Archive for November, 2006

PARJANYA, The Rain-God

Posted at November 23, 2006 // Humor and Laughter

As per Rig Veda, PARJANYA is the rain-God and if we go to ancient Mayan civilization, they have ‘Chac’ as the God of rain and lightning. Indra, the “King of the Gods” is a sky God. His golden chariot is the Sun. He uses his hammer to break up the clouds to make rain. On Nov 22, 2006 he did not hammer the clouds that were up there in Durban, South Africa and the Indian cricket team and millions of fans in India are upset if not angry with Indra!!!

Normally Indra helps the team. Be it in Srilanka or India, for the past some months the rain God was with Indian cricket team. Wherever our team went he was there with his hammer. As a result of his performance we have not lost many matches in the recent past (prerequisite for winning or losing a match is, as we all know the teams should play)
Even in South Africa on Nov19 he helped us. The match was abandoned due to bad weather. But on 22nd Indra took a leave and as usual the same result.

O Indra, drinker of Soma!!! Why did you leave us?? Why no rain in Durban??
Please have mercy on us!!!

Your hammer speaks louder than our cricketer’s bats!!!!

So let water flow freely!!! Because you are the only solace for us!!
Sole solace for a ‘Bluebillion’!!!!

Tags : cricket, Indian cricket team, PARJANYA, The Rain-God

K L Mohanavarma, Our Beloved Karanavar

Posted at November 6, 2006 // Personal and Misc

OCT 14, 2006 was a very special day for all “Pakothians”. That day we celebrated the “Sapthathi” (70th birthday) of our “Karanavar” Mohannamavan (K.L Mohana Varma, noted novelist and present Chief Editor of “Vikshanam,” Malayalam daily). We also had the review meeting for the forthcoming “Book on Pakoth”.

8:30 A.M, Woodlands hotel.

So much of planning had gone into organizing this event. The planning committee had three members who had done Postgraduate program in Business Administration from well reputed Business schools in India. All the family members were supposed to meet at Woodlands for breakfast at 8:30 but by the time we reached there, we saw hotel missing. There was no trace of “Woodlands”, even the billboard had been removed? After seeing this (that there is no woodlands), everybody’s appetite got increased. Next destination was “Planet Yum”. When we reached there the security told us that by 11:00 only the restaurant would open. After that we went to “Malgudi” but in vain. Finally, dejected, hungry, we decided to go to RR farms, where the function was arranged.

Krishnanmmavan, (K.L Sree Krishna Das) was the first to notice, the banner showed “SAPTHADI” meaning ‘seven beatings/slaps or even shocks, was breakfast the first one?