TAMIL MAGAZINE “KUNKUMAM””நீதிபதியை மன்னிப்பு கேட்க வைத்த வழக்கறிஞர் கோமல் அன்பரசன் டி. ரங்காச்சாரியார் நீதிமன்றத்தில் காரசாரமாக வாக்குவாதங்கள் போய்க்கொண்டிருந்தன. திடீரென வழக்கறிஞரைப் பார்த்து நீதிபதி எல்லை தாண்டிய வார்த்தைகளைப் பயன்படுத்தினார். அந்த நேரத்தில் அவை தேவையற்ற சொற்கள் என்பது அங்கிருந்த அத்தனை பேருக்கும் புரிந்தது. இருந்தாலும் சொன்னவர் நீதிபதியாயிற்றே! ஒருவரும் வாயைத் திறக்கவில்லை. தொடர்புடைய வக்கீல் மட்டும் கொதித்தெழுந்தார். வழக்கு ஆவணங்களை எடுத்துக்கொண்டு விறுவிறுவென நீதிமன்றத்தை விட்டு வெளியேறிவிட்டார். நீதிமன்ற அறையே விக்கித்து நின்றது. ஏனென்றால்…
Twenty-twenty–Vengrai
TWENTY-TWENTY—BANG-BANG Posted on November 29, 2017 in Uncategorized TWENTY-TWENTY—BANG-BAMG–New Cricket Format Vengrai Parthasarathy The Twenty-20 format has come to stay. The Scene: A tied match. Three stumps—a trident of glory. The speed-merchant takes a run up and bowls–but there is no batsman! Balls being bowled at an unguarded wicket!. And, the result of the match…
Literary Oddities—-Vengrai
LITERARY ODDITIES Vengrai Proper words in proper places’ was how Jonathan Swift defined style’ in literature. That is something not hard to find. There are countless illustrations if one only looks out for them in classics by master-writers. On the other hand, some hold the opinion that it should suffice, if, depending on the effect…
Sri M.N.Singalachar–Memoriam–by Vengrai
Sri Mandayam Natampalli Singalachar ( Shamanna to his friends and family) was born on June 13, 1912 in a village near Tumkur. He was the only son of Smt. and Sri M.N.Venkatachar and was married to his niece Smt.Sreerangoo in 1937. He was the beating heart of the family of two sons and a daughter…
A Name , An effect By Vengrai Parthasarathy There is a romance attached to names, names like Juliet, Cleopatra and Helen They demand attention and conjure up visions of their romantic escapades.There are of course names like Heidi (the madam), and Monica Lewinsky the errant intern of Clinton fame, which straight away put you…
Iyengars of Cricket
Tamil Nadu’s Iyengars of Cricket (Author’s Note: As an Iyengar I am proud to write about Iyengar cricketers who have made a mark in this prince of games. This brief article is in no way intended to downsize others who have represented Madras/Tamil Nadu and India with distinction.) The first name that comes to mind…
PongalO Pongal !–Vengrai
Sacred Month–Margazhi–Vengrai Posted on November 22, 2017 in Uncategorized 12/20/07 SPRING AWAKENING — Sublime and Sacred Month of MArgazhi — Vengrai Parthasarathy *** The Tamil month MARGAZHI (December-January) , also known as Dhanur Masa, is considered a special, auspicious month. It culminates on January 14, the Pongal Day, which is celebrated with great éclat by…
Saga of Freedom–Gandhiji
SAGA OF FREEDOM AND GANDHIJI Vengrai Parthasarathy My eyes settled on a random page of Gandhi- -Essential Writings, and there was this letter by Gandhiji to Rajaji, which he had signed off with theTamil words Romba anbudan(which translates to ‘With Much Love’). Tamil is a language Gandhiji learned to read and write when in jail.…
TRAM RIDES OF A DIFFERENT ERA–Vengrai
_________________ The tram rides of a different era By Vengrai Parthasarathy 07th September 2011 10:53 PM==Indian Express Those were the days which only Chennaites in their seventies will remember. In the Thirties and Forties the rumblings of trams were heard in all the main arteries of Madras. Those were leisurely days when no one was…
Iyengars of CRICKET– Vengrai
Iyengars of Cricket–Vengrai Parthasarathy (Author’s Note: As an Iyengar I am proud to write about Iyengar cricketers who have made a mark in this prince of games. This brief article is in no way intended to downsize others who have represented Madras/Tamil Nadu and India with distinction.) The first name that comes to mind is…