Friday, February 22, 2008

Anbu Malargalae...


















If this picture had a mouth (and may be a couple of eyes), it would cry out loud a la Nayakan Kamal, for being abused so much by me and my friends. This picture has resided in everyone of our hard disks, emails and now features in our Orkut photo albums. I decided to take this oppurtunity to be the first one to put this in a blog post, before someone else from the group gets this idea and takes away the honors.
The first one from left is Shiva aka shivudu. Whenever I show this photo to any of my gal pals, they would just drool all over him. Yeah yeah, my stomach is burning and there's smoke coming from my ears. Happy? He is a video game freak and I try to compete with him online, say once in 2 years. We had our share of good times (NO, not in Bheema/Brokeback Mountain style) when we were roomies. When it comes to long drives, he is the best wingman anyone could ask for. We once drove from Norman, Oklahoma to NYC to attend an interview at Bloomberg and then to Chicago for an interview at SBC, all in a matter of 4 days. By the way, it was only me attending the interviews and he was just here for moral support :-)
The second one is the person who disturbingly calls himself parupps. Enough of me!
Next is Ramanan aka ramsoi, who always gives me the feeling that we have been roomies forever, of course in a good way. He is the one who taught me that icecream shouldn't be eaten in small bowls but in buckets (I am sure you can see the effects of that on me in the pic). He calls himself a happy-go-lucky kind of person and I can't agree with it more.
And then there is Ajai aka jo, who is a gadget freak. He has to have the best of everything that is related to technology. I think he has locked his life into one of the gadgets he owns like how the villains in vittalaacharya movies have their lives in some parrot that lives seven seas and seven mountains away. I didn't know I was his best friend until his parents told me when they visited me in Chennai. I was like, 'OK, that is news for me!!!!!'
That 'out-of-focus' aasami is Bharani. He is the odd man for various reasons. He is my close friend since the Sathyabama days. I found it hard to come to terms with the fact that I am actually friends with such a brainy dude, when he causally showed me the paint-like tool he had created in DOS. Mind you, this was way back in 1996. In my opinion, he hasn't done enough justice to the talent he possesses, YET.
There are two other people who are not in the frame, but present at that time. They definitely deserve more than just a honorary mention. Meenakshi, who took this evergreen photo, prefers to stay behind the scenes all the time. He is too good a photographer and an avid fan of Ilaiyaraja's music. The last person who missed out on being a part of history is Chand. Like Bharani, he has been my close friend since my college days. We always end up fighting over silly matters, but we have managed to stay as friends through thick and thin. He introduced me to the exciting world of Raja Masala 5 years ago and I am still addicted to it. We can relate to each other on numerous things like Masalaboard ;) and "Ennadhu, Mahathma Gandhi Sethutara?".
This picture was taken in March 2002 during the spring break and it was one of the memorable times ever, thanks to Brian Lara Cricket-2001.
Thanks Meenakshi, for this wonderful moment, which MIGHT never happen again!

Thursday, February 14, 2008

AAAHA... kavidhai kavidhai...padi!

Kadhal tholvi enakku mattumalla
en veetu kannadikum dhaan
dhinam en bimbam adhil azhugiradhe!

P.S: Sorry Karthik, I couldn't resist posting it.