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My hero worship | Views: 811 |
Mar 14, 2009 12:52 pm | | My hero worship | # |
charuhasan | | There are and were quite a few heroes in the family where I grew up. The most thrilling individual was my maternal uncle known Mr. Thamba to the entire village Paramakkudi. He had one brother who retired as S.P. of police in Central Intelligence now renamed as RAW another Chief Electrical Engineer in A.I.R. another who retired as an Air Force Officer. But this man Thamba never went to school. He was having epileptic fits for which there was no medicine in early 1930. His father was the top lawyer in town and had enough money to treat him but did not have the courage to send him to school lest he would fall sick every alternate day. They sent to him to the Madras General Hospital in 1930 and he came back with his ailment uncured but speaking King’s English, for most of the nurses who handled the child were white nuns. We were awe struck with his prowess in having long chat with our English master with London cockney accent that the master himself had to ask him to repeat so that the teacher can understand what the boy wanted to convey. I for my part I did better by joining in the laughter of my teacher to make the rest of the small guys presume that I had the same extent of understanding my uncles Tamaba’s King’s English like the schoolmaster. Only thing I was worried about was slight delay in the starting and ending of my laughter like it happens in modern satellite transmission where the sound could relayed with a non sink to the moving of the lips.
When I came back to my native town as a lawyer, he was going daily to the village five miles away to look after the lands of my grandfather carrying his lunch in casserole and a water bottle. At least 20 people were working for him in the field and he was addressing them all in his oxford accent acquired from the dean of the Madras General Hospital, and cockney accent of the white nurses from London. It was always a miracle for me how all those men and women of the village understood his King’s English and he their rural Tamil. He was crack horse rider and breeder in our area when only the white Collector rode a horse into the villages for inspection.
Once one of my lawyer friends who wanted to submit a Comission report to court wanted know the English equalant of fruit known as VILAAMPZHAM in Tamil. He reeled many terms besides "Wood Apple,' crab apple etc. I wish I had his effort at acquisition of knowledge
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Mar 14, 2009 3:31 pm | | re: My hero worship | # |
Pudumai Balakrishnan Balakrishnan | | sir, i worship all officers and seniors who encourage me.Private Reply to Pudumai Balakrishnan Balakrishnan |
Mar 14, 2009 6:45 pm | | re: My hero worship | # |
Charles Pradeep | | Charu sir -
15 years back I was nursing a broken leg bone... & even today, chastise me if were to call Malayalam the musical form of Tamil!!
Cheers! CPPrivate Reply to Charles Pradeep |
Mar 14, 2009 8:33 pm | | re: re: My hero worship | # |
Lavanya Karalkar | | oh ! CO..Malayala Samsaramaaaa/ (Samsaram in malayalam means to talk) Private Reply to Lavanya Karalkar |
Mar 15, 2009 5:55 am | | re: re: re: My hero worship | # |
Pudumai Balakrishnan Balakrishnan | | no LK! samsarichu or paranju! ah chakkan entha paranju means what that boy told. sechi entha paranju means what elder sister told! Private Reply to Pudumai Balakrishnan Balakrishnan |
Mar 15, 2009 6:18 am | | re: re: re: re: My hero worship | # |
Senthil Nathan | | Here the Traffic master is becoming a malayalam taecher
So we have Hindi teacher, Bengali teacher, Marathi teacher, English teachersss and now
Malayalam teacher...........
Thats how CNK growsPrivate Reply to Senthil Nathan |
Mar 15, 2009 6:38 am | | re: re: re: re: re: My hero worship | # |
SOEB FATEHI | | with such national integration we can propose a CNK member to become prime minister after LK(g)'s leader serves his term . . . . Private Reply to SOEB FATEHI |
Mar 15, 2009 7:29 am | | re: re: re: re: My hero worship | # |
padmanabhan ramasubban | | ennda pullikaran ivdey vaanutu illay!!
Means the important person has not come here!!
Hee!!Hee!!My feeble malayalam!!
Naa born / brought up chennai.Mother from kerla & father TN/Kerala border and both fluent in malayalam / tamil/english.
Nalla madaras tamil varoom!!!!Private Reply to padmanabhan ramasubban |
Mar 15, 2009 2:34 pm | | re: My hero worship | # |
Pudumai Balakrishnan Balakrishnan | | dear padmanaban, i expected you may write: ennda pullikaran ivdey vanu ! means here the important person has come!Private Reply to Pudumai Balakrishnan Balakrishnan |
Mar 16, 2009 3:37 am | | re: re: My hero worship | # |
padmanabhan ramasubban | | Pudumai (pithan!)Balki!
Tks ,I admitted my malayalam is very feeble evnethough I love to learn it as a illiterate Flatform wasi!! Oh slight modification of the cliche drives home the point .
I dont remmember which commedian byt he shows if you talk tamil in sing song style it sounds like Malayalam!!
To a certain extent it sounds true!In fact many people in Karnataka & Kerala are fluent in tamil and it is a real shame that we cannot respond to them in Kannada or Malayalam!!Private Reply to padmanabhan ramasubban |
Mar 16, 2009 4:30 am | | re: re: re: My hero worship | # |
Senthil Nathan | | Mr.Padhu
I would object that people form Karnataka and Kerala speak Tamil. People frm B'lore speak Tamil for most of them are tamilians and the neighbours who are kannadigas start to learn Tamil. In Kerala you cant expect a Keralite from Cochin or Trivandrum or Alapuzha to speak in Tamil....
A tamilian in soukarpet can speak good hindi and its the same conceptPrivate Reply to Senthil Nathan |
Mar 16, 2009 5:07 am | | My hero worship | # |
Basab Ghosh | | I wish Soukarpet would extend it's boundaries! Private Reply to Basab Ghosh |
Mar 16, 2009 5:15 am | | My hero worship | # |
sujatha suresh | | BG, maph Korben, The Universe is ever expanding.... Topic is gone from Hero Worship to some warship it seems...
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Mar 16, 2009 5:21 am | | re: My hero worship | # |
Senthil Nathan | | SS
No worries
War can happen only there are two adamant fools want to kill peace and love.
I had been one such fool before but now I love peace here and so no worries.......Have a cool Monday.....Private Reply to Senthil Nathan |
Mar 16, 2009 5:23 am | | re: My hero worship | # |
padmanabhan ramasubban | | SS
We will worship heros' in any language when we are here!
Endaa paaryunnu chechi!Ivdey nookaanum!
pardon my feeble attempts!! Private Reply to padmanabhan ramasubban |
Mar 16, 2009 5:25 am | | re: My hero worship | # |
Basab Ghosh | | SS, maafi mangne jaisa kya kiya aapne? Universe may be expanding, but for some, the Universe is the well they live in.
If your Bengali extends beyond the two words, please have a read of Tagore's 'Nirjharer Swapnabhanga'.Private Reply to Basab Ghosh |
Mar 16, 2009 5:43 am | | My hero worship | # |
sujatha suresh | | //Universe may be expanding, but for some, the Universe is the well they live in.//.... Very True.
Have a cup of Cutting Chai
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Mar 16, 2009 6:28 am | | re: My hero worship | # |
sujatha suresh | | @PR,Nyan entu cheyyanam? Heros are very rare in any languge...hahaha
Charu pls let this comment go by PR and I are actually bettering our Malayalam skills.That's all
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Mar 16, 2009 6:42 am | | re: re: My hero worship | # |
padmanabhan ramasubban | | SS,
Chechi kooncha koodaya samasarikannum vaaliya malayalathil!!
Aade!aade!
Endaa hero ewadey pooiyu?Kaandho?Private Reply to padmanabhan ramasubban |
Mar 16, 2009 10:37 am | | re: re: re: My hero worship | # |
Senthil Nathan | | @Mr.Padhu
//Endaa hero ewadey pooiyu?Kaandho?
Evvada poiyu??Private Reply to Senthil Nathan |
Mar 16, 2009 2:27 pm | | re: re: re: re: My hero worship | # |
Charles Pradeep | | PR - Yaaranu ningaloda Hero!?
Ningal Malayalathil samsayitchal enniku manasillaum, pakshe thirruchu samshayukkam arriaythilla!!
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Mar 16, 2009 2:58 pm | | re: re: re: re: re: My hero worship | # |
padmanabhan ramasubban | | Ho! Ho!
Ellaum jithanungaala irrukaangaa!! All good in multi- lingual, Multi-tasking !
Ella herokaalum Iwadayea irukeenu!!
Naan Nookittu thaan paarainnu!!
Ennadha Maadhiyoo!
Charu sir help!help! running out of malayalam dubakoor!
Idukku maylieum bittu/mohkkai podda mudiyathu!!!
Alaudungaada sami!!
Seriously/honestly ellarum multi talented kaataans here!!Private Reply to padmanabhan ramasubban |
Mar 16, 2009 3:44 pm | | re: re: re: re: re: re: My hero worship | # |
charuhasan | | ayyo gnan malayalam aringilla? tamil sariya theriyathu. maratti mayath nai. telugu rathu. kannada kothhilla. hindi malum nai. No english. ki parlare italiano? Private Reply to charuhasan |
Mar 16, 2009 3:48 pm | | re: re: re: re: re: re: re: My hero worship | # |
Charles Pradeep | | :)
Je ne parleraz en francais!! Private Reply to Charles Pradeep |
Mar 16, 2009 4:04 pm | | re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: My hero worship | # |
padmanabhan ramasubban | | Touche!!
Charu sirPrivate Reply to padmanabhan ramasubban |
Mar 16, 2009 4:49 pm | | re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: My hero worship | # |
Charles Pradeep | | Bien dit mon gars!
tres bien! merci!!
À la votre CPPrivate Reply to Charles Pradeep |
Mar 16, 2009 6:09 pm | | re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: My hero worship | # |
Senthil Nathan | | Wow French in the beautiest form..... Private Reply to Senthil Nathan |
Mar 17, 2009 1:50 pm | | re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: My hero worship | # |
padmanabhan ramasubban | | Enna!Ella heroes ChupChop!
Come together right now! over me!Private Reply to padmanabhan ramasubban |
Mar 17, 2009 2:26 pm | | My hero worship | # |
sujatha suresh | | What?! Private Reply to sujatha suresh |
Mar 19, 2009 3:15 am | | re: My hero worship | # |
padmanabhan ramasubban | | Charu Sir,
My vote is for you as my hero!
But I find many of our so called hero's never realise that they are acting! Private Reply to padmanabhan ramasubban |
Mar 20, 2009 4:32 am | | re: re: My hero worship | # |
padmanabhan ramasubban | | Everyone bizzy or wht!!All heroes becoming zeroes.from path breaking work all have now thread breakers!!!!!?
Howiz ittu? Rajini isshtlye!Private Reply to padmanabhan ramasubban |
Mar 20, 2009 10:39 am | | re: re: re: My hero worship | # |
Senthil Nathan | | Hero worship,
After lot of rewinding and introspection. I remember one.
I think I was studying 3rd standard. I was taken for a private tuition to a teacher. This teacher and her father who was a retd. teacher were handling the tuitions. I learnt most of English only from this retd man. He is a 8th std pass out and when I went there was around 60yrs of age.
A true Christian who understood, religion and God as a common one all over the world but practised in different forms in different regions based on the different culture. This is the person who taught me in his later years the similarities between religions and various Gods in various religions. He has proved me various similarities between the religious practices and the Gods themselves. Between Gita and Bible. This has helped me a lot to understand other religions and to accept it at later stage. For my school used to teach me Christ is the only God and all Hindu gods are devils. Being a Hindu I started to practise Christianity for sometime even against my parents in that early age of 12/13. Now Iam practising Hinduism with equal respect for Christ and Allah just because of this Old teacher who had just studied 8th std.
But I see him as a hero more for his knowledge in English. He taught me how to learn a language. How to master in English. He has great skills in both Tamil and English. He used to explain me both Tamil poetry and English poetry. When other students in my class used to mug up Tamil and English poetry I can even remember now that used to understand those poems. He make me to write the meaning of the words in my English books just above the words. The new words should be underlined and the very next day we used to take spelling test. Gone are the days where we used to take the spelling test. We moved out of the town and I missed his class but was in touch with that family till he died in his age of 89. But when I moved up the classes I was able to realise the effect of his classes. I never used "Konar notes" to understand tamil poems and similarly nothing for my English poems. I loved the poems in English and didnt throw the English poetry books away for I wanted them with me for further reading. For I didnt have any other English poetry books for reading being in a middle class family.
All these came into my mind some one month back when I noticed that Iam lagging much in my English language skills thanks to some of our language prolific CNK Ryzers and when I was thinking myself on an effective method to make my English more effective. I was just admiring the methodologies which this Old man as a English teacher was using on those days some 20 yrs back in a small backward town in TamilNadu.Private Reply to Senthil Nathan |
Mar 20, 2009 11:05 am | | re: re: re: re: My hero worship | # |
padmanabhan ramasubban | | SF,
Good!I have had similar experience while studying in school when most of the middle school teachers were just matriculates,but they had excellent grasp of subject .They would never frown at you when you have doubts and would take real efforts to teach you ,rarely required any notes!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They were paid an apology of salary!
That species has silently vanished now!Private Reply to padmanabhan ramasubban |
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