Kamala Surayya,MJ and now LohithaDas???

Lohithadas passed away a few hours ago.Such a big loss to the malayalam movie industry and the sensible movie lovers. We might have had bigger losses like that of Padmarajan and Bharathan earlier. But then i was too small to realise it. Its only when the news channels went on and on about Lohithadas's works that i realised most of my favorites were written by him. I couldnt name one which i didn't like. Nivedyam,Veendum Chila VeetuKaryangal,Sallapam,Bhoothakannadi,Thooval kottaram, Kireedam, Chenkol, Amaram, Valsalyam, Venkalam, KAMALADALAM, Bharatham, Sasneham, Kudumbapuranam, Kanmadam, Kasthoorimaan..the list goes on and on. Kireedam and Kamaladalam are the works i loved the most in Malayalam cinema itself. But back then i was so awed by MohanLals performance that i never thought much about the person who gave birth to characters like Sethumadhavan and Nandagopan. He had also created strong female characters like Bhanu of Kanmadam and Priyamvadha of Kasthoorimaan. Its only now when he left us that i realize what a golden mark he has left in the epics of malayam cinema.I am yet to see his debutant work Thaniyavarthanam.
Today its such a disheartening day for the Malayalis all over the world.
I am sure he will live in our hearts as long as Malayalam cinema remains through his works. May God give strength to his family. May his soul rest in peace.

Be Water Wise!!!

Long time since I posted >>>:D<<<

Its been 7 months and 1 week I guess. I missed blogging quite a lot :-). Its been some days since I was dying to pen down my thoughts on Gujarat assembly’s anti terror bill.

..he he..who am I kidding? I cant even pull a line like that. Sigh. Anybody who’s googling for the anti terror bill and landing upon this page ..i am extremely sorry..this post has nothing to do with it. I just had an accidental glimpse of todays newspaper(I know I know I am not proud of it)on my way to kitchen. Following the tradition, this post is also about me :-D

So the news of the year is that I am posted back to my hometown and im still in that ecstatic mood. As a matter of course , my official life is abundant with my cleverness and wisdom as portrayed in the instance below.

I am strictly against the wastage of resources (eventhough I fall asleep a lot with my lights and pc on). So I appreciate the save water and green it initiative banners which they have kept throughout my office.

One day when I was in the restroom I noticed waterflow not stopping in one of the toilets. The flush there had some problem. On seeing the wastage of tons of water my heart ached. In the walls of the toilet there was 1 poster having the save water message and beneath that was written.”in case of waterflow not stopping call bala-98950*****”.

I memorized the number and went back to my cabin. There I presented the issue in front of my cabin mates. They also encouraged me to do the good deed of saving some water for our planet. So I took the phone and dialed the number.

bala:- “Hello”

Me :- “Ivide toiletil vellam nilkunila. Athu parayaan vilichathaa”(I just called to say the waterflow is not stopping in the toilet)

bala :-“Helloooo”

Me :-“bala allee??”(Is this bala???)

bala :- “Alla” (Nope)

Cling!

Guess Who's Back!!!