Thursday, March 09, 2006

Some people arrgh

Today morning I woke up feeling a lil better.So had a bath and went outside to sit in the sun...yes!!! I am feeling that cold :)) My neighbour aunty, a pesky old lady sees me and starts on that irritating question session. It was too late for me to dart indoors. So she starts off "sicka?" I nod and say 'yes' and then she asks the next stupid question the likes of which makes me see red everytime "Why?" grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

"I dunno aunty, I'll ask the Virus" I say through gritting teeth and walk stroll off indoors.She is from Nagercoil and will drop into our house the moment she sees relatives and desperately try to pass herself off as a Malayalee. When her relatives are down she switches over to Tamil. I don't know why people are like this? Tamil is such a great language. And Tamilians are people I admire majorly. They are one of the few people who take great pride in their language, culture and traditions. Just go to Jagan's blog or any other Tamil bloggers blog and see the way they comment and converse in Tamil. Makes me feel so good. Unlike us mallus, you will rarely see a Tamilian insisting on a 'fair convent educated' girl when it comes to marriage. They are such a contended people with no hang ups.

6 comments:

Jagan said...

:-) ..and u didnt know that I am not tamil(an) ? well ..ppl who have been in chennai for long are passionate about 2 things - #)the city #) the language ..and it applies to me too .

neways...hope u r doing better now . dont worry abt the aunty :-)

Mind Curry said...

oh dear..well get some movies and hot soup and enjoy the break :)get well soon!

silverine said...

@jagan: Of course I know that you are not a Tamilian, you told me that remember? But then you are born and bought up in Chennai which effectively makes you one :)
@mind curry: Yes doc, whatever you say doc :)) doc's the last word believe me :p

Jagan said...

Yeah ..I rem that ..Thats y i was surprised to ur reference ..and as i mentioned , i am very proud of chennai and tamil ...

Anonymous said...

1. Lots of personal references in this new blog.

2. Lots of references to marriage in this post.

makes me wonder, if this blog was set up for some one speacial to keep a track of someone :-)

silverine said...

@Jagan: All Tamils are proud of their language :)
@Jinu: You are reading too much into this. I just wanted a place to ramble and rant since Poomanam has become too public now. C'mon grant me my daily rant lol