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Discussion in 'Cheeniya's Senile Ramblings' started by Cheeniya, May 20, 2017.

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  1. Nov 22, 2017 #731
    Iravati

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    Yes, I remember that conversation. I misapprehended Meghaduta to be a cloud-borne recital between mortal humans. When I realised that it was a Yaksha who persuaded a cloud to take his message to his wife, I was touched by his romance and warmth. Back then, I also came across the Sandeśa kāvya genre initiated by Kalidasa through this epic poem.

    Sandeśa kāvyas are always in two parts; in the first part, the hero is presented, there appears the messenger and the route to the destination is described. The second part includes the destination, the house of the heroine, the heroine and her state of grief in separation, the message describing the hero’s own condition and a word of solace, with an identification mark mentioning some incident the hero and the heroine could know, to assure that the messenger is genuine. The messenger can be anyone – a person, a bird, a bee or a cloud or wind, and that messenger provides very interesting descriptions of cities en route with palaces and temples, pubs and parks, theatres, mansions and streets; the country parts and forests, hills and rivers, animals and birds, trees, creepers and flowers, cultivated fields and peasant girls, artisans. Love in separation is the chief emotion depicted in this type of lyrical poetry and there is certain individuality in the treatment of the theme; this type of poetry is not found in any other literature

    You mean we have to re-adapt to truthful history and not as it has been forged by these tourist guides. Jeez!
     
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  2. Nov 22, 2017 #732
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    Arey Nonya! First, let me survive my cooking then I will think about inviting others. That's not avial and pacchadi.

    <drumroll>
    1. Tender plantain and baby potatoes cooked in a yogurt and green chilly and raw mango sauce.
    2. Sautéed spinach tempered in fennel and garnished with garlic flakes.
    3. Peas, cauliflower, potato, sweet potato koftas.
    4. Oat bran, dates, and figs smoothie served with flax seed sprinkle.
    </drumroll>

    Be my donburi guest!
     
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  3. Nov 22, 2017 #733
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    Wow! This upstages Demosthenes's rehearsals. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

    Pansori! Such a lyrical word! More than the singer, the drummer fascinates me. It is the drummer who fashions out the singing into a dramatic story-telling. Long ago, I watched a documentary on Japanese food. The documentary emphasised on relevant bits of Japanese culture to explain the origin of various dishes. In that documentary, I heard of Japanese story-tellers.

    Rakugo is a form of Japanese verbal entertainment. The lone storyteller (rakugoka) sits on stage, called Kōza . Using only a paper fan (sensu) and a small cloth (tenugui) as props, and without standing up from the seiza sitting position, the rakugo artist depicts a long and complicated comical (or sometimes sentimental) story. The story always involves the dialogue of two or more characters. The difference between the characters depicted only through change in pitch, tone, and a slight turn of the head.

    A sorikkun in a pansori is more throaty and strenuous than the mild-mannered rakugoka. Nevertheless, the Asian culture is loaded with amusing gigs.
     
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  4. Nov 22, 2017 #734
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    First things first. Your mention of Chidambaram took me to the Malayalam movie bearing that name. Bharat Gopi and Smita Patel had given some mind blowing performance in that movie. Smita bears the name of Sivakami, the consort of the presiding deity, Lord Nataraja, of the famous temple. The picture won the National award for the Best Film.
    It is probably because of my age, I am now able to be in wilderness even in the busy Chennai! If the mind is at deep rest, no country, however noisy or distracting it is, can not but be all wilderness.
    During my Inspection days in SBI, I have stayed for a whole month in the famous Paonta Sahib, a town founded by Guru Govind Singh. I stayed in a beautiful guest house near the Gurudwara on the banks of Yamuna River. The free food that the Gurudwara served all visitors used to be sumptuous and fabulous. Memorable days!
     
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    He reminds me of Forrest Gump starring Tom Hanks except that, unlike Walking Steward, Tom Hanks runs through the movie as Forrest Gump. Forrest Gump won Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Director, Best Visual Effects, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Film Editing at the 67th Academy Awards
     
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    When Brahma appeared before Kumbhakarna being pleased with his arduous 'tapas', and asked him what would he desire for. Kumbhakarna wanted 'nirdevatvam' (annihilation of all Devas) asked for 'Nidratvam' (eternal slumber) due to a trick played by Goddess Saraswati to save the devas.
    Put up 'Our Man Flint' in your must see list.
    That movie came about 80 years back. What a sea-change has come about between then and now in portraying 'femme fatale' ! From there to Casino Royale, con films have come a long way in style and substance!
     
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    i always wonder why future-predictors are called soothsayers. Is it because they always say soothing things to make their clients comfortable about their future? Who will go to an astrologer who keeps predicting doomsday for all? Nostradamus got away with it because his predictions related to hundreds of years hence. As far as I know, he never took up astrological predictions for his clients in the short run!
     
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    To amplify this statement, I went looking for some quotes of Seneca and beat a hasty retreat when I saw that there were some 1188 of them! I have heard my brother making some passing mention of him years back. He once gave me a half an hour lecture on the origin and scope of the word 'Eureka' with complete guidance about when and where to use the word! I am saying all this to emphasise that Seneca is no stranger to me.
    I have not read any of De Botton either and your quote of him has impressed me immensely. His youthful language is far more riveting than that of Seneca.
    On the lighter side, De Botton appears a clean shaven (head included) version of his protege Sanaca.
     
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    @Jeeves
    What you have said reminds me of the quote 'The more he talked of his honesty, the faster we counted the spoons!'
     
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    When I read your opening line, I found that today's Google Page had this header
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    I scouted for more info and came out with thuis from Google:
    "Rukhmabai Raut (November 22, 1864 - September 25, 1955) was one of the first practicing women doctors in colonial India. Doctors Kadambini Ganguly and Anandi Gopal Joshi became the first Indian women to receive medical degrees in 1886. However, only Dr. Ganguly went on to practice medicine, making Raut the second woman to both receive a medical degree and practice medicine.
    Rukhmabai was also at the center of a historical legal case which resulted in a law titled 'Age of Consent Act, 1891' "
    Today about 50% of Medical students are girls!
    Why should you be? What is conventional thinking? It changes as rapidly as conventions change. The convention of today is vastly different from what it was a hundred years back.We should bear the hallmark of our individuality. Have we not seen people who were a hundred years ahead of their time?
     
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