Digressing to Telugu

Idi Telugu Chadavatam vachina vaallake;)

Telugu patalu - avi patala boothula?

Ee madhyalo vache Telugu paatalu vini vini naku maha virakthi kaligi nenu vinatam manesanu. Yendukante yemi cheppagalamu, machukki konni udaharanalu:

1) Hariharan oka pata padadu "Anand" lo - Danilo oka vakyam ilaguntundi:

Anandamanandamanandamateti manasu kadaaaa" ani. Telugu vachi, Telugu nache yevaraina ee pata vinangane chiraku chendutharu, adi [kada] kadu kada nayana, [kadha/katha]. Idi aravam kadu, Telugu, chakkani bhasha, danini pattukuni ila narikesthe nyayama?

2) Ee madhyalo pade janalevariki Telugu lo unna chinna andamaina tedalu teleevu. Sumangali ane oka goppa gayaki undi lendi, bhasha ni pattukuni istamochinattu melikalu tippi nasanam chesthundi. Telugu lo rendu rakaala sabdalu unatyi [cha] ki inka [ja] ki, ee teda teleeni vaallu, na uddesam lo asalu Telugu vaallamu ani cheppukotaniki arhulu karu. [Cha]kkani bhasha ni mukkalu [che]kkalu chestharu. Konni padaalu ikkada rasanu, ee tedalu chala mandi gurthincharu.

Idi oka [cha] Idi inko [cha]

Cheepuru <->Chandamama
Cheekati <->Chanka (;) )
Chempa <->Chakkili gili
Charu <->Choopu
Chiraku <->Chukka


Idi oka [ja] Idi inko [ja]
Jada <->Jaabili
Janma <->Jonna
Jeevitham <->Junnu
Jiguru <->Jaredu banda
Jalapatham <->Jhallu

3) Angleya padalu istamochinattu patalalo vadesi adi inthaki Telugu pataa kada ani oka prasna veyalsi vachettatu untayi. Kushi lo oka pata mottam Hindi lo untundi, adi Telugu cinemalo deniki, Hindi vaallaki ammuthe manchi hit authundi kada?;)

4) Vachi ranattu nikki neeligi paatalu padatharu Telugu kani vaallu. Mana Telugu vaallatho padinchachu kada? Ledu, adi oka Hindi vaadiko Malayalam vadiko ichi padistharu, vaallaki vachina ttheevi lo vaallu padestharu adi vinaleka naku chevi potu vasthundi.

Ila Telugu patalani padu chesi desa bhashalalo lessa anipinchukunna bhasha ni vinataniki nasaga undetattu tayaru chesthunnaru. Yevrena ee mora vini koddiga vatini bagu cheitaniki prayathnisthe ee blog modalettinanduku oka sardhakatha anukuntanu!

My first try at Mehndi;)

It is "Ashadha Masam" and it is customary for us to apply "Gorintaku" during this month. So on the wise advise of Kaumudi, I went to the store and got a cone. It was my first time at attempting anything with a mehndi cone and the amateur came up with the following;)

I did most of the right hand myself, with the exception of a few expert designs from Subhash on the back of my hand (the butterflies and the circles near the peacock;) ). The whole of my left hand was his piece of art:)

The peacock looks like its draped in a shawl but what the heck! Its my own design;)

India's 7/11 - Admirable bounce-back

I wanted to write this blog about the Mumbai tragedy. But I don't want to elaborate on what the media has already covered so much, the unnecessary death and destruction. I totally feel that war and terrorism are such a waste of human life, but I won't go into my sentiments on that issue, that is not what this blog is about.

We were following the coverage in CNN-IBN all through. Last night I was very happy and totally impressed when they flashed pictures of Mumbai post the tragedy. Mumbai is so cool! I am saying this even though I didn't particularly go crazy after the city when I went there, as so many people seem to do. But today I have to say, Mumbai is really cool. Not for the Bollywood glitz, not for the commercial hubbub, not for anything but the sheer resilience of its populous. Less than 24 hours, in some cases even 12 hrs, after the serial bomb blasts on Western Railway, the trains were all back up and running and the only thing that beats that is the fact that people were traveling on them!! I saw some of those trains; they were jampacked!! I was really impressed. We saw footage about how people were getting to work using the very trains that had exploded the previous evening. Some HAD to do it without another option to fall back on, and some because they simply refused to be terrorized. Either way, I felt really happy that life seemed very much normal, and what better blow to anyone trying to disrupt peace and cause terror among the city!!!

I should add that I feel really sad for all those people who are still searching for their missing relatives.

But this incident has been a cause for inspiration for me more than anything. To get up and go no matter how much you are trodden on:) And to do it in style!

I usually don't like cliches, but for this one:

Hats off to Mumbai!