Annalum Nokkinaan, Avalum Nongkinaal!

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“Annalum nokkinaan; Avalum nongkinaal”.

The great man continued looking at her and she did likewise!

Singapore in phase 3 for few weeks now. Excellent progress in city state’s covid management. Behold. 

Sigh of relief with recent resurrection; bye gone is insurrection. Vipers entwined on a painted wall; dogs on leash, lead them, owners. Morning is breezy. TGIF. With due respect to other days, TGIF. Two days of evolutionary respite is what you need every week and may be a day more. Vote for a weekly long weekend! Ecstasy. Democracy. Normalcy. Presidency.

Days are mulling by; another week is gone; one less in our ever, ever struggle for longevity. Enjoyed the inaugural speech of Biden; enjoyed too, the farewell whimpers from an epitome of what not to be, abnormal, chaotic, jerky erstwhile of a US President, before he boarded one last time the Air Force One, symbol of global power. Sheer ecstasy.

“Idipparai illaatha emaraa mannan

Keduppar ilaanung kedum”

“A king who has none to reign back his reign

Will need none to ruin”- (Tiruvalluvar 2000 yrs ago).

I am waiting at Traffic lights for an ever eluding evanescent green man. Traffic is getting thicker as before. People seem less worried. Still masked; personalised. Aptly with more colours.

Human touch is nowadays more with battering of eyes and lids; like olden days. Moments are fleeting and only there fleetingly to be recognised, identified, analysed to accommodate or reject, someone, something, some body or some person. Communication is through an ever ready Nature’s vintage Instagram- our eyes.

I think, Covidity is a serendipity. Agree?

“Annalum nokkinaan; Avalum nongkinaal”

- According to 11th century Kambar,  in his Tamil version of Ramayanam, deemed to be the epitome of 3000-year-old Tamil literary history. This was in Tamil land, 1000 years ago , about an event not mentioned in other versions of Ramayanam, including the original version by Valmiki 2000 years ago.

Kambar, hence contrives a scenario, when Raman was visiting Mithilai, to participate in a matrimonial fare to select his future wife ( as per original version) ,  thereby, sneaks in a sweet romantic interlude; where Raman happens to meet, on his way, from a street corner, a limitless beauty called Seetha and the reaction was spot on;

“On seeing one (Sita) with boundless beauty,

Eyes met eyes,

Eyes Grab and

Consume one another,

And whilst the unstable souls were getting united

The great man continued looking at her and she did likewise!”


“எண்ண அரு நலத்தினாள் இனையள் நின்றுழி.

கண்ணொடு கண் இணை கவ்வி,

ஒன்றை ஒன்று உண்ணவும்,

நிலைபெறாது உணர்வும் ஒன்றிட,

அண்ணலும் நோக்கினான்; அவளும் நோன்கினாள்”.


Beautiful. Isn’t it?

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