<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5057790426138770796</id><updated>2012-02-06T02:52:16.367-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Scribbles of frivolous, obsessed, serious  writer</title><subtitle type='html'>Writing is always been my passion. And here I present to you my works that I have contributed to the media world...</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sharawrites.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5057790426138770796/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sharawrites.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Sharanya Rajendran</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15466416241277747585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3_jlQoXNa5c/TnY0AC3yu2I/AAAAAAAAGmc/8TqLJRic1nw/s220/Shar%2B1a.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5057790426138770796.post-3375935601425666116</id><published>2008-10-18T07:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-18T07:24:18.674-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Popular cartoons, now and then…</title><content type='html'>&lt;meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; 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	margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; 	mso-header-margin:.5in; 	mso-footer-margin:.5in; 	mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 	{page:Section1;} --&gt; &lt;/style&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 10]&gt; &lt;style&gt;  /* Style Definitions */  table.MsoNormalTable 	{mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; 	mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; 	mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; 	mso-style-noshow:yes; 	mso-style-parent:""; 	mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; 	mso-para-margin:0in; 	mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; 	mso-pagination:widow-orphan; 	font-size:10.0pt; 	font-family:"Times New Roman"; 	mso-ansi-language:#0400; 	mso-fareast-language:#0400; 	mso-bidi-language:#0400;} &lt;/style&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt;      &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:Garamond;font-size:13;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Scooby-Dooby-Doo, Where Are You? We got some work to do now.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:Garamond;font-size:13;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Come on Scooby-Doo, I see you... pretending you got a sliver&lt;br /&gt;But you're not fooling me, cause I can see, the way you shake and shiver…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:Garamond;font-size:13;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Do you remember these lines from the ‘&lt;i&gt;Scooby Doo Mysteries’&lt;/i&gt; which were telecasted way back in 70s? Well, yes television cartoon began somewhere between 1920 – 30s period. It was started by Walt Disney with ‘&lt;i&gt;Teamboat Willie’&lt;/i&gt; in 1928, the first significant cartoon with synchronized sound and effects followed by ‘&lt;i&gt;Flowers and Trees’&lt;/i&gt; in 1932.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Cartoons is most often used in reference to programs for children, featuring anthromorphized&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;animals, he adventures of child protagonists, and other related genres. They were made for making children happy and be in a buoyant mood.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;They were started with an adage to entertain the children between age group 3 to 10. As days pass by, popular cartoons like Bugs Bunny, Mighty Mouse, Tom and Jerry, Popeye, Yogi Bear, The Flinstones, Scooby Doo and few others which were telecasted in 1970s became a huge hit and was watched by both children and teens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Ghostbusters, Gummy Bears, Heath cliff, Tarzan, the Mask, the Jetsons&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt; and others became popular later in 1980s. Apart from these cartoons, &lt;i&gt;He- man, Batman, Superman, Dragon ball, X-men, Robotix &lt;/i&gt;and few others also become one among those influential cartoons for the animated effects created by them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;These cartoons not only entertain them but also make them learn. For e.g, if you take Scooby doo, the story revolves around a dog who is scared of ghosts and with a detective plot. It makes the children get away fear from the ghosts and also plan such detective plots.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;It’s the same for &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elzie_Crisler_Segar" title="Elzie Crisler Segar"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Elzie Crisler Segar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;’s ‘Popeye Show’ with characteristics like eating spinach would give superhuman strength. ‘The Popeye show’ became very popular in the &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;United States&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; by making children eat spinach through this cartoon. More and more cartoons then started with a strong theme or a plot that not only entertain but also educate the children.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;In the early nineties, cartoons like &lt;i&gt;The Simpson’s, Ren and Stumpy, Batman, The Power puff Girls, Rugrats, Tiny Toon Adventures, South Park, Dexter's Laboratory, Animaniacs Dragon ball Z, Veggie Tales, Pinky and the Brain, Pokemon&lt;/i&gt; became very popular and noted for their ways of educating the children through the cartoons. The &lt;i&gt;Simpson’s&lt;/i&gt; was renowned for cultivating sex – education among children, The &lt;i&gt;Powepuff girls&lt;/i&gt; for teaching courage and strength for girls and so on.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;John Kricfalusi, popular cartoonist rightly says that “kids cannot follow stories in a book, they neither can understand the cartoon completely, but with the element of hilarious visuals and sound effects it’s more a powerful tool than any”. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Notable Names:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hanna" title="William Hanna"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;color:black;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hanna" title="William Hanna"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;color:black;" &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;William Hanna and Joseph Barbara &lt;/span&gt;is a prominent name in the ‘cartoon – world’. After MGM studios shut the door in 1957, it was Hanna – Barbara who took the lead and is still going strong for forty five years. They started with ‘&lt;i&gt;Tom and Jerry show’&lt;/i&gt; in the year 1940 which became a huge hit only for its&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;wonderful sense of humor in it&lt;b&gt;. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;It became famous for&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;shorts like Jerry slicing Tom in half, shutting his head in a window or a door and using equipments like pistols, axis and on. Despite all the violence, there is no blood or gore in any scenes. The cartoon is also noteworthy for resemblance to everyday objects and occurrences which is the main appeal of visual humor in the series and the music which played an important role. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Hanna – Barbara productions also produced few other well-known cartoon shows like &lt;i&gt;Yogi Bear, Flinstones, The Jetsons, Scooby – Doo, Where are you?, Ritchie Rich, The Addams family, Johnny bravo, Dexter Laboratory, Swat cats, Powder-puff girls&lt;/i&gt; and so on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Popular cartoons now:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Few other cartoons of the yester years are still popular now. Apart from them new cartoons like &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;101 Dalmations, The Alladin Series, Archie's Weird Mysteries, Batman, Dragon ball Z, Digimon, Double Dragon, Highlander, Ninja Turtles, Pokemon, The Legend of Tarzan, The Smirfs, Sabrina, Mr.Bean Animated series of Sherlock Homes&lt;/span&gt; are the popular ones now. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="huge"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Though children have started to watch filmy stuff now, cartoons are still popular for few of the reasons. Popular cartoons of those years are still popular now. Of late creating a character like ‘Scooby’, ‘Tom and Jerry’ has been a difficult task. Comic characters taken from books or super-heroes from movies are made into cartoons now.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="huge"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="huge"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;As put by Joseph Barbara, “Making cartoons means very hard work at every step of the way, but creating a successful cartoon character is the hardest work of all”.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="huge"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"&gt;&lt;span class="huge"&gt;By,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"&gt;&lt;span class="huge"&gt;Sharanya C.R&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="text-align: right;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;"&gt;POST SCRIPT : I wrote this one for Suchitra's magazine on Cartoons! I loved writing this...cos me the lowe cartoons, especially Scooby Doo!! :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5057790426138770796-3375935601425666116?l=sharawrites.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sharawrites.blogspot.com/feeds/3375935601425666116/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5057790426138770796&amp;postID=3375935601425666116&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5057790426138770796/posts/default/3375935601425666116'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5057790426138770796/posts/default/3375935601425666116'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sharawrites.blogspot.com/2008/10/popular-cartoons-now-and-then.html' title='Popular cartoons, now and then…'/><author><name>Sharanya Rajendran</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15466416241277747585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3_jlQoXNa5c/TnY0AC3yu2I/AAAAAAAAGmc/8TqLJRic1nw/s220/Shar%2B1a.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5057790426138770796.post-5796932410193889088</id><published>2008-03-14T11:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-06T05:53:16.905-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Other side of a Journalist</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: webdings;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;font-size:85%;" &gt;Mr. G.Vijaykumar is a media person who served for broadcast and print media for almost 35 years. He being a B.Com student of &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Vivekananda&lt;/st1:placename&gt; &lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;College&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; took up journalism as his career. Even though he is a commerce student he took part in various competitions like quiz, did many radio shows, writing competitions and many more, which made him, take up journalism in his PG. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: webdings;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;font-size:85%;" &gt;He started of his ‘journalism career’ by joining the AIR at a young age. He worked in AIR for almost 25 years. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;He worked in different spheres at various stations from the level of Transmission Executive to Deputy Director. He has also done whole gamut of programmes in different formats in Tamil and English covering Health, Education, Youth, Documentaries, Music and Current affairs.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-family: webdings;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;Later he moved to Sun TV, where he was in charge for English news service for 5 years. As the telecast of English news service was removed, he joined the “Mutharam” (Kungumam group), a Tamil magazine, where he was given the post of the Editor. He worked there for 3 years and now he is a part time consultant for “The Hindu” and works for AIR again!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-family: webdings;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;He has interviewed top-notch personalities on subjects ranging from Politics, Economics, and Environment to NGOs’ in English and Tamil. He has also done live commentaries on these subjects. He was also the recipient of ‘Akashvani Annual Award’ for documentary on Internet in 1996.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-family: webdings;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;To know his other side, we caught him and Mr. Rajendran, his good old buddy. A ‘casual talk’ at his friend’s residence, that lies at the heart of Mylapore. Vijay Kumar talks about his experiences and his friend talks about the other side of him.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: webdings;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;font-size:85%;" &gt;When talking about his journey in media, he recalls and says working in AIR were his most memorable days. “I gained lots of experience during the long tenure in AIR at various locations in planning and production of programmes for Youth, Women and Children, Industrial workers and Centres of Higher learning”. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;They were thoroughly enriching and enjoyable.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: webdings;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;font-size:85%;" &gt;His friend takes the other side. “Though he is been in media for these many years, yet he is very simple and just they he was before”, says Mr. Rajendran. There is no change in him. “Am not talking about looks!” laughs Mr. Rajendran. He still travels in bus and makes no complaint in this. He is very simple, down to earth and most humorous person of our gang. “Talk to him about any subject, he would be able to answer you”, tells Mr.Rajendran. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: webdings;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;font-size:85%;" &gt;While Mr. Rajendran talks about him, Mr. Vijay Kumar looks curiously to find out what his buddy tells. “He is a very good entertainer, a simple human and also makes a good journalist on the whole”, adds Mr. Rajendran. That ends the play!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: webdings;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;font-size:85%;" &gt;Well, too much of praises yet makes him a simple man!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: right; font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;By,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div  style="text-align: right;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" &gt;Sharanya C.R.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" &gt;Post Script:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" &gt;I wrote this in my 2nd yearfor my photojournalism submission. We were asked to do profile of a person. Pictures + Article. Mr. Vijay Kumar is a very good friend of my father and our family well-wisher. Thanks to him for spending his time to talk about him and those golden old days!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5057790426138770796-5796932410193889088?l=sharawrites.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sharawrites.blogspot.com/feeds/5796932410193889088/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5057790426138770796&amp;postID=5796932410193889088&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5057790426138770796/posts/default/5796932410193889088'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5057790426138770796/posts/default/5796932410193889088'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sharawrites.blogspot.com/2008/03/other-side-of-journalist.html' title='Other side of a Journalist'/><author><name>Sharanya Rajendran</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15466416241277747585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3_jlQoXNa5c/TnY0AC3yu2I/AAAAAAAAGmc/8TqLJRic1nw/s220/Shar%2B1a.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5057790426138770796.post-2645172327084340245</id><published>2007-11-11T09:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-11T09:50:17.199-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Important role played by food during myriad of moods</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;“The food that enters the body must be watched as closely as the food that enters the mind”, says Patrick Buchunan, an American food analyst. Like he says, have we ever noticed what we eat when we are in different moods? Have we ever noticed what we consume when we are happy or sad? Have we ever noticed why they make sweets during festival times? Have we ever wondered the logics in that?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Well, it’s all a ‘no’! Research scientists have proven that there&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;is a connection between a person's mood and the foo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;d he or she eats.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It’s also that eating a certain food can influence a person's mood, at least temporarily.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Food that we consume during different moods:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Slightly rewind your mind to those unforgettable school days, the times when we were young and innocent. During times when we get our annual examination results, we used to go to these nearby shops and have a candy or ice - cream. Have we wondered why we like to have ice cream instead of rice or chapattis?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;It’s because there are some tastes that lingers throughout our body and mind and makes us feel even better. There is a connection between the brain and the food. A person consumes food depending on his mood.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.israelity.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/CHOCOLATES.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.israelity.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/CHOCOLATES.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;For e.g&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;, if you have noticed many people eat chocolate when they are slightly d&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;pressed. They think that e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;ating chocolate gives them a break. That’s because, chocolates has certain elements in it that gives a person a relaxed mind and a euphoric feeling. Chocolate is also consumed when we are very happy. It is because of sugar, an amount of caffeine and other feel – good chemicals that make us feel better.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;It also happens when a person seems to be very &lt;i&gt;miserable, sad or tired&lt;/i&gt;; they either quit food at that time or eat something very light or by ending up with a juice or a glass of milk. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Gayathri, 24 years, says, “When am depressed I don’t feel like eating. But it always happens that someone forces me too, so I end up have a bowl of curd rice or plain milk. I don’t know why, but it seems to go along with my mood”.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;“When am dead tired or exhausted, I feel like having a semi- fluid foodstuff rather than forcing myself to have food. Having a complete meal tires me even more” says Ashwin, student.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;When people are really excited over something or someone, people tend to party. &lt;i style=""&gt;For instance&lt;/i&gt;, for a birthday or anniversary, we are really happy and excited over it. People tend to throw a party with food &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;which is spicy like chicken curry, biriyani and more. These foods have the tendency to make people feel more excited and happy because of the spicy elements in it. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;“When am really happy and feel keyed up, I love to have spicy food like chicken tikka and the similar and my meal with a desert” says Gaddy Disney, student. He says it gives him a sense of completeness and carries the excitement the whole day.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Apart from eating food according to our moods, certain foodstuff like onion, drum stick, deserts, coffee, tea and other eatables which has an element of caffeine in it arouses sexual feelings. It is also proved by a research that by consuming these foodstuffs in excess arouses a person erotic feeling. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Traditional va&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;lue:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;For centuries, a typical traditional meal in &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;South India&lt;/st1:place&gt; has been served on a "vazhaillai", a freshly cut plantain leaf. It is believed that food, when served on a clean banana leaf, not only tastes better but als&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.tourismofkerala.com/kerala_images/food03.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.tourismofkerala.com/kerala_images/food03.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;o imbibes the nutritional values of the banana tree.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;And also durin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;g fes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;tival seasons like Diwali, Pongal and the other, they make sweets and savors. Like said the content of sugar &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;makes us feel good the whole day and lightens up.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;There is also another tradition followed by South Indian people. They serve sweets first before serving the main course of food. It is believed that consuming food in the beginning increases your metabolism rate and helps food get digested faster. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Food supporters:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Foodstuff like &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;color:#000000;" &gt;water, vegetables, fruits, oil rich fish, nuts and seeds, wholegrain food, fibre, protein and organic food are considered to be the food supporters. They are not only rich in content, they also gives us a pleasant feeling. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;color:#000000;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;color:#000000;" &gt;"Water is the most neglected nutrient in your diet but one of the most vital".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;color:#000000;" &gt;Many people during workouts consume bottles of water to keep their energy level high and help them do more of it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;color:#000000;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;“Two and more glasses of water early morning makes my body feel light and energetic” says Rajendran, 55 years. He says that one should have a minimum of eight glasses of work a day, to sustain the energy and remove toxins from your body. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;color:#000000;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Usage of fresh juices instead of aerated drinks will also give a refreshing effect. These fresh juices should be taken along with food if possible which gives us a lot of energy and health.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Food stressors:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Food apart from giving a nice and happy feeling also tends to give adverse feeling. Certain food that we consume gives us stress and depression. Foodstuff like caffeine, alcohol, addictives, and saturated food, wheat containing foods and eating large size meals might end up giving stress to your mind and body. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Too much fatty and hot food makes our system slow because the stomach takes twice the amount energy to grind and most of our blood is drawn by the stomach and the brain becomes slow.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;A lot of men and women tend to consume larger amount of rice in the afternoon. It is to be noticed that they get little drowsy, inactive and lazy, by ending in doing nil amount of work after lunch. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Though onions have content that are very good for health, they make us cry whiling cutting them. It’s because of the smell and other sulfuric content in it which tends people to shed tears while cutting. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;color:#000000;" &gt;There is an old saying which goes to say, “&lt;i&gt;Have breakfast like a prince, lunch like a king and have dinner like a pauper”&lt;/i&gt;. The fact being that a heavy breakfast keeps one going for the day with energy. A medium lunch would sustain the person during the post lunch period. A light early dinner would ensure a peaceful sleep. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;color:#000000;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Eating accordingly not only gives you balanced diet but also allows the mood swings to flow properly in the mind. Next time when you eat, watch it. Not for diet but for your mood!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;color:#000000;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;- By &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sharanya CR&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: right; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;Post Script:&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: right; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Article written for Food Journal. Thanks for Sumitra &amp;amp; Chandini for give me this topic. I love food and loved to write about it;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5057790426138770796-2645172327084340245?l=sharawrites.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sharawrites.blogspot.com/feeds/2645172327084340245/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5057790426138770796&amp;postID=2645172327084340245&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5057790426138770796/posts/default/2645172327084340245'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5057790426138770796/posts/default/2645172327084340245'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sharawrites.blogspot.com/2007/11/important-role-played-by-food-during.html' title='Important role played by food during myriad of moods'/><author><name>Sharanya Rajendran</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15466416241277747585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3_jlQoXNa5c/TnY0AC3yu2I/AAAAAAAAGmc/8TqLJRic1nw/s220/Shar%2B1a.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5057790426138770796.post-1873882082399369258</id><published>2007-10-18T05:59:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-18T06:41:48.192-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Elite class – Trend setters!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Do you remember old Indian movies where the hero is a rickshaw-puller and wears three-fourth pants? We then used to call ‘&lt;i style=""&gt;rickshaw-puller pants&lt;/i&gt;’ and now its named &lt;i style=""&gt;capris&lt;/i&gt;! It’s not only capris, but other trends which were considered the ‘&lt;i&gt;old-style’&lt;/i&gt; is now the ‘&lt;i&gt;latest fashion&lt;/i&gt;’ or ‘&lt;i&gt;in-vogue now&lt;/i&gt;’!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;These styles in terms of fashion, culture, food and the like which were in trend those days are back again with slightly a revived version now. And you see a series of discussion about their &lt;i&gt;new-discovered trends&lt;/i&gt; from college students to middle aged men!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.e-jewel.co.il/EN/data/images/body-piercing.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 185px; height: 187px;" src="http://www.e-jewel.co.il/EN/data/images/body-piercing.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;We can hear voices of our mom or grand mom saying this to you, “We also have worn this before, and the old trend is coming back again”. It’s hundred percent true! Except for a few bits and pieces, the trends that we see now in terms of &lt;i&gt;fashion&lt;/i&gt; are the same which we used to see in those old movies, except for a slight modulation in it.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;The reason to see the old culture coming back in new form is because of the elite people. In simple terms, the upper class people bring these newly modulated trends and call it as ‘&lt;i&gt;new – trend’&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;They wear and get such stuff in branded shops. After seeing the amount of people using it, the things that were got in branded shops are now seen in local platform shops. These local shops give way to the middle and lower class people to also enjoy the new trend. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;From stone bangles&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt; to the then &lt;i style=""&gt;raja&lt;/i&gt; chappals, everything seems to come back again. For an old person, it will almost be like seeing everything all again. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Back again:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;The sleeve-less blouse, the tight fit pants, the designer sarees (Remember Jayalalitha’s songs with MGR?), stone bangles, gold-silver-copper chappals, the puff hand style (now called as the &lt;i&gt;mega sleeve&lt;/i&gt;!), golden anklets, beaded jewellery, armlets, anklets, black metal jewellery, antique jewellery, capris, hair-loose concept and if you dig more, it keeps on coming. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Apart from accessories and clothes, even tattooing is a fashion now. The elite have started the trend of tattooing or &lt;i&gt;now–called&lt;/i&gt; body piercing. Tattooing is a popular term with our grand-moms! The&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;y then call it as &lt;i&gt;‘pachai-kuthurathu’ &lt;/i&gt;(meaning green tattoo piercing in Tamil). &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Body piercing n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;ow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;, is becoming popular with both men and women. We aren’t talking about just gang members who have tattoos and body piercing. In this generation it is very common for young adults as well as those in their careers to have body piercing. And also, belly rings and naval rings have become increasingly popular with the younger generation. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Apart from fashion and accessories even in terms of &lt;i&gt;food&lt;/i&gt; there is a change. Like for example, Italian food. They have become a fashion now. The elite found it here and many among us have tasted Italian food. (Adding them as our favorites in cuisines is also a fashion!)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;In terms of &lt;i&gt;architecture, technology&lt;/i&gt; also you can see the public following it. Electronic items like &lt;i&gt;computers, mobile phones, mp3 players, lap top&lt;/i&gt; and more are used by several in the city. If you take &lt;i&gt;mobile phone&lt;/i&gt;s, it was used by people who are in a higher position. But now you can see even a rickshaw-puller using it!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;IT buildings of the same type as in the &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;United States&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; are also an example in terms of architecture. A series of building in the same &lt;i&gt;blue-glass-tall building&lt;/i&gt; format can be seen if you hang about in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/2000718/2/istockphoto_2000718_garage_sale_jewelery.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 263px;" src="http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/2000718/2/istockphoto_2000718_garage_sale_jewelery.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt; the &lt;st1:street st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:address st="on"&gt;Old Mahaballipuram Road&lt;/st1:address&gt;&lt;/st1:street&gt;. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Advantages and disadvantages:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;As the elite class identifies areas of fashion, many people go about doing the same thing and it thus become the &lt;i&gt;current-fashion&lt;/i&gt;. They are not to be blamed. The people who follow that are neither to be blamed. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Following the old trends or following some thing which the elite wears or uses, gives a person some kind of pride and self-confidence. As long as the person who wears it is comfortable, it doesn’t harm either of them. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;“Wearing such things that my classmates wear, helps me to be in the same colour as they, I don’t call this copying or following it blindly. I like it and so I buy such stuff” says Nahla, college student.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;For many people it boosts their self-confidence. They follow the foot steps of the elite and want to be &lt;i style=""&gt;in&lt;/i&gt;-&lt;i style=""&gt;vogue&lt;/i&gt;. Of late many want to dress up really well and different. In making this happen, people try out different things and so call it ‘fashion’ and thus ends in becoming the &lt;i style=""&gt;new-style.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;If you look this in a negative side, a person loses his or her originality by following the elites! He loses his personal way of dressing or carrying himself. He, by following such trends becomes a duplicate rather than original. Other disadvantages are that, certain trends break the traditional values like wearing navel rings and the like. But whether &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;you &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;want to break is the question. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;But at some point, repeation of the old trends asks us the question of creativity among the designers. Are there no more designs that we can create? Or there are no more designers to create? The question is yet to be answered!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;- Sharanya CR&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;Post Script:&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The topic 'elite class being the trend setters' is written for a journal! I loved writing on this. Though I was skeptical what to write in the beginning I kicked off well and continued writing! Accessories&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;is&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;my one of my 'lowes'! And to write negatives &amp;amp; positives on it was a difficult task. 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 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5057790426138770796-1873882082399369258?l=sharawrites.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sharawrites.blogspot.com/feeds/1873882082399369258/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5057790426138770796&amp;postID=1873882082399369258&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5057790426138770796/posts/default/1873882082399369258'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5057790426138770796/posts/default/1873882082399369258'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sharawrites.blogspot.com/2007/10/elite-class-creators-of-fashion.html' title='Elite class – Trend setters!!'/><author><name>Sharanya Rajendran</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15466416241277747585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3_jlQoXNa5c/TnY0AC3yu2I/AAAAAAAAGmc/8TqLJRic1nw/s220/Shar%2B1a.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5057790426138770796.post-8990315080778144965</id><published>2007-08-12T11:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-12T11:14:48.232-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tennis flavor at the &lt;/b&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mecca&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;b&gt; of Indian Tennis&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: georgia;"&gt;With all the eyes on cricket, “The Chennai Open” turned the eyes to the tennis season for a few days. The players eagerly look for performances in Chennai to set the bar for the year, giving the Chennai tennis lovers an early taste of the exciting season ahead.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: georgia;"&gt;Going into its eleventh year, the Chennai open continues to grow and establish itself as one of the finest on the ATP circuit and has gained significance in the global context. The event has also placed Chennai on the world tennis map.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://chronotron.files.wordpress.com/2006/01/i21619420.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://chronotron.files.wordpress.com/2006/01/i21619420.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: georgia;"&gt;Tennis lovers and players around the world recognize Chennai as the Mecca of Indian tennis – as the city has produced world class players like Ramanathan Krishnan, Ramesh Krishnan, Vijay Amritraj, Anand Amritraj and Leander Paes.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: georgia;"&gt;This tournament has been consecutively played for nine years, is only because of the world class infrastructure facilities available. Mr. Narayanan, president of the TNTA (Tamil Nadu Tennis Association) tells us that “both players and officials have rated the stadium as one of the best in &lt;st1:place&gt;Asia&lt;/st1:place&gt;”. He also adds that “it is the only global sporting event played annually in &lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;India&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;.”&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: georgia;"&gt;A amateur from the local tennis club tells us that watching the sport live makes him learn the tacks of the game and provides him confidence for playing in further games. Another onlooker who has brought his entire family members and friends from &lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Bangalore&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; tells that “I love tennis and I’ve been coming to Chennai for the past 9 years to watch tennis”. This young man and his group mates have placed a bet on Moya who won the Singles Championship last year.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: georgia;"&gt;Rafael Nadal fans were definitely heartbroken as he couldn’t participate this time due to injury. Ivan Ljubicic replaced him and also surprised the crowd by winning the Singles Championship Trophy this year. And not to forget three cheers for our Government and our Honorable Chief Minister Ms. Jayalalitha for making this tournament a success. All that starts well ends well and so did the Chennai open.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" face="georgia" style="text-align: right;" align="right"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;By, &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sharanya CR&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right; font-family: georgia; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" align="right"&gt;Post Script:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right; font-family: georgia;" align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Lovely game I say! I was reporting sports then in my first year! And here it is my first game that I reported. In the picture: &lt;/span&gt;Ivan Ljubicic&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5057790426138770796-8990315080778144965?l=sharawrites.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sharawrites.blogspot.com/feeds/8990315080778144965/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5057790426138770796&amp;postID=8990315080778144965&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5057790426138770796/posts/default/8990315080778144965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5057790426138770796/posts/default/8990315080778144965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sharawrites.blogspot.com/2007/08/tennis-flavor-at-mecca-of-indian-tennis.html' title=''/><author><name>Sharanya Rajendran</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15466416241277747585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3_jlQoXNa5c/TnY0AC3yu2I/AAAAAAAAGmc/8TqLJRic1nw/s220/Shar%2B1a.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5057790426138770796.post-6598112612154761635</id><published>2007-08-12T10:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-12T11:06:23.414-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Interview 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Actor Dhanush’s Interview&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;            &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Life has a strange way of throwing things across your path when you least expect it. Giving up his cherished dream of becoming a marine engineer, Dhanush found himself with acting on big screen instead. Coming to terms with life’s strange ‘accident’ that made him an actor, Dhanush has come so far into the industry that his film&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;has even received international acclaim. Clad simply and comfortably in a pair of shorts and a t-shirt, the actor reveals his story to Sharanya C.R. and Deepti Govind.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;How did you enter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; the film industry?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;It was an accident. I was studying in 11&lt;span style="position: relative; top: -3.5pt;"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;standard when my dad asked me to act in &lt;i&gt;Thulluvatho Illammai&lt;/i&gt;. I had no interest in movies then. As a college student, who would want to miss the opportunity to bunk college though? But to my surprise, I was thought to fit the role perfectly, and had no choice but to act in it after that! I grumbled and cried, but to no avail.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;How was your experience acting for the very first time against your wishes? Were you confident of doing a good job?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;I always wanted to become a marine engineer. I knew nothing about cinema and had no confidence. They taught me and I acted. I just wanted to get done with it! I even prayed to god that the movie should not do well, but unfortunately, it did really well in the box office. (Laughs)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Do you choose scripts after consultation with family and friends?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;No, I do not. I just follow m&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;y instincts.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;It is said by critics that the best of you seems to have come out only in films directed by your brother, Selvaraghavan. What would you say to that?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;I agree completely. For an actor to bring out his best, the script should offer him a lot of scope. That is exactly what Selva’s scripts have done to me. The roles he offers are also heavy and challenging. Once you are posed with a challenge, you naturally tend to put in more effort.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Though &lt;i&gt;Pudhupettai &lt;/i&gt;was a huge hit, it was said to have excess violence.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;I think when the whole movie revolves around the story of a gangster, there is bound to be violence in it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:red;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;The usual perception of a gangster’s appearance is that he is strong and muscular of build.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;When I discussed the movie with Selva, and started preparing for it, I had to meet few gangsters to see how their life actually is. You would be surprised to hear that, almost 7 out of 10 gangsters are thin. They laughed at us when we told them the same thing. Being thing and wiry has its advantages, especially when you need to escape fast. The stamina that a thin person has will surely be more than a bulky person if both have to run fast and for miles to escape!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;How do you prepare for your roles?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;I literally make myself become the character in the course of time. My homework is done in front of the mirror. For this movie, &lt;i&gt;Pudupettai&lt;/i&gt;, I learned the body language, and the lifestyle of the gangsters by watching movies based on them.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;The movie has achieved international recognition. How do you feel about a Tamil movie getting so much importance in the international scenario?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Yeah, it is awesome because&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://im.rediff.com/movies/2006/jan/03poster.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://im.rediff.com/movies/2006/jan/03poster.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; normally Indian movies that achieve international recognition have been from Bollywood&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;. Also, when someone like Cameron Bailey who is the selector of Asian films for the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Toronto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; film festival, and has such a vast experience in films, has praised the movie, I think it speaks for itself about the film.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:red;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Many of the actors these days tend to change their ‘look’ completely for every other movie, what is your say on this?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;When I first entered the industry, everyone looked back to see who this gawky teenager who didn’t look at all like a movie actor was. I didn’t have your usual ‘hero’ look! This made me popular! (Laughs) I think I look perfectly okay for my age. “Get up change” I think may be four years down the lane I might consider it. Now I want to do roles that will go well with and which suits my age.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;What change do you find in yourself from the first movie and now?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;In the first movie, I was a kid. I did not have any ambitions or passion for movies. I just acted the way they asked me to. Only in &lt;i&gt;Pudupettai&lt;/i&gt; did I grow up to be an actor. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Rajini..?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;It feels good to be his son-in-law. In my school days I used to be crazy about him. I dreamt of meeting him just once and now... On the other hand, I have lost my identity. Earlier I was Dhanush, now I am ‘Rajini’s son-in-law’. I am fighting to regain my lost identity now.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Is singing is also one of your passions, because you sing for movies.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;(Laugh’s loud) That was because they needed a voice that is bad for the song in &lt;i&gt;Pudupettai.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Which do you think is your best movie?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Pudupettai&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; undoubtedly. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Your favorite director?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Selvaraghavan. It is not because he is my brother, but because he is one director who can bring out real emotions. He has a style and class of his own. He has a lot of courage and I think he is the best. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;What are your plans for the future?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;I have plans to direct. I am in the process of learning direction. May be 4 or 5 years down the lane, I would be directing a movie. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;A word for today’s generation?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;I know advice is boring. But someone has to say it. Never let down your parents at any point in your life. Their expectations are very small. Respect them by giving them what they want from you. They can never want anything but the good for you. I did not follow this and screwed up life quite a few times. Now I regret and I don’t want others to learn the hard way. My last word would be, no one can ever love you more than your parents!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Post Script:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;This interview was totally amazing! Myself and sowmya found his house eppadiyo n asked for an interview through intercom system! The next day we were asked to come at 7.30! Myself and Deepti went exactly at 7.20, if i remember. A traditional entrance and a lovely house. We were asked to sit. As we were looking around, a young boy comes in, he was Dhanush! I confirmed myself "he is only danush know?". It's my first -actor-interview. Little nervous, deepti didn't know much about him, so I need to ask the most part of it! In the end we managed to finish it successfully. He was very patient and soft-spoken. Nice man!This we did in our 2nd year, first semester! Unforgettable!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5057790426138770796-6598112612154761635?l=sharawrites.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sharawrites.blogspot.com/feeds/6598112612154761635/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5057790426138770796&amp;postID=6598112612154761635&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5057790426138770796/posts/default/6598112612154761635'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5057790426138770796/posts/default/6598112612154761635'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sharawrites.blogspot.com/2007/08/interview-1.html' title='Interview 1'/><author><name>Sharanya Rajendran</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15466416241277747585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3_jlQoXNa5c/TnY0AC3yu2I/AAAAAAAAGmc/8TqLJRic1nw/s220/Shar%2B1a.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5057790426138770796.post-8111850043360528932</id><published>2007-08-11T01:13:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-12T10:51:20.670-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Article 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YwPZuKq_GNk/Rr9HNej28FI/AAAAAAAAAAY/K9m0TD_YR4Y/s1600-h/Indiana+Jones_3.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;**My first assignment in my Internship 1. Aishwarya, Krithika , Revathy and myself covered this event which happened in VGP. We were asked to take different angles and write the article. And here it is:)**&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"  &gt;Action thriller reflects glory of US stunt men&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Lots of action, adventure and excitement when you see the Indiana Jones - American adventure show at the VGP kingdom. The &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:placename&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Universal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:placetype&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Kingdom&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt; has brought again for this summer, a new set of people from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Hollywood&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt; to perform here a 'stunning' stunt show at Chennai. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p class="MsoListBullet" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;The show was mind blowing with the death defying stunts, action scenes, spine tingling explosions, high falls, fire blasts, bullets sprayed on an Egyptian temple set and many more. "The audience can watch it live", says V.G. Santhosam, Chairman of VGP groups. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoListBullet" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Capturing &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Hollywood&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt; action hero Indiana Jones to unlock the secrets of the Egyptian temple, the VGP Indiana Jones show is a winning combination of gripping action, daring stunts and overwhelming special effects. The VGP Indiana Jones-American Adventure Show can be watched until June 4. Four shows are performed everyday and on weekends, five shows are performed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YwPZuKq_GNk/Rr9HNej28FI/AAAAAAAAAAY/K9m0TD_YR4Y/s1600-h/Indiana+Jones_3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YwPZuKq_GNk/Rr9HNej28FI/AAAAAAAAAAY/K9m0TD_YR4Y/s320/Indiana+Jones_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097871600074027090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;"&gt;      &lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;When talking to the trainees of Trinity Mirror, Mr.Ravidas, the Managing Director said,” In 2002, we started the stunt shows, in order to give the Chennai audiences a different flavor". He also said that these shows can be seen only in abroad and so he brought these stunt shows to the taste of Chennai crowd.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoListBullet" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Patrick Wagner, who did a brilliant performance as 'a Nazi agent' of the show says, "We were taught professionally, almost 10 years". Amie Joe, the courageous and the brave heroine said, "We rehearse once before the show and keep our body fit and strong by taking electrolytes and exercise a lot".&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoListBullet" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;When asked about the Agni Nakshatram- the hot days in Chennai, they entire crew in chorus answered, Water, water and more of that is how we survive now. However, Christian, who played the energetic, young Dr.Indiana Jones, says, "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;India&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt; is an amazing country, we definitely love it". &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoListBullet" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;The Egyptian temple set was realistic and the authorities told they spent a lot of amount on putting up the set. Mr. Ravidas also says, "Because of the stunts shows we get more people to watch the action live and definitely the crowd to visit our Kingdom has increased in the recent weeks". &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoListBullet" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;The cast and crew members did prove and made the audience watch the show without a wink. In a word, Mrs. Sadhna puts it as, "Excellent!” Mrs. Anita adds to her point and says, "Amazing and very live!” &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoListBullet" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;"We want to give the people what they like and make them rediscover their childhood", smiles Mr. Ravi Das, the Managing Director. Well, they definitely did!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoListBullet" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; text-align: right; font-weight: bold;"&gt;By,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sharanya CR&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoListBullet" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5057790426138770796-8111850043360528932?l=sharawrites.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sharawrites.blogspot.com/feeds/8111850043360528932/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5057790426138770796&amp;postID=8111850043360528932&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5057790426138770796/posts/default/8111850043360528932'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5057790426138770796/posts/default/8111850043360528932'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sharawrites.blogspot.com/2007/08/article-1.html' title='Article 1'/><author><name>Sharanya Rajendran</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15466416241277747585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3_jlQoXNa5c/TnY0AC3yu2I/AAAAAAAAGmc/8TqLJRic1nw/s220/Shar%2B1a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YwPZuKq_GNk/Rr9HNej28FI/AAAAAAAAAAY/K9m0TD_YR4Y/s72-c/Indiana+Jones_3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5057790426138770796.post-7105163315282626577</id><published>2007-08-11T01:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-11T01:06:23.268-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Post 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:+1;"&gt;There is a proverb which goes to say, "If          you would write emotionally, be first unemotional. If you would move your          readers to tears, do not let them see you cry" .....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thats very true... :) everything changes when you change... I write, I change...;)&lt;/p&gt;Here I write about certain topics, issues that I write for my journals, magazines and our college newspaper.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Read and post your comments:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Post Script: If I have written something which is hurting or wrong, please inform, as they are written unintentionally.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5057790426138770796-7105163315282626577?l=sharawrites.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sharawrites.blogspot.com/feeds/7105163315282626577/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5057790426138770796&amp;postID=7105163315282626577&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5057790426138770796/posts/default/7105163315282626577'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5057790426138770796/posts/default/7105163315282626577'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sharawrites.blogspot.com/2007/08/post-1.html' title='Post 1'/><author><name>Sharanya Rajendran</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15466416241277747585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3_jlQoXNa5c/TnY0AC3yu2I/AAAAAAAAGmc/8TqLJRic1nw/s220/Shar%2B1a.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
