r.knarayan

i ve become a big time fan of his..
da first book i read of his was guide. i ve written abt it..
then read swamy n friends, then bachelor of arts, english teacher...
swamy n friends s abt a 9 yr old kid swami , who s impulsive , naughty, n really sweet.. jus loved tat book.. never ever have i seen such a kid in my real life. i watched da malgudi days in pogo simultaneously n loved it.. still love it..
then i read bachelor of arts.. its abt a graduate who goes head over heels in love with a girl whom he sees in a river bank..its so funny.. he despertaely asks his mom dad 2 seek tat girl s hand in marriage et all. amazing book.. want 2 read it once more..
but guide a hell no of times wanna read..
now readin english teacher.. its abt married life, its romantic in ts own ways,,.. its a bit tragic,.. not as good as other books i read..
all i nall
rk writes abt ordinary ppl..
ppl who lie..
ppl who cheat..
ppl who r hypocrites..
but r cool n real fun.. tats where he brings inda humor... a very fascinating style..
now i ve plans of deletin da novel i ve written half way thru..
n start al over it again..
but wil i ever be able 2 write with such simplicity n humor? no way man,, sara s such a complex character...

my own creation- kolam

its been three weeks since i ve had no college.. n i am enjoying da freedom like crazy. spent some time in friends place, watched a hell lot of movies, read novels , watched tv. it has been like vacation.. i don even ve da slightest feel tat i ve exmas next week.i sleep by 3, get up by 10 everyday..
my mom got really pissed off with me.. today being a festive day, i decided 2 put some muska to my mom by assisting her in da multitude of work she was supposed to do( it was karthikai today, where v light diya s al around our house.. love tis festival cos house looks really colourful)
i started off saying ill put maakolam..its kind of a drawing which u draw on floors using a kind of liquid looks similiar 2 porridge(cant describe more).
i started, but it looked light.. so rubbed it off.
then again i tot ill try another style(first i tried imitating da design which was put by an aunty in da opposite house)
i patted myself saying " sara. wat ever u do, u do it absolutely well", it cheered me up..
i told myself i don lack creativity, i cud of course come with a beautiful design.
then i started of again..
it was difficult to put two lines simultaneously, so put one by one, i realized da lines were not straight..
cha, i tot...
again rubbed it..
how i wished i could use a scale to do that.. it wud ve been better if i had a protractor too so tat i cud exactly drw a square with al its angles at 90 degrees..
i started al over it again..
i think i rubbed it over some 7 times.. mom started laughing as to how i was struggling.
i blamed da maavu n said she din make it properly..
then da aunt in da opp hoouse came 2 my rescue. she mixed somethin n said until da ground was wet i will not be able 2 put kolam..
i started off again after drinkng my coffee..
then i put a square n built the design such tat it occupied a large space..
there were some irregularities, but it din seem so obvious..
i was pleased with myself..
i told myself"congrats sara. u ve proved u r good at anythin n everything"
stop laughin ppl, of course i was jokin of da last line

wow, 50th post.. but sorry usual stuff poem... abt he..

when i see you..
i enter into a maze that contradicts..

i hate myself due 2 u..
i lve myself due to u..
love preeceded hate?
or hate preceede love?
i dont know..


i like you little
i like you lots
do i like you more? little or lots?
i dont understand..


my lips want to tel u " i like you"
but those lips stop by yr words..
should i tell you ornot?
i dont decide..


you seem like sunshine in my distress..
but you turn into darkness in yr misery..
are you brightness or darkness?
i dont understand..

i feel u inside me close to me..
i feel u r far away unreachable.
are you near me or not?
i cant decide...

i want to see you
and i dont want to see you
why?
i dont know..

do i love you or not?
do i know?

the usual my who is he?

even da thought of u sets my soul ablaze
wat to say abt yr gaze?
your smile...? your warmth..?

i thought i was very happy..
until i met you..

i understood happiness better by knowing you..
seeing you.. being with you...

you taught me to feel happy
even in my deepest misery

you snatched my normal self from me
making me abnormal in many ways

i cant forget you
i cant hate you
i cant leave you

i ve loved you for ages
only that i don know u yet

abhi- sis

this is a poem which goes out to my darlin younger sis abhinaya



what did i see?
a smiling happy face
when i was seven years old
never did i think my life is going to become intersting
due to this tiny little thing
when i saw my lil sister in da lap of my mom...

fourteen yrs hence now
she stands in front of me
with the same smile
n da same restlessness of da small kid

moving swift from one place to another
taking occasional breaks to breathe
inbetween her constant chatter

suddenly i find her stop
i realize my mind wandered somewhere
and she knew it
oh god! how did ya create her?
such that she can read my thoughts

beautiful to look at
blithe by structure
enjoyable to be with..
my great company, my sis

the small frequent chatters
the silent not to be noticed giggling
are the great times v share

the turbulent anger in her
i witness at times


all in all
she is nothin
but the other part of me


all who know my sis r requested to comment on tis!! ( it cud even be to say how wrong i was).. hehe cheers

words v need 2 know

Thatthareya Upanishad to entreat her listeners to set aside a portion of the income for their educational institution, another for the poor. All this of course, after looking after one's own family. 'But draw a line at what you need. Take your partner's consent. See that you do not make the receiver your dependent. Give as naturally as you eat, sleep or breathe. ... But what truly helps is the passion for the work.' No, no, compassion doesn't mean tears and talk, she is quick to add. It is not holding meetings and getting your name in the papers.

guide book review

wat 2 say man.. just really really loved da book...after a long time i read a book with rapt attention. to read a book abt real ppl. ppl from tamil nadu, reading abt drinking coffee n eating idlis..conservative society.. not tolerating fallin in love with a married woman.. n last but not least how crazy a man can get abt a girl..
such a fabulous story.. da story starts with humor where all da village folks mistake raju 4 a saint. n every coincidence seemed 2 support tat fact. no other book i ve read has matched tat humor. they say P.G.Wodehouse s great. but i could not even finish half da book of "ask jeeves".. anyways tastes differ...
i love da kind of love raju has for rosie. even though she s married, he wants no favour, no love in return.. how he wants 2 look good in front of her, how he tries 2 impress her was al so real n simple..
da entire book s abt da guide narratin his story,,, n every bit s impressive,..it is humorous, emotional , romantic , touchin n watnot?
i feel i want to read more indian authors.. i m bored of da books which deal with ppl from US, where everything is allowed..
life gets more fun when there r restrictions n more fun2 break those restrictions...
hey na?

guide!

yesterday went 2 see da "kanda naal mudhal' movie .it was okay. it was movie for da sake of a movie. watched it jus cos it was directed by mani rathnam s assistant.... i thought atleast some scent of it would be seen in da movie. but alas! anyways da romance was well tried...
i came back homw.. n was bored was sometime . went 2 temple. then realized tat it was long time i read a book. da last book i read was da vinci code. i din like it tat much except for parts abt da last supper detials. it was an okay book according to me..it had been long time since i had a book n read it all through the day. the last book i read like tat was i think"not a penny more , not a penny less" by jefferey archer.. a great fan of archer i ve been. i ve liked him 4 his optimism, like how linda goodman says in her sunsign book abt da arien female..
da arien female had a square plot to live in, with little food 2 spare her kids n dogs n a divorcee.wen an astrologer said tat tough times were ahead she questioned him wen? oblivious of da current misery she was in.. tat s da kind of optimisn i feel with jefferey archer..
one book of jeff i haven read s "first among equals". i decided 2 go get it..
thinking i went 2 da library..
y have i named tis post "guide?" s yet 2 come...
i went 2 library n almost picked up da jeff book wen da book "guide", by R.K.Narayanan came to my sight. i ve heard a lot abt R.K.Narayanan s writings n ve seen tis movie guide.. i luvd da song"tere mere sapne" n "piya tuse" .. da beauty of da movie has primarily been due 2 da simple , beautiful "waheeda rehman" n of course "devanand"..
hearing da word guide, apart from da movie another person came 2 my mind.. during my trip 2 goa, there was a guide called "oscar".. he s one person i wd never forget. he did make my goa trip memorable..
an arien . born on april 1. amazing speakin skills n intelligence in gettin along with ppl.. n not 2 mention a flirt of da first order..
in the beach i started my conversation jus askin him his birthday, he was neither astonished or amazed by da question.. rather said , i ws born on "fools day, april 1" n started laughing. i too could not stop laughing.. then he told me where he was working blah blah..
i like such ppl who are v easy 2 talk to, u don need 2 put so much of effort. u know. they llmake u feel comfortable. throughout da trip he kept on talkin to me.. on initial step was enough,,i wanted 2 post tis abt him, but u no din ve da patience 2 do so.. i still ve da diary he gave me.. in tat did i start writing my poetry..
arien men r amazing man.. luv them so much..
now abt da book guide...i think ill do it in da next post..
good night ppl..