Natarajar

Natarajar

Posted by Sivasubramaniam

I was in 11th standard. One of my friend had asked for a painting of ‘Natarajar’ (dancing form of Lord Shiva) to hang in his home. I found a wonderful picture of Natarajar in an old magazine dated 1979. Even my friend liked it and I started drawing it in an A4 sheet. But later my friend told me that he wanted in the size of full chart. Then I started painting in a big chart. I never really thought that I should finish it within this time, nor my friend gave me any deadlines. I was keeping on painting and I was in 12th standard. You know how it will be in 12th standard- public exam, hostel life and for guys who studied in my school it would have been still worse. So, I was never able to touch my painting in those days. Then I got in to college in Chennai. Same hostel life, away from home continued. But I wouldn't say that I was busy and kept studying in college too. Actually I left all my studying habit in school itself. But still I can’t bring the painting to my college and paint because I needed a peaceful place to paint, you know how hostel rooms are. So I used to draw whenever I go home for holidays. In the meanwhile my friend renovated his home but still I was painting and painting. Whenever I used to see him the first question he kept asking was "have u completed the painting?". Years rolled even my painting rolled but it was not complete. So gradually my friend stopped asking me about the painting, and one day he told finish it whenever u can and I will not ask after this. Until 3rd year same thing continued. I got placed in the end of 7th semester and our final semester started. I don’t know about other college but our final semester was awesome and once in a life time it was. We used to go classes only twice or thrice in a week and we had so much time to spend. So finally I brought my painting to my hostel and started to paint in hostel itself. It was nearly the end of the semester I had finished it I really couldn’t believe I had finished it. I started during 11th standard and finally after 4 years it’s done. I took it to my home, beautifully framed and showed my father. He liked it very much so that when I told I am gonna present it to my friend, he said, he want it to hang in our home only. I was in a critical state; I didn’t know what to do then. I painted it for my friend and he has to say rite, so I asked my friend is it ok if I give a photocopy of the same he said ok. Now it’s beautifully hanging in my home and a framed photo copy is with my friend.

with little photoshop effect for glowing

Home sweet Home

Home sweet Home

Posted by Sivasubramaniam

Home-from rich to poor everyone wants a home of their own. If we ask someone who has got a new job what do they want to achieve first, most of them would want to buy a beautiful home. Even marriage comes after that. And of course if a girl loves a boy for many different reasons, still when it comes to marriage the girl and her family would expect the boy to have a own home apart from car and high salary. People would no more build their own houses and they don’t have time for it. They have started buying flats built by someone else in the 15th floor which are even costly for an average man to afford. Also nowadays homes are like boxes in a small cube. Imagine the home where our grandparents lived as a joint family, spacious and big. But it’s not all about the space, it’s about the feel you get when you live in a home. My childhood was in a rented home, which had only two rooms and some open space. It used to drip every time when there was rain. It was not only home to me some cows, rats, scorpions and sometimes even snakes. One day a rat ran on me while I was sleeping and I was running all over the home to drop it. Believe me my home was like that, but still my childhood was great in that home. I could say my home had grown with me and we have bought the same and renovated it. One of the nicest moments still I remember from my old home was, my mom used to ask what to make for dinner at some 8’o clock. Me and my sister, we would be saying we were not hungry. Then at 10 we would be feeling hungry and we would start asking mom to make something. And it was the exact time the current would be gone. Though it was dark and late night my mom used to make some nice dinner and we would help her. My dad would buy a big banana leaf. We would be sitting out in the open space in front of my home in the moon light. All four me, my sister, dad and mom will be having dinner in a single big banana leaf with a small lamp (vilaku) by the side and in the moon light. That was the real candle light dinner, which you won’t get even if pay thousand and have  it in 5 star hotels. That’s the home I knew and that’s home I lived in Home sweet Home.

Face the Face

Face the Face

Posted by Sivasubramaniam

எல்லா புகழும் இறைவனுக்கே

Here a game today. Think of a teacher whom you liked most in your school.1, 2, 3. Done. Ok now tell me when you imagined your teacher, did you imagine him/her completely or only their face?. Most of them would have imagined only their faces. Ok now if you are walking on road you see someone, you remember their face but don’t know who they are. Most people used to remember people just by their face not whole body. That’s the uniqueness, value of face or whatever you call it. “Face value, face is the index of mind”, are some of the famous sayings which tells us how face is connected to our mind. One of most famous social networking site what do we call it? ‘facebook’.  People recognize each other just by seeing their face. Though we can guess someone by seeing their body no one does that. It's the face everyone sees. Faces have the unique quality of expressing how you feel about something or someone, which we call it, expressions. If two understand each other they need not talk just by seeing each others face they will get to know what the other one is trying to say. If we see a complete stranger our mind will automatically guess what kind of person he/she would be just by seeing their face. But it's not correct every time. Sometimes people miscalculate and sometimes people are good in faking their emotion or expression. Even a small child could fake an expression. Not agreeing, just think how many us have fooled our mom for not doing homework and bunking school, by keeping a dull face and saying that we are feeling sick. I guess everyone would have done. Even to like someone at the first site we could say face stands most ideal one. We cannot choose what kind of face we need at least by birth, but every face will be beautiful if you keep a smile on it every time.

இவன் யாரென்று தெரிகிறதா தீ என்று புரிகிறதா, தடைகளை வென்று சரித்திரம் படைத்தவன் ஞாபகம் வருகிறதா

  

My senior in college Kannan

Fly in the Sky

Fly in the Sky

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Sky is one of the natures element which gives different people different feeling at the same time. Sky has lots of shades and colors. A morning sky-with shiny orange red rays giving warmth, A dark sky with grey clouds, thunders and lighting giving rain- A clear blue sky after rain with no clouds giving cool breeze- A black night sky with shining stars and moon. Whenever I feel lonely and confused as what should I do, I used to lay down in the rooftop and stare at the sky from minutes to hours. Though the sky doesn’t give any ideas as what to do next it will be there for us the whole time hearing our thoughts without complaining about how we are. Isn’t that everyone wants “A person who could listen to us without complaining”. This works for most of the people. Our mind gets clear on just starring the sky because we sense that there is something greater than us and bigger than our problem. So compared to that our problem becomes smaller and no more we care about it. In a view we can say sky don’t exist. If we think that sky is some XYZ million light years away and if we go that point then the sky would be still XYZ light years away. Because it’s an endless space that keeps on expanding. That’s why people say aim for the sky so that your aim keeps on growing and has no limits. According to me people should no longer see the Sky from the Earth; they should wish to see the Earth from the Sky. Even that’s my long lasting wish to ‘Fly in the Sky’.

A Walk in the Park

A Walk in the Park

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Park is a place where we could see all kinds of people- from children to old, rich to poor, good to bad. We could find people of every extreme here. Just imagine the scene of park how it used to be- children playing see saw, some kids fighting for their chance to play swing, their parents or grandparents watching them, some good old friends sharing their views on politics and pension plans, some fitness conscious persons doing jogging and yoga, some beggars and homeless people who never worries about the future, caring only about how to survive today. And it wouldn't be a park if I forget to mention the couples and lovers. Some people selling Guava fruit, Sundal, Groundnut (kadalai), ice cream solely depending on the people coming to park. There were no parks in villages because the whole village belongs to everyone and children to used play wherever they like and not to mention it was green everywhere. Parks mainly came in to picture when cities started to develop. So that people could see some greenery and children will have some place to play. The parks have now shrunk to Rooftop gardens with some decorative big plants where people use to pay in thousands for single dinner. The parks have now started to disappear with the multi storey apartments and malls started taking their place in the picture. Children are no more playing in parks-they are playing video games and snow bowling. People never meet in person just to enjoy each others company-they have started using cell phones and emails. And it’s sad that people no more run in parks and enjoy fresh air- they are ready pay some hundred bucks to the gym and run in treadmill. Though people no more visits or cares about park, the parks are still doing their best as a shelter to homeless people and stray animals. The parks don’t have any loss in losing us but we have a lot in losing them...

My exam partner- Ganesha

My exam partner- Ganesha

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Vinayaga,Ganesha, Ganapathi- he has lot of names. Whatever the name people liked to call him, he is the first in every worship they do. Also we can say he is the one who has lot of temples in India, as we can find at least one small temple for him in every corner of the street. People still have the habit of writing உ in the top of paper for his blessings. During my school days when I don’t study even I used to write உ in my exam papers thinking that Ganesha would make me pass even if I had written the wrong answer. But that’s all not the reason why I liked him. When every other god we know is just like us fully human figure, Ganesha is little different with a human figure and head of an elephant . I guess that’s why I liked him even from my childhood. And I used to draw one Ganesha during every Ganesh chaturti. One such painting is above.

Singham single ah than varum

Singham single ah than varum

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If we ask somebody the question “If you were to choose an animal what would you like to be?”, most of them would answer “I want to be a LION”. The lions are considered to be symbols of power, courage and victory. The Lions have so many impacts on us, our National Emblem has it.  Even our SUPER STAR told in a film “kanna panniga than kootama varum, Singham single ah than varum” which is enough to say how powerful we feel about lion. We see it as “King of Forest” not because it ruled some African forest for 20 years, we call it because it looks Majestic isn’t that enough for us to like it.

My companion Meenu

My companion Meenu

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Companion-The word itself has the meaning “The one who gives you company”. Everyone has somebody who is a good or bad companion. But there can be no one without a companion. When people are aged they choose their own companion but during their childhood there would be someone who came as a gift to you. That companion need not be someone like you. It can be anything a friend, dog, kitten or even a plant with whom you enjoy the every second when you are with them. One such companion of me during my childhood was Meenu. Don’t run in to imagination as, ‘who that girl is’. It’s just name of my kitten. As I told earlier your companion can also be a kitten if you enjoy its company. One such companion was Meenu to me. According to some researchers ‘Pets put us in great state of emotion’. And when you feel love for your pet it’s a great state of love that’s going to bring more happiness in you. So if you don’t have one you are blocking the way of happiness in to your life that’s what I feel. The above painting in the memory of Meenu.