Adieu September, Come November!

Good question. Will check the genuine vintage and get back. Thanks for putting me on this trail. And TM Krishna with beard sans beard is again a Renaissance Man, like you among others. Anyway, we have the Sooorya Music Festival starting today where one can recline of comfy chairs, carry the smoothie inside, ask them to adjust the speakers and the cooling. So, we are off to cooler climes to enjoy Sudha Raghunadhan, Alarmel Valli and Sanjay Subrahmanyam over the week. Who ever said Navaratri is all about sundal??

Well, move over to TVM in flesh with the family in tow. We will make it worth the while.

 

Dear Appa,

enna ippove katcheri pechu arabichutellein... innum markazhi vara veillai.... Here it is done during Rama Navami... great stalwarts are roped in like Yesudas, Sudha Raghunathan, Bombay Jaishree, Aruna Sairam to name a few. In the same stage prior to these people, new comers in the field are also given a chance of say 1 hr to show their skills. Sometimes this become more enjoyable....

Unga oorle engayadhu sweater potta mudiyuma..... Bangalore vango apprum soolungo sweater vendamnu... that too in December early mornings/ late nights... I remember my uncle when you say this. He came with family from Chennai for few days when we were young. He boasted he would have a cold water bath, my father tried to dissuade him but he went on telling that it would not affect him etc etc.... Slowly when evening started, he started shivering with fever and had to wrapped in a blanket and took to the doctor..... Apparum unga kadhai kuda appadi ayidapordhu...Big Laugh

Ippadi ellam oru alpa asaiya? Adhum indha vaiyasila... oruvatti Ash nu sollarell... oruvatti ella womennu sollarelll.... pavum Indhu mami... koncham naradhar vellai kattavendiyadhu dhan.....:rotfl:hide:

 

Come September took me to 1969 to 73 when I was studying in a college staying in the hostel. We managed to make a guy win as the President of the hostel. Having worked so hard for his victory, he gave us the opportunity to decide the mix of songs that would be played in the evening through speakers placed in strategic locations in the hostel. we decided to choose English, Hindi and Tamil songs to alternate. Come September and Around the world in 80 days songs used to be regular. Later, a group of students fought with us to change the songs into Tamil only.

Even here in the US, November and December are active months. From Thanks Giving to Christmas, almost everybody works part time and shopping season starts. The retail stores drop prices so much during that period. The decoration of the houses begin with beautiful serial lights and all of their snow man, rain deer, etc show up in their yard. Every house has Christmas Tree in a prime location and this period makes every child very happy. Prior to that in October, Halloween celebration was a big costume day for children and they walk the street in the evening to collect candies.

Viswa

 

Dear Cheeniya sir,

hope you are enjoying your Novemeber weather in Chennai and getting ready to play Santa come December! Your description of how you dislike wearing sweaters reminds me of teenagers here who want to be macho and so go around in shorts in peak winters with socks and sandals! I am sure every child wears a nice thermal undershirts but love to act like he is too cool It is funny the way you say how Chennaites can take their sweaters out at the slightest onset of cooler weather! My SIL when she visited me in the peak of winter could not believe we live in such cold conditions and has consistently worn 4 layers of clothes for the one month she stayed with me! Come november, it is also natural for me to tell my kids to take hot water bath but always perplexed when they use lukewarm water in peak winters. Their reasoning sounds far better and now I am tempted to buy them towel warmers, just to feel that I am doing my job as a mom. I hear you sir already, I do - it is like as we say in Kannada "Sanyasi kadige hodange" (the story of a sanyasi who went to the forest!) But then you speak of november, how can I not take the opportunity to ramble on for this month prepares us for the upcoming colder months, now if only we could adamantly say we won't wear those sweaters! No sir, not possible one look through the window at the bare trees we know what we are up against!

 

My dear Anna

Thanks to Srama that she is going through some of your posts and I am also getting a chance to give fb. Everypost of yours is a gem and I think someone should publish a book containing all your Rambling. The fbs you get even now for your old threads only shows how important your ramblings are and how much we get to learn from them.

Regarding wearing sweater underneath the shirt I think the older generation are like that. Atleast you wear for your mother's satisfaction. I had made a sweater for my husband but instead of he wearing it he gave it to his brother.

Now coming to the month of November I also like it very much because the season starts for Sapthangam, Ayyappa Pooja etc. Already Sapthangam has started in Guruvayurappan temple and my husband is missing it due to his health condition. Glad that we could attend the Maharudram last Saturday and were there till the end and I can see the difference in my dh's health condition.

Thanks for the lovely post as always