Archive for February, 2008

சுஜாதா
Thursday, February 28th, 2008

சரியாக 16 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன்னர் சென்னை காமராஜர் அரங்கத்தில் விகடன் விழா நடைபெற்றுக் கொண்டிருக்க, முதல் வரிசையில் உட்கார்ந்து கொண்டிருந்த எழுத்தாளர் சுஜாதாவிடம் மட்டும் ஈ மொய்ப்பது போல பெருங்கூட்டம். அன்று அரங்க வாயிலில் வாங்கிய அவரது ‘ஏன், எதற்கு, எப்படி?’ புத்தகத்தை அவர் முகத்தின் முன்பு நீட்டி “சார், ஏன் எதற்கு எப்படி என்று கேட்காமல் ஒரு ஆட்டோகிராப்” என சொல்ல நிமிர்ந்து சில நொடிகள் பார்த்தவர் “நிறைய கேளுங்கள் கேள்விகளாக!!” என கையெழுத்திட்டு கொடுத்தார். [...]

Appeal for Help
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Last night I received a call from Mr. Kishore Tahiliani who lives in Bournemouth in UK. He has a lovely 9-year old daughter “Shonia”. She has unfortunately been suffering from cerebral palsy since birth and has been undergoing several treatments for the same.
Recently, Shonia has had a Stem Cell treatment in China and thankfully, [...]

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Obesity & Fat Tax
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

About 2.5 years ago, I was serious about losing my weight and signed up with a local gym. At that time, I made the grave mistake of signing up a 12 month contract with them, as they gave a good discount for that duration. The new environs, equipment etc excited me initially and I was [...]

Interesting Jobs
Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Someone drew my attention to this site which invites applications for what is billed as the ‘the best job on earth’. I am sure they’ll have an overwhelming response. After all, who doesn’t want to combine work with pleasure.
Coming to think of it, few years back there was an advert in a popular job site [...]

Job Advert
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

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Jacketpot
Monday, February 4th, 2008

Thanks to CeeiTV in UK, we get to watch few programmes from Jaya TV. There is a programme called ‘Jackpot’, which I understand is reasonably popular in India. Participants of the said programme get asked all silly questions and they get a chance to win some cash and goodies. As the participants are generally from [...]