல்லத்தில் (இப்போது அது கண்ணதாசன் சாலை ) சந்தித்தேன் . பேச்சு பாடல்களைப் பற்றித் திரும்பியது . ‘இலக்கணத்திற்கு அடங்காத பாட்டை எழுதி ,கருத்தைத் தெளிவாகக் கூறுவதில் நீர் நீர்தான் ‘ என்றேன் . ‘அப்படியா ,சொல்லுங்க தம்பி’ என்றார். கெளரவம் படத்தில் ‘நீயும் நானுமா ,கண்ணா , நீயும் நானுமா பாட்டில் அறிவைக் கொடுத்ததோர் துரோணரின் கெளரவம் அவர்மேல் தொடுத்ததேன் அர்ஜுனன் கெளரவம் வரி இலக்கணத்தில் […]
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Tamil Nadu CM Removes Offensive Remarks on Andal
I had blogged on this this morning. A Great Saint and a Poetess who enriched the Tamil Language by her Tiruppavai and other literary works is the presiding Deity of Srivilliputhur. The Gopuram (Temple Tower) of the Temple is the emblem of The Government of Tamil Nadu. Well, you can not expect respect and regard from the people […]
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