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மழைக்காலம்

பறிக்கப் பறிக்கப் பூக்கின்றனவே

மழைப் பூக்கள்...

வானுக்கும் மண்ணுக்கும்

தொலைத்தொடர்பு...

மழைக்கம்பிகள் வழியே...



வெயில்காலம்

நீந்துகின்றன பேருந்துகள்...

சாலையில் பொங்கும்

கோடைக் கானலில்...

மழை

வானம் கொண்ட காதலால்,
நாணம் கொண்ட பூமிப்பெண்,
போர்த்திக்கொண்டாள் பச்சைப்பட்டாடை...

நினைவுகள்...

"தோட்டத்தில் பிடித்த பட்டாம்பூச்சிகள்,
தோழர்களுடன் உடைத்த பம்பரங்கள்,
திருட்டுத்தனமாய்க் கண்ட திரைப்படங்கள்,
திரும்பிப் பார்த்த கன்னியர்கள், ..."
என வளர்ந்த என்
எழுபது வயது தாத்தாவின்
கதைகளில் இல்லாத
"மதிப்பெண்கள்,
கூட பயில்பவரின் பொறாமைகள்,
பாட்டு, நடன போட்டா போட்டிகள்,
நேர்முக தேர்வுகள்"
கூறின
இலக்கற்ற தேடல்களில்
நான் தொலைத்துக் கொண்டிருக்கும்
கணக்கற்ற இன்பங்களின்
எண்ணிக்கை...

வாழ்க்கை, காதல், வெங்காயம்...

தேடலில் மிஞ்சுவது
கண்ணீரும் வெறுமையுமே...
மகிழ்ச்சிக்கு ஒரே வழி
முழுமையை ரசிப்பதே...

அருமை பெருமை

தனிமையின் வெறுமை
நிரம்பி வழிய என்னகம்...
சொன்னதுன் அருமை
நினைவெல்லாம் உன் முகம்...

A new leaf turned over??? Not exactly :)

Migrations from a comfort zone(or rather an accustomed zone) had been always been scary. But this one, from student life to corporate life is not as scary as i expected it to be!!!

All the events pertaining to this job - right from the interview to the first day induction saw a reluctant attendee in me being in a stew. My campus interview attendance would not have been actualized if it was not for Viji's motivation. And here i am, working with one of the prestigious IT companies in India.

I have to admit that till the third day of training, "Have i taken the correct decision???" feeling was strangulating my brain. Thank God, i have a wonderful, sweet set of people around me both at hostel and office.

My hostel friends - In spite of having studied in the same institution for two years, i did not strike rapport with these sweet people. They are very warm and friendly with a place for anyone who wishes to join them. After two of my "recluse" years, their company comes as a whiff of fresh air!!!  Being a group of eleven, we enjoy the travel to office every morning. Giggling for no reason, teasing each other, taking liberty, singing, acts of stealth during sessions - wow, i'm being a little of the mischievous and bubbly one i was during my UG days.

At office, its kind of a packed schedule always. But it is great to be with my energetic, fun loving colleagues. The batch in which i have been put in is a dynamic one. Learning and enjoyment take place in parallel. Though i don't participate too much in the fun part, it has a very good effect on my mind. A birthday celebration and a family day function at office saw an electrified M21(our batch id)!!! I don't know what i am technically learning in this training. But team spirit and personality development are inculcated implicitly. Happy to be a part of  this effervescent batch!!

A special mention about Sathya, fondly beckoned "thala", "tl" etc who, being in the same batch as me, bears my company and helps me out with so many day-to-day activities like crossing the wide road, boarding the correct bus etc.. We happened to have an interesting confrontation two years back at Anna University, Coimbatore during ME counselling. While 4 of us(me and my UG friends) were creating a mini fuss giggling there - This girl gave a terror look asking me for my name. I answered her and thought, "a padips maybe!!!" and had the same feeling every time i saw her at CEG. But now, i know that i was totally wrong!!! 

Till now, my life has always been populated with turns towards unexpected and unplanned paths. Thanks to all my dear friends who have been with me throughout this journey of twists and turns!!! Its you who add spice to life!!!

Curtains of M.E ring down...

       A recap of my two years at Chennai Anna University returns a medley of frames - happy ones, morose ones, awkward ones, funny ones. Whatever may be the adjective it bears, each frame carries with it a lesson which had metamorphosed me to a better individual.

        The first year @ CEG was the most difficult. New place, a superb(!!!) hostel-I with inmates being stacked like sardines, ever bustling adyar, 3 semesters which made me experience the meaning of the word "hectic", spacious room at hostel-II with only assignments and books for company - felt like a lost child. Too much for a small town creature who reserved studying to the nights before the exams.

        Our class had a great time in Dr.V.Umamaheshwari's "Security Principles" classes during semester-3. Needless to say, she is a phenomenal teacher. The list doesn't get closed with her alone!!! So, let me share about my favorite teachers in a post exclusively for them. Only a little can be said about my "involvement" in the three papers we had during that semester(courtesy:- malarial attack-3 :-/. I think i hold the record for the maximum number of long leaves in my class :P).  

         I must thank god for granting me a course, about which i didn't know anything before conversing with another student at the counselling hall. And this course let me work in a project which was "my kind" of stuff - poem, lyric and all. It was an alluring job for someone whose ears are glued to headphones almost always. Most of my nights went sleepless with me and my laptop going "LaaLaLaa"(tats my project title) :). Though it seemed like i was blindfolded in the beginning, god gave me the determination - "i have to get it done by myself - no matter what the result is going to be". All the reviews - right from the zeroth to the final viva of Phase-II, were disasters which left me stupefied. In-spite of the numerous "mokkais" received,  i harbor the satisfaction of having done something worthwhile. I had come a long way from that lass who struggled to understand the base paper to the one who had published two papers in international conferences( little proud about it :) ). I extend my profound sense of gratitude to my guide Dr.Madhan Karky for having been encouraging and  patient with my trivial questions. Thank you sir :)

         Coming to the other side of the coin, we enjoyed that trip to MGM and the final meet up @ Elliots beach. They were breaks from monotony which brought out the child in us  - made dormant forcibly at Anna University. And those funny moments i shared with Meena akka et al are unforgettable. Im surely going to miss those tea breaks, CPDE hall arattais, walks to the canteen during which "Ms.Shobana - The Great" was made the crux of our jokes, lunch with friends, long night walks with Athira chechi, santhome beach, Sai baba temple, privacy violations by Warden sister etc... I express my heartfelt appreciations to Athira chechi for having been a tolerant listener of my non-stop nonsense ;)... Above all, im going to miss that greatest feeling which is felt  only by sleeping stealthily during lectures... OMG, im not a student anymore :(...