Somehow N S Ramnath’s blog is not satiating my appetite to read such blogs. Today morning I read his update and evening I logged on to read yet another update. He should keep updating his blog more often in a day.

The blog update of Pavithra was I-don’t-know-what-to-say… just amazing. She has a way with words. Is she a regular writer or what? Today’s update was on Pisiraandhaiyaar. In school, I have read about this poet and Kopperunchozhan, but I actually didn’t know how close these two were. Pavithra had given a beautiful story to let the readers know about their friendship.

I love books like Chocolat and Casa Rosa. I really enjoyed reading these two. I don’t actually know what genre these books fall into. They look deep into the characters’ thought process. I would say more than the plot, the characterization is a strong asset to such stories. I would like to get hold more of such novels.

Anyway, I was speaking to my mom over phone. She is a teacher at a primary school. Basically I was asking her to visit me on Monday (26th Jan). She said she cannot because she had to go to the school for flag hoisting. That brought a whole lot of memories from my school days. Interesting times we had. Though I was not all that outgoing or participating in school, I still had good time in my own way. I need to start recollecting what I used to do in school days and probably jot down for my kids to know more about me. Well, that is a long way to go, because the first one is expected only 2 months later. And I’ll give my first kid another 10 years to read the blog and get to know me better, if he or she prefers. So I think I have a whole lot of time ahead to plan such things :-). I have to see if I have my old diaries around to recollect how my life was used to be. Nowadays I don’t even remember what happened a month back. Life has become a monotonous drone where only thing exists is tension and dissatisfaction with work. Anyway, I have passed the stage of cribbing and have started to take things in its stride. Maturing? Well, I can call it escapism also :-)

More to come…

Well, I didn’t know till last Thursday that Ray wrote crime stories. So it came as a surprise when I saw thin books with Ray’s name on it and the back cover saying they are crime stories. This was at Chennai Book fair. In another stall, I saw two volumes of Feluda stories and I got the first one. I haven’t started reading it yet, and I will post my detailed thoughts once I am done with it.

I bought Ponniyin Selvan for Guru. I haven’t read it till now though I have read Sivagamiyin sabadham and Mannan Magal. This year I want to read PS and add one more to the list of epics that I have read.

A week back I came across two of very good blogs that I have ever read (not that I am an expert in saying which blog is best and which is not, it is just that I enjoyed reading both immensely). I am providing links here (N S Ramnath and Pavithra) and in the links section also. These are by two of Chennaiites. Reading these blogs, helps me in keeping myself updated with what’s happening in Chennai, as well as reading about like-minded people (not 100%, may be 50% of like-mindedness).