Last week a news of alleged suicides of Engineering college students in Tamilnadu was disturbing me. All the students were from first or second year of the colleges and the reasons for the suicide (there are doubts of murders) are something that can't be accepted. All the incidents point to the ill treatment of the students by the college management, especially the hostel related issues and one incident alleging the theft case. The suicide of three girls near the Kallakurichi paramedical college also pointed towards the absolute lack of infrastructure and the student's protest against that. What makes me wonder is what makes the parents to make a beeline for these colleges that "lack" a proper infrasturucture either it be labs or hostel?

A couple of weeks ago my friend Suresh messaged me the URL of the shortfilm he is associated with and asked me to see it. I saw it and ofcourse I had my own preconceived notions from the start of the movie. But by the time the climax rolled, I couldn't say whether it was a shock or surprise and I was dumbstruck. I showed the film to my teammates and they also were expecting a high octane action in the end but shocked. Since then I wanted to share this video to you all but today only I was able to.. See and share it among with your friends.

Being someone interested in relationships and psychology, this is one that caught my attention last week. What puts off the partners in a relationship? No relationships is perfect and whomever claims that theirs is flawless, is definitely faking it. And no relation fails on a day. The partners are put off in some ways, slowly the pressure builds up and finally it explodes in a day. When finally the relationship is over and people look back, the reason of the initial hatred will be very hazy. That's when people will start saying that the relationship broke on flimsy grounds.

Suicide is one of my favorite topics and I am always fascinated to find what might have gone into the minds of the person who had committed that act at the final moment while they feel the soul leaving the body. I felt this fascination when I saw the movie "Vaaname Ellai (1992)", directed by Late K. Balachander. Even though the movie concluded with the protagonists giving up their mass suicide plan, I always kept asking a question - Can people who had planned their death date sing, dance and have all the fun without any grim feeling? Isn't suicide supposed to be a sorrow affair?

எனது முந்தைய பதிவை படித்துவிட்டு ஒரு நண்பர் "வாழ்க்கையில் பணத்தை தவிர வேறு எதுவும் முக்கியம் இல்லை" என்று நினைப்பவனாக நான் மாறிவிட்டேன் என்று சொன்னார். எனக்கு மனதுக்குள்ளே சிரிப்பு சிரிப்பாக வந்தது. வாழ்க்கையில் பொருளாதாரம் மிக முக்கியம். இதை யாரும் மறுக்கமுடியாது. ஒவ்வொருவருக்கும் அவரவர் தேவைகள். இந்த ஓட்டங்களும் பிரிவுகளும், துயரங்களும் அந்த தேவைகளை பூர்த்தி செய்துக்கொள்ள தான். இந்த பணம் குறித்த விவாதம் கொஞ்சம் சுவாரசியமாகவே இருந்தது.

சென்னையிலும் தமிழகத்திலும் வரலாறு காணாத மழை. சென்னைவாசிகளுக்கு தங்களை பற்றி ஒரு செருக்கு இருக்கும். அந்த செருக்கால் அவர்களது attitude மற்றும் behaviours கொஞ்சம் rudeஆக இருக்கும். அந்த செருக்கை இந்த மழை அப்படியே கரைத்து ஒவ்வொருவருக்குள்ளும் புதைந்து கிடந்த நன்னடத்தையை வெளிக்கொண்டு வந்துள்ளது. இந்த மழைச்சேதத்திலும் சந்தோஷப்படுத்தக் கூடிய விஷயம் இது என்று நம்மை நாமே ஆறுதல் சொல்லிக்கொள்ளலாம்.

இணையத்தில் கிடைக்கும் "virtual"நட்புக்கள் குறித்து பலவித கருத்துக்கள் நிலவி வந்தாலும், நம் இணையவாசிகள் ஒவ்வொருவரின் வாழ்க்கையிலும் நிச்சயம் ஒரு "virtual" நண்பராவது வந்து நம் வாழ்க்கையை அசைத்துப்பார்த்திருப்பார்கள். Yahoo-வும், AOL, ICQ எல்லாம் தத்தமது புகழின் உச்சியிலிருந்த நேரத்தில் நான் அவற்றில்  எல்லாம் இருந்ததே இல்லை. ஆனால் எனது வலைப்பதிவுகளை தொடங்கிய பின்பு எனக்கு சில நண்பர்கள் கிடைத்தார்கள்.

I love travelling... infact I wish that I have my feet at every inch of land in the world. That is one reason when I get lost while travelling, I don't feel bad. Instead I feel that "had not this happened, I wouldn't have come to this street, village or road". Very few people understand that craziness. I am a happy traveller but I am most happy when I travel alone.

I may not be the glamorous example of fat to fit, but I represent the 99% common people who feel that they are not looking good enough to fit into the kind of dresses they like. Many times I felt that I should give up my desires to fit in those fitting V-neck T-shirts, boot cut jeans because I felt that I don't have any control on my weight. For past couple of years I had been wearing 34" pants even though my waist was crossing 35" uncomfortably tight in the crotch area and myself trying to keep cool. I even thought of "ageing gracefully" by adding still more weight and shifting to Dhoti's, pyjamas bidding an adieu to my jeans, T-shirts with a sigh.