Today's sher

Garibi do amir ban jaaoonga, par kafiron ki soch badhal nahin paata

Auqaat mein rakho humko, tera yeh kismat ka khel sahaa nahin jaata

Rabba khol de tere raham ka darwaaza, bhej do pyaar ke maidaan mein

Koi nekdil shaitaan na ban jaaye, jhooth pal raha hai in zaalim saalon mein

Today's sher

Pitaji gareeb they, main government school mein kuch zyaada nahin kar paayaa;

Light bending aur Penrose tiles ke hothe hue bhi main kuch haasil na kar paayaa.

Funny cartoons ko develop karke apna raasta nikhalenge hum:

Na mile journals tho koi nahin; nikkammon ki sarkar ho tum.

Today's sher

Mujhe tum yaad karna aur mujhko yaad aana tum

Main ik din laut ke aaoongaa yeh mat bhool jaana tum 

Ab ke jab maths katm ho gayaa tho kya karne ka iraada hai

Aisa kuch jisme bacchon ka aur desh ka kuch faaydaa hai

The last few months

The last few months were different. Since September 2022 to April 2023. I was occupied with one particular thought most of the time.  The thought was of Ponniyin Selvan.  Yes, I am serious. 

I never heard of the book before September 2022. Of course I knew of Raja raja chola because he was a great king. But about the book, no. 

I slowly got into the groove of Ponniyin Selvan.  Why write Ponniyin Selvan? What is the story? Who are the main characters? Why were the cholas so great? etc. 

Then I saw the movie 'Ponniyin Selvan 1'. Then I saw 3 more times in OTT.  Then I understood some of the movie making techniques.  Then followed YouTube videos. It kept me rolling for 7 to 8 months.

Now I have seen 'Ponniyin Selvan 2' also.

And the great time like that of Olympics or Football World cup is over.

Now what?

I am planning to read the following books in my kindle reader.  I am making notes and have bought a notebook for it.

I also have plans to improve quality of my artwork in funny cartoons and portraits. 

Keep reading my blog posts.  And don't forget to have a nice day!!

My good wishes. 

My recent purchases

I am in Delhi currently.  I am more comfortable shopping in Delhi shops. I got the following from a stationery shop yesterday. 

Staedtler Mars Lumograph Drawing pencils.  Two normal Luxor black sketch pens. One Uniball 1mm black gel pen.

The Staedtler Mars Lumograph Drawing pencils contains 2 pencils each of 2B, 4B, 6B and 8B pencils.  And 1 pencil each of 2H, H, B and HB pencils. They will help me in monochrome portraits.  I will be using sharpeners with these pencils.  I made a mistake of using pencil sharpening knife with portraits drawing pencils earlier. Be it color or be it monochrome.  It is better to use sharpeners with portraits drawing pencils. Not pencils sharpening knife. For Staedtler Luna watercolor pencils pencils sharpening knife is okay as you need to apply and not make strokes.  Basically the question is whether you want the pencils sharp or blunt. Pencil sharpening knife is good for blunt pencils.

The black Luxor sketch pens will be handy in funny caricature of VIPs.

The Uniball 1mm gel pen will be great in funny cartoons drawing. 

Ponniyin Selvan based videos

I am watching a lot many videos in YouTube on Ponniyin Selvan movies review and decoding videos. 

The knowledge gained from these videos are tremendous. A lot of efforts have gone into the making of Ponniyin Selvan 1 and 2. Tremendous brains have coordinated among themselves to give the movies Ponniyin Selvan 1 and 2.

I shall be seeing the hindi dubbed Ponniyin Selvan 2 on 29th evening.  I was keen on music actually and was a little disappointed that songs are less and hymns are more. 

I am eagerly waiting for the release of the movie.

Wishes for a nice day. Namaste 🙏!!

Trailer of Ponniyin Selvan 2

The trailer of Ponniyin Selvan 2 was good.  It didn't reveal the crux of the story.  But revealed a little what interpretation the movie is likely to take.

I couldn't follow the book and relied on YouTube audio books.  Anyways I was reading the English translation of the book. 

It seemed unfair for Oomai Rani to be considered in such a fashion in the story book. I think it could be that Kalki was referring to some aspect of Rajaji life. Not sure what.  I think it is the fact that Shiva has children in hindu stories.

Why Rajaji? I can't understand how Gandhiji could be so hard.  Rationality was the need of the time and irrational education was probably the issue. If you recollect from history Congress guys were sycophants and were interested in higher education abroad and in India.  They avoided Muslim League and this was too costly for India. 

I can't understand the reason why the movie is being released in north India.  Seems to be a South Indian market for the story. And music is amazing.  Two notes subject. What thiruvarur guys made this music scale or something.  

I hope they write it is interpretation of the story or something. 

I shall remain. My own blog post writer.