Poruthaar Boomialwaar

I think I came across this phrase in school. Since I chose to study “Hindi” as my second language, I probably didn’t get to study this phrase first hand. “Poruthaar Boomialwaar”. A very powerful phrase that every kid should learn, understand and imbibe in his/her life. I told Noni that the only thing I want to teach my kid would be “delayed gratification”. I cannot say it is an uninfluenced thought, we all have heard of and seen some version of the marshmallow experiment....

<span title='2015-11-01 06:51:49 +0000 UTC'>November 1, 2015</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;2 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;abishek

Mujhe Hindi maaloom hain

As I was rolling in the bed y’day night trying to sleep, I weirdly started thinking how Hindi as a language fared in my life. When I entered middle school, I had to make a choice for the second language. And my parents rightly made my choice for studying Hindi. They felt, I would anyway pickup Tamil and knowing the national language is very important. Yes. I totally agree today – besides, I am sure Hindi was simpler than Tamil....

<span title='2015-06-18 03:44:41 +0000 UTC'>June 18, 2015</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;abishek

Music

Funny that I should talk about music. But anyway, laugh all you want. I am going to talk about something related to music. After a long time, I liked what I heard in OK Kanmani songs. I didn’t quite care about the lyric, but I didn’t find it obscene. Yeah, that’s been a while when the song is not obscene. And its more obscene to hear kids mouth the lyrics innocently....

<span title='2015-04-21 23:33:54 +0000 UTC'>April 21, 2015</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;1 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;abishek