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wishing u all a happy vishu with lots of "kaineetams"

Happy Vishu 2006!!!

The flower known as konna in malayalam is very special for vishu. This flower which bloom in this season(april-may) will cover the tree and its floor with yellow.


Here is a VishuKani by Suresh C Nair...
Here is an info about vishu in malayalm...

Dont miss it!!!

The chair - Short Story

THE CHAIR

He no more cares that the chair has only three legs. From the past three years, he had learned to balance with its three legs. He used to fall down in the early days, but he had no choice. This is the only chair he got in the hostel. Day by day he and the chair came to know each other. He learned all his lessons by sitting on this chair and passed them all. Now, after three years, he uses it just like any other chair with all the legs. He never falls down nor did the chair let him fail an exam.

All of a sudden, one morning the management wants to replace the chair. He doesn't care it; after all it’s just a chair. He is just another guy like us. Why should he care? They are replacing the broken chair, even though he is quite comfortable with it. He doesn’t ask them, where were you for the past three years.

The new chair is a perfect one; he doesn't need any special skills to use it. So he used it just like a chair. He no more remembers the chair when he sits on it nor he remembers the lessons when he writes the exam. He used the chair like any ordinary chair and learns the lesson as usual, but he fails. So he asked the management to return his old broken chair. They refused. They said a broken chair is useless and if you want to study the new chair will be more comfortable. What they said was true. It gave him comfort, but he never passed another exam.

One day the management called for him. They said- you are unable to pass the exams. You have a new chair. Then, why are you failing in all the exam? He said nothing. He has no reasons. He was asked to pass all the exams next time. He went on as usual. There is nothing that is to be changed as he is doing his best, except the old chair. So he asked for his old chair. But they didn't give it. They want him to pass all the exam, but they didn't want to return his old chair. They believed the new one is better for him, as it had all the four legs. He learned and learned and failed.

The management again called him and scolded him. They said they will chuck him out if he failed again. He again asked for his old chair. But they didn't listen to him and left him to do with his new chair. So he did it. He knows this is not right but this is his necessity. He asked but didn't get it, so it’s his turn to take it. It’s a matter of survival. There is no other thing to do. Yes, he broke his new chair's leg. Now he got his broken chair like the old one he had. Every thing went as usual.
He learned as he did earlier. And the management never called for him again.

April 2006 Harisankar
comments are welcomed...!!!

jenith jump

jenith jump
Originally uploaded by harisankar.

My first pic to get 20 comments in flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/harisankar/107354870/
dont worry its not a dangerous shot.my friend Jenith wanted a pic like this....hanging in the air.we shot this in the evening when sun was opposite. he jumped from a height of just 1or2meter and i selected the lower angle with a slight tilt to avoid the background. we got a nice shot...and his jump was perfect as u can see. then applied photoshop to get that green theme...thats all!!!

Bat flower

wild flower
Originally uploaded by harisankar.

An interesting wild flower..

some kind of wild flower...also used as a garden flower.

Appropriately named as " bat plant " , " Devil's Toung "or " devil plant " and " Tacca chantrieri ".

Description - The plant is long stemmed with a striking purplish brown flower bract at the top and broad leaves at the base. The flower has a large number of thread-like green bracts that look like whiskers. It can reach heights of 80-110cm (approx. 32 - 44 inches)
Best:- 'Viewed On Black'
Found from a home garden kollam,kerala,India.
Want to know more about this flower.

Mystery in Nagercoil

on 9 Feb 2006 since it's a holiday we decided to climb up the chunkankadai hill (ayyapa college hill)....
and we climb in the morning at about 7 am.
chunkankadai is place on the NationalHighway47 near Nagercoil
I would like to share some interesting things that cached our curiosity....
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look at this...they are Porcupine's Quills

we found it from top of the chunkankada mountain...for details on Porcupine please refer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porcupine
they are called mullanpanni in malayalam.
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we found this on top.......a rock with a huge tick mark......but what does it stands for any clue!!!
here is an another snap

ok....so u can now imagin how huge it is.....a single piece carved in rock!!!!
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this is an almost abandon mandapam.....we fond it at the foot of the mountain...
we know there are so many abandoned mandapams in kanyakumari dist....
but it have some interesting rock cuts most of its pillars are carved in single stone....
what made us curious is why they are abandoned...
they do not have any Hindu temple architecture style of today's...

one of the many rock carvings we found on that mandapam
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The entire series of photos we took on that day can be viewed at... http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/attingal_thalolam/album?.dir=d0a8&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/attingal_thalolam/my_photos
on my yahoo photo page http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/attingal_thalolam/my_photos

Any who can comment on this issue are invited to do it.....please do it to solve our curiosity!!!
also if u are not able to tell anything about this please forward this to ur friends....may be they can help it!!!

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