Archive of An Unknown

Politics has always been an interesting subject for me. It's a love-hate relationship that I have with politics. I almost hate all our politicians but I love reading and discussing anything on politics. I follow politics almost on daily basis. My grandfather was a freedom fighter and politician , who sacrificed a lot of things in life for his country and people. Today, I am little hesitant to even call him a politician because it has got a different meaning now. I just say he was a freedom fighter most times. He was in Congress party during the Indian freedom movement inspired by both Gandhi and Bose and then converted to Communism in prison by another inmate Mr. R Venkatraman, who ironically remained in Congress party till the end and became the president of this 'Mostly Congress' country. I grew up hearing stories about my grandfather, which were filled with only sacrifices. That background made me interested in politics. I remember an uncle of mine teaching me to ...

* This is due for too long. Finished writing it more than a month back but couldn't post it because of too much work in last few weeks. So, posting it without proper review. Please bear with any silly mistakes. Hostelers and Day Scholars Generally, in most classes, hostelers and day scholars would be in two different groups. There were only few boys who went beyond these boundaries and mingled with all. It was better in our class because our class was small in size. Some boys who were from nearby places would be hosteler for sometime and day scholar for sometime. When they get bored with day scholar life they would join the hostel and vice versa. Some hostelers would always roam with day scholars. Most of the times they would be in one of the day scholars' houses. They would know almost all local girls that are known to their day scholar friends too. Likewise, there were a lot of day scholars who used to be with us always. Most of the times they would be with us in the ho...

The Language Problem If you split Tamil Nadu into four regions - North (Chennai), South (Madurai), West (Coimbatore) and East (Trichy), South is the most backward region of them all. North is worse than South but the presence of Chennai in North compensates it. The West region, which is called the Kongu region, has always been a wealthy region. They have a lot of opportunities for business and education. There is nothing called East region but the Cauvery Delta region which includes places like Trichy and Tanjore districts could be called so for the sake of convenience. Even they have a rich lifestyle, a lot of opportunities for education and great interest for arts such as music and dance. Madurai and the South region below that is a dry area with no good facilities for education and is mostly rural areas. The biggest village in India, Madurai, is the capital of the region. I think, Madurai could never be considered as a city though it is big enough to be called so. The people...

Hostel Day & College Day The highlight of all celebrations is the hostel day celebration that we usually have while nearing the end of the year. It's not a one-day celebration. It goes on for a week. A lot of sports events and other competitions would be there. The most important of them all is the cricket tournament. It would be like the world cup where you would have everything like league, semis and finals. There would be other sports such as Kabaddi, Volley Ball, This Ball, That Ball, etc. At the end of it all comes the grand finale - the Hostel Day, in which the prize distribution for the winners would take place. The hostel day function would have a lot of cultural events as well. The highlight of hostel day function is the farewell speech given by some of the outgoing students. Every year at least one person would rock in that. I was planning to rock when my turn would come but unfortunately the hostel day itself didn't happen when I was in the final year. Want t...

Rufus Anna Rufus Anna was an English Literature student. We were natural allies (Like the Congress-DMK one? No... Please!). Anywhere we go, we search for a friend who is suitable for us from the first day itself, right? He was a find from such a search. I changed a lot as a person after meeting him. He had a lot of influence on me. I used to easily make enemies earlier. Only after meeting him did I realize that it's only friendliness that can help you go places. It came naturally for him. Looking at him, I worked hard against my nature to change myself. Both of us were interested in politics. But, my politics was only to the extent of speaking till late nights whereas he was doing a lot of fieldwork at that time itself. Generally, in college days, it is only those boys who smoke, drink and do all the naughty things become popular among other boys. I used to wonder what made him so popular in his entire batch despite not having these habits. Almost everyone in his batch used to...

The circle first drawn by marriage Shrinks further when there is a new arrival Marriage is the beginning of imposed selfishness Childbirth is the beginning of unconscious selfishness It's a magic that would make your house your world Even if you are someone who thinks the world is very small It's the only purpose of many lives Even for the ones that decided to end themselves long back It's a fleshy magnet that would attract you to even fire Even if you are someone scared of seeing fire in picture You would even kill yourself To save its life and to bring it out safe Which you would do for no one else and nothing else "I will give my life" A statement youngsters make out of madness Not knowing what it means in real sense That's madness of love! Action speaks louder than words If you have to do it for your child... You wouldn't say that but do it! Even this is a state of madness... madness of parenthood! * Again, a translated ...

Extra-Curricular Activities Let's also discuss about how the college life added fuel to my love for writing and public speaking. Guys who are interested in such things, wherever they go, wait for an opportunity to show their talent to everyone. The moment they get that opportunity they would waste no time in proving who they are. Even if they don't get an opportunity, they would keep boasting about their talent with everyone they meet from day one. I also did that. A four-lines short poem of mine was published in my school's annual magazine when I was in my twelfth standard. I was wondering if someone who wrote just four lines was jumping so much, what would those guys who had written forty lines have done. They would have gone straight to Chennai to look for opportunities to write lyrics in movies. I was always keeping that magazine in hand and was showing to everybody I met in the two months summer vacation I had after the public exams. I took that with me wh...