I look back - Episode 2

This is my first day in the school. Everything is very different for me. The campus, the class rooms, the teachers, the students, the black board, the chalk and every thing is completely different. I thought I was entering into a completely new world. The main reason is that in my previous school, the teacher is my aunt, the students are my neighbors with whom I would play in the evenings and the head master is my relative. The school is very nearby, for every period break I visit my home. At that my only happiness is that my bro is also studying in the same school. I can see him when ever I want.

I entered the class room, the first class was English. I was very good in grammar in my previous classes. I opened the book “Fun with Grammar”. “Come on bring it on”, I whispered. The guy near me, “aaw, its time to sleep”, yawned. I tried to tell him that this subject will be very useful sometime later. But he seems to have very less interest in the subject and ignored my recommendation. I continued listening the class keenly. I heard from my neighbor guy that one guy named E was here who used get first rank all the time. No one has beaten him in past 2 years. He showed me who that guy is. He also seemed to have less interest in the class. “What? I am the only one who’s having ‘Fun with Grammar’!!!”, I wondered. Rest of the day went smoothly, other than my short introduction each and every teacher who comes to my class. You may notice that “the class” has become “my class” in one day.

Here comes the first term examination, to prove who am I? The exams are like jujupi for me. I was quite confident that I can get at least 10^th rank. This is what I told my mom also. But…

(To be continued)

I look back

I was 8 years old. My dad got transferred to Sivagangai. It was a district head in the south of TamilNadu. At first when I heard this name I thought gangai is flowing through this place, though somehow I know that gangai is a river.

There are different versions told regarding the orgin of the name ‘SIVAGANGAI.’Firstly, according to one version sivagangai was the battle field for many rulers shedding blood and hence the ‘SEV VENGA’ which in course of time became sivaganga

Secondly, there was a tank (Theppakulam) near the sivaganga area which was very similar to the sivagangai tank of Natarajar temple of Thillai Chidambaram. So, that the region was named as sivagangai.

In resemblance of the Ganges river being on the head of the Lord Siva as Ganga Devi a palace with a Siva temple was built from which the name ‘sivagangai’ was derived.

Fourthly, in memory of Sasivarna Thevar killing a ‘SHEV VENGA’ or red-tiger at the tanjore raja’s court, the palace was name as Sev-Vengai later gradually changed into sivagangai. Sasivarna Periya Udaya Thevar bathed in a spring which was called by the people as ‘sivagangai’. A place was built near the spring and a town was formed and named after the spring as ‘SIVAGANGAI’.

The temple is built by some king who ruled the We didn’t have much package that tempo was enough to hold all the things. We also travelled in the same vehicle to Sivagangai. It was a 6 hours journey. It was the first time I was coming out of our native at least to my knowledge. I think it’s a human tendency to get scared of new place, at least me. Everything is going to be new for me. New house, new school, new teachers, new classmates and new neighbors. If something is new we all will be happy. But for the first time I am scared of new things. I showed aversion to go with new things.

After two days my dad finalized the school where we are going to study, though he did this research before reaching Sivagangai. I and my bro are taken to the head mistress of the school for “Entrance test”. At least I was studying 3^rd but my bro was just UKG, don’t know why he also required to write a test. She gave me some mathematical problems. Not from trigonometric but some 2+2, 5+7 kind of questions. All went well, she told my dad that my mathematical knowledge is very good and she was happy to admit us to the school. At that moment I was thinking cha “எப்படி இருந்த நான் இப்படி ஆயிட்டேன்”. That time I don’t know that in this place and school I am going to have great time in my life.

.........................to be continued

(Thanks to http://www.sivagangaiseemai.com)

மழை

நனைந்துவிட்டேன்,

மழை விட்ட பிறகுதான் கிளம்பினேன்

மேகத்துக்குதான் என் மீது எவ்வளவு பாசம்

மழை நீரை மரத்திடம் கொடுத்து என் மீது பொழிய செய்தது.

Dheena

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The white polished wooden door of the flat X2 situated in the tenth floor of the newly built and less occupied sky-scrapping Spanish style apartment, opened. He and She came through the door to their newly brought flat. They are couples. He works for a Multinational company as a senior software engineer. He is just like ordinary human being. He is a geek kind of guy. He is very intelligent and hard working. He is one of the outstanding performers of their company. Though in his company they are following strict rules regarding timings, there are some exceptions for manager’s pets. He loved his wife very much.

She works as a play school teacher. She was from a very rich background. Her father was a big business man. But she was working as a teacher just for time pass. The guy’s family was not as rich as the girl’s but her father accepted for her marriage, because their marriage is a love marriage. Also they are newly married.

The white door of the flat opened from inside. “Honey, I’ll drop you at the school”, he said. She replied, “It will take 15 more minutes for me to get ready.”. “Should I wait?”He asked. She told him that she would take an auto to the school and asked him to leave. Bang, the white door is closed. He drove his new red color Maruti Swift to his office. A 15 minute later the door was opened from inside. “Tring Tring “her mobile cried. It was her school head mistress, told her that since it was raining the school is not working today. After the call her mobile died of no battery. She ran inside the room to put the mobile back in charge.

He called her mobile to ask whether she reached school but it was replied by the operator that the mobile is switched off. So he called the school and found that the school is off today.

The white door of the flat was still open. She was cooking for the lunch. A black shadow just went intersecting the axis of the white door and entered the kitchen of the flat X2.the shadow also contains the shadow of two cloth pieces. The shadow is a man’s shadow. He blind folded her with one cloth and tied her hands with the other. He dragged her to the bed and made her lie down on the bed. She was shouting loud “help help”. He traversed his hand over her body. By the time she realized what he wants actually. She said,”Hey, I know you want to f*** me. Don’t hurt me. Untie me. I am ready to do this with you”. She realized the sudden pressure loss over her body. The shadow went through the white door exiting the apartment. She removed her hand cuff with his mouth and uncovered her blind fold. She was surprised that her plan to make him untie her hand and after that she could use some weapons which she and her husband placed in the bed room for safety, to attack him, didn’t work. But any ways she was happy that he left her "untouched". She closed the white door and latched it.

The shadow went to the basement and got in to the red color Maruti swift with heart break

This is my first attempt to write stories. Tell me if it is good. Also guys please tell me a title for this story..

A short story by,

Dheena

Opera Mobile to the rescue

Hi people, nowadays surfing is an integral part of our daily routine. You can get hell a lot information from web. But in this speeding life we ain't get time to drop at our workstation or laptop to key in the web pages we want to look. Thanks to mobiles and mobile browsing ,they get the info you want no matter wherever whenever in just a click or touch. But the mobile browsing stuff seriously missing some thing. And that is Unicode support. Obviously you cannot view web pages which contains regional language fonts say websites containing Tamil fonts in my case. If you try to open these web pages you will get □□□□□□□□ kind of thing. So whats the fix?

Here where opera mobile comes to the rescue. Already all the mobiles supporting Java will support Opera for sure. Opera is very light and fast browser. Opera uses its web servers to compress the data and then will send it to your phone, this way it is bit faster than other browsers. It is also free. You need not to install Opera .jar only. If you have an android based mobile, Opera mobile is already available in the market and similarly for windows mobile and symbian. So you already installed the Opera mobile, don't blame if you are not getting regional fonts , there is a quick work around for that.

After installing Opera Mobile, Type "opera:config" and press go. You will be pointed to a config page. In the config page go to the setting "Use Bitmap for complex scripts" and enable it by selecting YES. That's it and now you will be able to view all regional website as well. What's happening actually is that the opera servers convert the pages containing regional fonts in to bit maps and send them to the device. So now you think you can read any web page in your mobile. Really, not possible what about Flash content? Na don't speak like Steve jobs. Get a Nexus one with Froyo that's all we can do.
Thanks to pkp.in for giving me this info..
Bye for now.
Dheena

தமிழும் நானும்

தமிழே என் பேச்சு தமிழே என் மூச்சு என்றெல்லாம் நான் சொல்லவில்லை. ஆனால் தமிழை ஒரு மொழியாக மட்டுமின்றி அதற்கும் மேலாக கருதுபவன் நான். தமிழை ஒரு பாடமாக மட்டுமே கருதும் கூட்டத்தில் ஒருத்தனாக தான் நானும் இருந்தேன். ஒரு காலத்தில் எனக்கு தமிழ் படிக்கவே பிடிக்காது. இருப்பினும் தமிழில் சிறப்பான மதிப்பெண் பெற முடிந்ததற்கு காரணம் என் கையெழுத்து மட்டுமே. இருப்பினும் எனக்குள் ஒரு தமிழ் பற்று உருவாகியதற்கு காரணம் என் தமிழ் வாத்தியார் சகாயராஜ் அவர்களே. ஒவ்வொரு மாணவரிடமும் தமிழ் ஒரு பாடமல்ல அது ஒரு சமூகம் என்ற எண்ணத்தை விதைக்க எண்ணியவர். மற்றவர்கள் மனதில் அது பதிந்ததோ இல்லையோ அனால் என் மனதில் நன்றாக படிந்தது. தமிழை உயர்வாக எண்ணிபார் தமிழ் உன்னை உயர்த்தும் என்றெல்லாம் அடிக்கடி கூறுவார். தமிழ் தமிழ் தமிழ் என்று இடை விடாமல் சொல்லிப்பார் அது அமிழ்து அமிழ்து அமிழ்து என்று கேட்கும் என்பார். அப்போது தான் தமிழ் மீது எனக்கு மிகவும் பற்று உண்டானது. திருக்குறளை நானே நாவல் போல படித்தேன். ஓரளவு அர்த்தமும் கண்டேன். அவர் மதுரை அமெரிக்கன் காலேஜில் தமிழ் பயின்றவர் என்பதும் சாலமன் பாப்பையா அவரது ஆசான் என்பதும் குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது. தமிழை ஒரு பாடமாக எண்ணாமல் விரும்பி படித்தேன் பள்ளியில் முதல் மதிப்பென் பெற்றேன். தமிழ் என்னை உயர்த்தியது. இது 12 ஆம் வகுப்பிலும் தொடர்ந்தது. சொன்னால் நம்ப மாட்டீர்கள் 12ஆம் வகுப்பு தமிழ் பாடத்தில் வரும் அணைத்து செய்யுள்களையும் நான் மனப்பாடம் செய்து வைத்தேன். ஒவ்வொரு வார்த்தைக்கும் அர்த்தம் அறிந்தேன்.தமிழை இவ்வாறுதான் கற்கவேண்டும் என்று எண்ணினேன். அந்த ஆசானுக்கு நான் என்றும் கடமைப் பட்டிருக்கின்றேன்

ஆனால் இன்று என் உறவினர் ஒருவர் வீட்டுக்கு சென்றபோது அவர் மகன் எனக்கு தமிழ் படிக்க வராது என்றான். அவன் மட்டுமல்ல நம்மில் பலர் தம் தாய் மொழியையே படிக்காமல் வெறும் மதிப்பெண்களுக்காக மட்டுமே பிற மொழியை படிக்கின்றனர். அவர்கள் பிற மொழியை கற்பது இல்லை. ஆற்றில் ஒரு கால் சேற்றில் ஒரு கால். தமிழ் வளர்வதும் சாவதும் மாணவர்களை சார்ந்தும் இருக்கிறது. எய்ட்ஸ் விழிப்புணர்வு போல தமிழ் மொழி விழிப்புணர்வும் நடத்தவேண்டும் என நினைக்கிறேன். இனி வரும் காலங்களில் தமிழை மாணவர்கள் படிக்காமல் விட்டால் தமிழ் இனி மெல்ல சாகாது, விரைந்து சாகும்.


நான் இந்த வலைப்பதிவில் ஒரே ஒரு பிழை இளைத்திருக்கிறேன், அது எங்கே என்று கண்டு பிடியுங்கள் பார்ப்போம்.

Review : Adobe Reader for Android

This is my first ever review post in my blog. Today I am going to review Adobe© reader for Android. Till the time when I purchased my mobile, the only thing that was bugging me was the unavailability of good and of course free document reader for Android. I tried many free PDF readers in the market, but none of them was good and failed to do the required stuffs. But trial versions of some non-free PDF readers like Beam reader and Replico reader are comparatively fast. Sometimes I have even thought of converting PDF to epub format and getting it read by many free non-DRM epub readers like Aldiko and Word player. But nothing is fruitful.

Adobe© reader:

Now Adobe© Reader for Android has been released and I am going to compare it with Document to go (DTG). First thing which made me upset in Adobe© Reader is, you can’t actually open a file from the main UI. Alternatively you should use a file manager like Astro, in my case to open a PDF file. Adobe© Reader is very slow on opening PDF’s compared to DTG. But after opening a PDF each page rendering is very fast in Adobe than DTG. Even text mode is very smooth and clear with Adobe. These are the only good things about Adobe© Reader.

Pros:

1. Page rendering is fast compared to any other PDF viewer, at least in my device.

2. Scrolling is smooth

3. Text view mode is very clear and crisp

4. Image rendering is also good

5. Multi-touch gestures, like pinch-and-zoom, as well as double-tap-zoom, flick-scrolling and panning

Cons:

1. No Open file concept in Adobe© Reader.

2. No go to page option in Adobe© Reader.

3. Bookmarks option is unavailable in Adobe© Reader.

4. Search option is not available in Adobe© Reader.

5. Send via email option is not there in Adobe© Reader.

As you can see there are more issues than advantages. Since it’s the first version, you can expect more functionality in upcoming versions. Any way Adobe© Reader for Android is worth a try.

To dowload use barcode scanner:

Update: Adobe Air SDK pre release is available now.

Bye until next blog