Nostalgia . . . Mostly! ( in Tamil script)

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Pasupathy
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அவ்வப்போது என் வலைப்பூவில் நான் இடும் சில கட்டுரைகள், கதைகள், கவிதைகள் .... இவற்றிற்கு
இணைப்புகள் கொடுக்க முயல்வேன்.

பி.ஸ்ரீ: சித்திர ராமாயணம் -2


கம்பனைக் காண அறிஞர் பி.ஸ்ரீக்கு வழிகாட்டியவர்கள் யார்?
“ கம்பன் கலைக் கோவிலுக்கு ஒரு கலைவிளக்கு” என்ற நூலின் முகவுரையில் பி.ஸ்ரீயே இதற்குப் பதில் சொல்கிறார்.

” கல்வி சிறந்த தமிழ்நாடு -- புகழ்க்
கம்பன் பிறந்த தமிழ்நாடு --”
என்றான் மகாகவி பாரதி. பாரதியின் இந்த அடிகள் கம்பனில் யாருக்கும் ஒரு ஈடுபாட்டைத் தோற்றுவிக்கும் எனக்கும் அவ்வாறே. .... அடுத்தபடியாகக் கம்பனைக் காண எனக்கு வழிகாட்டியவர் ஆராய்ச்சிப் பேரறிஞர் வையாபுரி பிள்ளை. ... அவரைப் பின்பற்றியே கம்பனை இலக்கிய ஆராய்ச்சி முறையில் அணுகவும் கற்கவும் முனைந்தேன்”

மேலும் படிக்க:

http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2013/02/2.html

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பதிவுகளின் தொகுப்பு: 1-100

http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2013/01/1-100.html

பதிவுகளின் தொகுப்பு: 101 - 125

http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2013/02/101-125.html

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Pasupathy sir,It is remarkable!! I digest slowly.I Wish I were a ruminant. Great anyway. Your joining has enriched our tamil corpus

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Thanx, Ponbhairavi.

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Thanks Pasupathy!
This a treat for all our members who can read Tamil in the Tamil script.
Your service to Tamil is well appreciated...
Will discuss and comment as and when I get time..
Hope others will participate..

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Thanks, CML, for your kind sentiments and continuing encouragement.

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துப்பறியும் சாம்பு - 6: ‘கோபுலு’வின் கைவண்ணத்தில் . . .

http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2013/02/6.html

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மறக்க முடியுமா கோபுலுவின் கை வண்ணங்களை!
ஜமீந்தார் மகன் முதலாவதாக தீபாவளி மலரில் படித்ததாக ஞாபகம்,
கோபுலுவிற்கும் மாயாவிற்கும் உள்ள வித்யாசம் படத்தை பார்த்தவுடன்
தெரியும், TNK யிற்கும் LGJ க்கும் உள்ள வித்யாசம் ஒரு பிடியில்
தெரிவது போல, அல்லது மூக்கைப் பார்த்து சாம்புவை கண்டுகொள்வது போல.
தேவனின் "சாம்பு" மறக்க முடியாத பாத்திரம். கோபுலுவின் கை வண்ணத்தில்
நினைவூட்டியதற்கு நன்றி...
(நமது talented members சாம்புவிற்கு மறுபடி உயிரூட்டலாமே...)

....பசுமையான பசுபதி நினைவுகள்

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TV யில் துப்பறியும் சாம்பு தொடர் வந்தது, YGM நடித்தது.
ஆனால் எடுபடவில்லை!

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Some how I find a similarity between mr BEAN 's face and the figure imagined and drawn by Gopulu.Is is correct or just my imagination?

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>>Some how I find a similarity between mr BEAN 's face and the figure imagined and drawn by Gopulu.Is is correct or just my imagination?>>

I think Gopulu used the figure drawn by Raju in 1942 ( had to!) and perhaps gave it a small individual touch. Personally I think that Raju's figure always looked generally 'younger' than Gopulu's! Also Gopulu drew it first around early 60's/late 50's ? I don't have a yr as to when it first appeared...
Was Bean "around" that time?

Check Raju's figures in , e.g.,
http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2012/06/1.html

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I did not mean to say that raju or gopulu have copied the face of M Bean. In fact I was wondering on the intuitive knowledge of Physiognomy of these artists

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Devan has given a very good description of Sambu in his first story. And the brilliant artist that he was and the great observer of persons in real life that he was, Raju was able to create a very appealing picture of Sambu from that description. Generally the authors do not interfere . Gopulu has told me that Devan never tried to suggest modifications to his picturisation. So I assume that it was true here too and Raju gets the full credit for the picture of Sambu!

( Note also that in the "music" related jokes Raju has drawn, many similarities of the figures to "real-life" personalities we all know!)

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Is Gopuluu still around?
I know Maya is no more...

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Yes, 88 years young Gopulu is happily with us.

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ThX. May he live long for many more years!

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>>ThX. May he live long for many more years! >>

Please read what another great artist, Maniyan Selvan, has to say about Gopulu.
http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2012/06 ... st_23.html

and also see some paintings by Gopulu.

The last time I saw a picture by him was the cover of 2012 Deepavali Malar of Amudhasurabhi.

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That is a nice சொல்லோவியம்!
As an old timer I would also add the Cartoons of "Thanu" which used to capture the
political spirit of the times. I remember his intro piece for Gemini's "Miss Malini"
an unforgettable movie...

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>>As an old timer I would also add the Cartoons of "Thanu" which used to capture the
political spirit of the times. I remember his intro piece for Gemini's "Miss Malini"
an unforgettable movie...>>

:-(( I wish I had such pieces with me now to share with all.... Vikatan has published a "ThANu jokes" book...I have not bought it yet....
but I doubt if it will contain such pieces.

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I wwill lookfor it when I visit Chennai next!
It is not listed under vikatan publications..

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If not in the present catalogue, It may be out of print. It's a possibility.

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Thx Pas!
Just ordered it!

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லா.ச.ராமாமிருதம் -3: சிந்தா நதி - 3

http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2013/02/3-3.html

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Yes it is a nice Durga (the HM style); I like our CM version even better tha Suddha Saveri...
Did Saigal sing any more Tamil songs? I can see him struggling :D
I am reading the blog....

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தென்னாட்டுச் செல்வங்கள் - 8

’விகடனின்’ நூல்கள் : ஒரு விமர்சனம்

http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2013/03/8.html

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சில்பியின் ஓவியங்கள் அழியாத கலை படைப்புகள்.
விரிப்புரைகள் தேவனுடையது என்பது நான் அறியாதது. நன்றி
பி.ஸ்ரீ சித்திர ராமாயணம் சிறந்த இலக்கிய படைப்பு. அவர்
தற்பொழுது இல்லை என்று அறிகிறேன். விரிவான கட்டுரயை
எதிர்பார்க்கிறேன்

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சித்திர ராமாயணம் -1
http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2012/11/1-1.html
சித்திர ராமாயணம் -2
http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2013/02/2.html

பார்க்கவும். ஒவ்வொரு “ராமாயணக் கட்டுரையிலும்” அவரைப் பற்றிச் சில தகவல்கள் கொடுக்க நினைத்திருக்கிறேன்.

மேலும் சில பி.ஸ்ரீ-யின் கட்டுரைகள் இடுவேன். முக்கியமாக பாரதி பற்றி, ....

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Thanks.
I like the tid-bits. Was Srinivasachari a Tamil scholar?
What was the real name of chitrlekha? The pictures are majestic,
especially those of Ravana which comes later...

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பி.ஸ்ரீ யைப் பற்றி அறிய இங்கே பார்க்கவும்:
http://www.tamilheritage.org/thfcms/ind ... 5-20-11-20

“சித்ரலேகா”வின் இயற்பெயர் நாராயணசுவாமி. கேள்விக்கு நன்றி. என் கட்டுரையில் இதைக் குறிப்பிட மறந்து விட்டேன்.
சேர்த்து விடுகிறேன்.

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My goodness! Never realized he was such a great scholar and hobnobbed with the greatest Taml minds.
Pl post his writings on Bharathy/U ve.Sa/.. Was he recognized in any manner by the TN Govt?
Nice to see his picture too!
(I must confess that my interest in reading Kamban came from his stimulating சித்திர ராமாயணம்)

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பாடலும் படமும் - 4 : கவிமணி

விகடன், கல்கி இதழ்களின் ஆரம்ப காலத்தில் பல நல்ல மரபுக் கவிதைகள் அவ்விதழ்களிலும், அவை வெளியிட்ட சிறப்பு மலர்களிலும் வந்தன. 30, 40 -களில் அப்படி வெளியான கவிமணி தேசிக விநாயகம் பிள்ளையவர்களின் சில கவிதைகளை இப்போது பார்க்கலாம்.

http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2013/03/4.html

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கவிமணி ஒரு புவிமணி.
எனது தமிழாசிரியர்.
மூன்றாவது பாடல் தாய் உள்ளம் படத்தில்
MLV மிக அற்புதமாக கீரவாணியில் பாடியிருக்கிறார்

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எட்டையபுரத்தை எட்டப்பன் மாநகர் என்று குறிப்பிடுகிறார் கவிஞர்.
எட்டப்பன் என்பதன் connotation இன்று மாறியிருப்பதால் சற்றே திடுக்கிட வைக்கிறது .குறிப்பாக பாரதியின் தேசப்பற்று பின்னணியில்.
ஒருக்கால் அந்த ஊரில் எழுந்தருளி இருக்கும் ஈசன் பெயரும் அதுவாயிருக்குமோ ?

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"... ... The Poligar of Etaiyapuram belongs to the Kambala subdivision of the Vaduga caste. the Vadugas are, as the name indicates, North country people, and hence foreigners...(Page 4) இவர்களின் மூதாதையர் வடக்கிலிருந்து வந்தவர்கள்; தெலுங்கைத் தாய்மொழியாகக் கொண்டவர்கள். இவர்கள் கம்பளத்து நாயக்கர் எனச் சொல்லப்படும் ஒரு குழுவினர். ... ..."

"... ... and since he had spared the eight brothers of the defeated and dead
Soman, and had so adopted them, he would take the name of Ettappan
(Ettu=eight), (appan=father) in addition to the patronymic. ... ..."

http://naickernaidu.blogspot.in/2011/05 ... _5458.html

It seems that the extracts in English, quoted above, are from the book "Etaiyapuram Past and Present: Being a Short History of the Estate from the Earliest Times" published in 1890.
http://books.google.co.in/books/about/E ... edir_esc=y

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CML, Ponbhairavi, PB : Thanks.

There is a story ( not confirmed, hence I did not report it in the post) associated with "kOvil " poem. Acc to a good poet-friend of mine, he vaguely remembers reading somewhere: original poem did not end like that, and RasikamaNi T K C ( a good friend of KavimaNi ) saw it in Vikatan office before publication , was unhappy and " added his touches" and ended the poem in a positive note. Perhaps this may explain why the poem is divided into two parts in the Malar.
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M L V "கோவில் முழுதும் கண்டேன்” ( தாய் உள்ளம் படத்தில்)
http://www.dhingana.com/kovil-muluthum- ... il-2ea3a31

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Thx for the audio.
I guess your story is true and TKC added the lines which stick out strange in the song!


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Thanks for those gems of tribute to Amarar Kalki.
Please share personal biographical info on Kalki himself if you do have them.
Is there an autobiography?

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There is no autobiography. But there is a very nice biography written by "Sundhaa"., called 'ponniyin puthalvar".

Here's a nice profile by his daughter Anandhi.
Part 1
http://www.chennaibest.com/cityresource ... /kalki.asp
Part 2
http://www.chennaibest.com/cityresource ... nandhi.asp
Highlights
http://www.indiastudychannel.com/resour ... Kalki.aspx

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Many many thanks!
The reason for his taking ‘Kalki’ as a pen name was based on the myth of the ‘Kalki Avataram’ (the final incarnation of Lord Vishnu, in the age of Kali). Through his writings, he wanted to bring about change in this age. Another reason was, he used to work for Kalyana Sundaram Mudaliar, who was at that time running the publication called ‘Navashakthi’. He learnt all about how to run a publication from him. Kalyana Sundaram Mudaliar, was also a great patriot, he had worked for the cause of workers. As my father was his great fan, he took 'Kal' from his name and added the 'Ki ' from his own name (R Krishnamurthy) and made it ‘Kalki’.
This is news to me. I thought (was told) that 'ka' came from his wife Kalyani and 'ki' came from his own namw!

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In his biography of "Kalki", Sundhaa ( in the very first Chapter) makes a good argument as to why it is really the first reason...Kalki AvathAram. The very first Kalki issue has the picture of Kalki AvathAram inside. Also Kalki himself reveals it to be the reason in an interview with a Srilankan magazine.

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Re: Nostalgia . . . Mostly! ( in Tamil script)

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This is news to me. I thought (was told) that 'ka' came from his wife Kalyani and 'ki' came from his own namw!
I know that many people thought so..but the fact is his wife's name was Rukmini! :-)

Kalki himself refers to this humorously in his 1950 interview with "Veerakesari" magazine of SriLanka and says he has no intention of asking his wife to change her name to Kalyani !

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Re: Nostalgia . . . Mostly! ( in Tamil script)

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Ha! Ha! I also found out her name is Rukmani.
Whoever made up that story was convincing :D
Did he write all the songs for Meera?
Did he get any national awards?

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He got the Sahitya Academy Award for his novel " Alai Osai"

I know that Kalki wrote only 6 songs in "Meera' (Tamil) ...I think that there were more than 6 songs in the film ..
and others wrote the rest of the songs... Also I know that Meera film credits for song composers
does not show Kalki's name at all !

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I know! That is why I am surprised. If my memory is right it was Kadayanallur Venkatraman who
set the music.
Kalki should have received a special award for Ponniyin Chelvan.
Now Jayalalitha is being honoured as "Ponniyin Chelvi" :D
I do not see any literary award in the name of Kalki though his contribution to Tamil
is monumental!
If somebody proposes Jayalalitha may even consider it.
Was there any mention of Kalki in Mu Ka's Chemmozhi conference in spite of
Kalki being a Brahmin?

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Re: Nostalgia . . . Mostly! ( in Tamil script)

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The origin of the name kalki is a surprize to me also. I was under the same impression as CML.
Kalki is as great as Alexandre Dumas, for his imagination,historical perspective,vividness of description and flowing style and embedded humor.
Another unsung hero like Bharathi!! may be he will get his due after50 years at least a National recognition if not an international one. Now his Ponniyin Selvan has been reprinted in a beautiful hard cover form WITH THE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS OFF mANIAN.

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Re: Nostalgia . . . Mostly! ( in Tamil script)

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Meera, with nearly twenty exceptionally melodious songs, all vying with each for best song, is one of those films that one can never have one’s fill of. The music for the Hindi version was inspired by the famous musician-intellectual of the time Dilip Kumar Roy (1897-1980) and composed by S. V. Venkatraman, G. Ramanathan, and Naresh Bhattacharya
From ;
http://cinemacorridor.blogspot.ca/2009/ ... -1947.html

Generally, S V Venkataraman is assumed to be the music-director for Meera (Tamil) .
( I don't know what Meera's film credits show...)

M S used to get SVV to tune many of her "other" songs.... e.g., the SilappadhikAram song was tuned by S V V.
A fact which came to light only many years later. S V V is not given his due credits in music industry , acc to many in film circles, such as Randor Guy.

There used to be Annual Kalki Memorial Lectures at Madras University. ki.va.ja , A Srinivasa Raghavan et al have given
important talks on Tamil fiction. I don't know if the Lectures continue.

Since Kalki was very much a part of Meera production, I'm sure it was with his full knowledge that his name was underplayed in film credits. ( he has done similar things. He published 'malaip pozudhinile" in Kalki anonymously first.)
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