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Friday, June 25, 2004 ( 1:35 AM ) sankar How's married life? When people see me for the first time after my marriage, they usually want to know "(So) how is married life?" My honest answer is that I do not see any big difference yet. Only thing is I am not able to be punctual for a meeting, if I am taking Geetha along. She does not spend too much time on make-up but somehow, she just can't make herself ready on time. The other change is in food - she cooks really well. Where was the honeymoon? The next question is where did I go for honeymoon. We did visit places like Coutralam, Kanyakumari, Thiruchendur, Srivilliputur, Sankarankovil, Thriuvannamalai (near Srivilliputur) etc. (We went to Mahaballipuram after we came to Chennai) But that's it. In fact, these were some of the places we thought we should go after marriage. My father said that he would allow us to visit places like Kanyakumari and Tiruchendur only if somebody else would accompany us along with their families. So Geetha's elder sister and her husband came with us. It felt great when I noticed that this time, I was packing someone else's clothes also along with mine and arranging things that the other person might require on travel...This caring for someone will be true, henceforth, for the life journey too. # Thursday, June 17, 2004 ( 11:50 PM ) sankar History Clubs I went to Pudukkottai to invite a friend for my marriage a couple of weeks back. Those who know Indian history (and those who are Sivaji Ganesan's fans) will remember the courageous Tamil king Kattapomman (who fought against British) and the his betrayer, Yettaiyappan. From the bus I saw those forts built by the king. My little bit knowledge in history produced profound "images" of the historically significant events that had happened then. The fight, the betrayal, the court scenes, the execution,... I realised that there is a potential to revive the memories by staging dramas for public regularly every year on a particular day: the day of Kattapomman's capture or death or... Some kind of History Clubs can be formed in places like Pudukkottai with the initiatives of nearby schools and colleges. The clubs should enact such programmes that could eventually become even tourist attractions - at least, local people will become aware of important events. It's really sad that we Indians generally do not remember the glory of our past in a right way. Someone wrote in the New Indian Express that neither public nor the government does anything to remember Raja Raja Cholan. If you happen to go to Tirupur, check with the locals where is the place in which Kumaran was attacked to death by British. You will find a small (4 feet) concrete structure with a stone inscription informing in a few lines why there's a structure there. The radius of the place will not be more than 6 feet. That's it. # |
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