"ஆண் பாவம் !" (அய்யோ பாவம் ஆண் அல்ல !) - ஆண் வர்க்கத்தின் அப்பாவித்தனம்
The
quintessential feature of classical music is the underlying “ bhakthi” bhava
that propells the raga bhava and intertwines with the sahitya. When a raga
magically evokes the bhakthi rasa, some feel elation, some cry, some feel their
hair standing on end, while other less-fortunate ones feel nothing. The
raga that has that special power to evoke divinity is Shanmukhapriya
May not exactly
be a doppleganger .. .. this piece on Cricket is to related to the other person
in Tamil tinseldom ! Subash
Gupte, VV Kumar, BS Chandrasekhar, MV Narasimha Rao, Laxman Sivaramakrishnan,
Narendra Hirwani, Anil Kumble, Amit Mishra, Piyush Chawla………. leg spinners –
who played for India. Among them is the
bespectacled man who took a record 16 wickets on his debut at Chepauk in 1988 –
on that Pongal Test. In the twilight
of Viv Richards – India led by Ravi Shastri (his only Test as Captain) had 3
debutants : WV Raman, Ajay Sharma and Hiru.
Phil Simmons debuted for Windies.
At Chepauk in Jan 1988 - India
won an important toss, made 382. Hirwani took three of the five West Indian
wickets to fall on the second day. On the third morning, Hirwani clean-bowled
Vivian Richards with a googly went on
to finish at 8 for 61; in the Second against a huge target
of 416, Vivian Richard’s WI were dismissed in 40 overs. Hirwani was the wrecker-in-chief again with 8
for 75 and overall match figures of 16 for 136.
Sadly, Chepuak was to become a batsmen’s paradise with hundreds and
doubles flowing later…….. that his career never matched the great expectations
is a sad story ! which is not the subject matter of this post. You may tend to disagree, but everytime I saw
him, I was more reminded of this man and the movie !
~ the
village youth would be sitting on a culvert, a car passes-by, the driver not
giving any respect to the man, asks for the route – then tells the youth, to
look out whether the vehicle hits the culvert as he reverses – he keeps asking
and youth would say ‘no, muttalai’ .. .. then when the car hits with a thud –
he would say – yes, it has now !
I really liked the song “Kadhal kasakkudayya” from “Aan Paavam” and
much later learnt that this song as also other great hit - “Ooru vittu ooru vandu” from “Karagattakaran”
in this raga were put to Shanmughapriya raag by maestro Illayaraja. The film (Aan Pavam)
was not translated as ‘poor Gent’ but as ‘Innocence of Man’ !!
The Innocent Man: Murder
and Injustice in a Small Town is a 2006 true crime book by John Grisham, his
only nonfiction title as of 2020. The book tells the story of Ronald 'Ron'
Keith Williamson of Ada, Oklahoma, a former minor league baseball player who
was wrongly convicted in 1988 of the rape and murder of Debra Sue Carter in Ada
and was sentenced to death. After serving 11 years on death row, he was
exonerated by DNA evidence and other material introduced by the Innocence
Project and was released in 1999. Netflix’s latest addition to its arsenal of
true crime stories visits a small town in Oklahoma rocked by two brutal murders
in the 1980s. this serial is based on
John Grisham’s bestselling book The Innocent Man. The six-part series, takes
on the separate investigations of the murders of two women in the usually quiet
locale of Ada, Okla.
Wonder why so much on “Aan
Paavam” .. .. there have been some posts
today being – “International Men's Day”
! (never heard of this earlier!)
- an annual international event
celebrated on the 19th of November. The objectives of celebrating an
International Men's Day are set out in 'The Six Pillars of International Men's
Day'. It is an occasion to celebrate boys' and men's achievements and
contributions, in particular for their contributions to nation, society,
community, family, marriage, and childcare. The broader and ultimate aim of the
event is to promote basic humanitarian values
Interesting !
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar
19.11.2020.
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