Sixtyfour

Ever wondered what are the Aya Kalaigal 64 ?

The Sixty-four Arts

1. Toilet Make-up, toilet and use of beautifying agents
2. Painting the body, and colouring the nails, hair, etc.
3. Decoration of the forehead.
4. Art of hair dressing. Dressing
5. Art of dressing.
6. Proper matching of decorations and jewellery.
Music and Dancing
7. Singing.
8. Playing on musical instruments.
9. Playing on musical glasses filled with water.
10. Acting.
11. Dancing.
General Education
12. Good manners and etiquette.
13. Knowledge of diffenrent langguages and dialects.
14. Knowledge of vocabularies.
15. Knowledge of Rhetoric or Figures of Speech.
16. Reading.
17. Reciting poems.
18. Criticism of poems.
19. Criticism of dramas and analysis of stories.
20. Filling up the missing line of a poem.
21. Composing poems to order.
22. Reply in verse (when one person recites a poem, another gives the reply in verse).
23. The art of speaking by changing the forms of words.
24. Art of knowing the character of a man from his features.
25. Art of attracting others (bewitching).
Domestic Science
26. Art of cooking.
27. Preparation of different beverages, sweet and acid drinks, chutneys, etc.
28. Sewing and needle work.
29. Making of different beds for different purposes and for different seasons.
Physical culture
30. Physical culture.
31. Skill in youthful sports.
32. Swimming and water-sports. Games
33. Games of dice, chess, etc.
34. Games of chance.
35. Puzzles and their solution.
36. Arithmetical games. Art of Entertaining
37. Magic: art of creating illusions.
38. Trick of hand.
39. Mimicry or imitation (of voice or sounds).
40. Art of disguise. Fine Arts
41. Painting in colours.
42. Stringing flowers into garlands and other ornaments for decorating the body, such as crowns, clapnets, etc.
43. Floral decorations of carriages.
44. Making of artificial flowers.
45. Preparation of ear-rings of shell, ivory, etc.
46. Making birds, flowers, etc., of thread or yarn.
47. Clay-modelling: making figures and images.
48. The art of changing the appearance of things such as
making to appear as silk.
Pet Animals
49. Training parrots and other birds to talk.
50. Training rams and cocks and other birds for mock fight.
Professional Training
51. Gardening and agriculture.
52. Preparation of perfumery.
53. Making furniture from canes and reeds.
54. Wood-engraving.
55. Carpentry.
56. Knowledge of machinery.
57. Construction of building (Architecture).
58. Floor decoration with coloured stones.
59. Knowledge of metals.
60. Knowledge of gems and jewels.
61. Colouring precious stones.
62. Art of war.
63. Knowledge of code words.
64. Signals for conveying messages.

Long list from here

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Patineeyai kidanthAn
Sambirani Pukai podum bai
Tamilagam Muzhuvatum
Indru Kadai AdaipAm

Thirukural Kathai 2

For better continuity read Thirukural Kathai 1 first.

Katchi 1

enrendrum ... enrendrum puNNagai
mudiviLLa puNNagai
indru naan meendum meendum pirandean oru thuLLi paarvaiyilae
enrendrum puNNagai
mudiviLLa puNNagai
indru naan meendum meendum pirandean oru thuLLi paarvaiyilae
Ohhhhhhhh ... enuyirae

endrathu avanudia Airtel Hello tune.
enna panra ivan phona edukavay matakiran endru ninaitAl anitha.

Katchi 2

"Anitha calling" endru palichitu Poopol Poopol En nAnjay koidaval endru sinugiyathu Raghuvin T610 .

Indru sainthiram .......

Flashback

(Canteenil veetuku kilambuvathrku just munbu)

Hi,Ani intha nee kayta Design Patterns ,nan avasarama poganum bye.

Athil ragasiamai

En anbu kadhaliku




nan unaai kadalikirane.... Nee?

endru kadal kuralia oru kakidhal ezhuthi naduvil vaithu iruntan.Old fashion proposal endralum veru vazhi kadai pitika avanuku theriyavillai.

Katchi 2 Cont..

Ipozuthu anitha call saithavudan,oru inam puriytah payam avanai thotri kondathu.
Aval thannAi thavaraga enni viduvalo?
Thanai niragarithu viduvalo ?
Avalai muzhuvatum purinthu kolvatharku mun ithai saithuvitomo?
am nan antha letter vaithathu thavaru , inimale enna sayamutiyum endru NinaitAn.
Intha sindhanai mutivathurkul mobile sinungi nindrathu.

Sila nimidangalil meendum "Poopol Poopol En naanjay koidaval " endrathu , tAmathiyamal edutAne.

Hi Anitha ennada ivalo neramA call eduka
Illa.... bathroom poi iruntane .
Ho Athukutan sainthiram avasaramnu kilambinaiya ? endral
(Amaithiyay irunthAn raghu)
Raghu nee kudathu booka canteenliya maranthu vechutanda pirikakooda illa ,Naliku vera nan varathuku koncham late Aigum nee kalai la poi antha book eduthu vechuko nan aparam vangigrane okva
(nenchil PERIYA ninmathiutan)Ok anitha.paravailla nan eduthukrane.
ok da bye.
bye.
mugathil kUzhapam thelinthavanAi


Ithai maranthomay endru siritAn ragu.



Thirukurals in this page is are taken from here

Thirukural Kathai 1

Veetla

Ragu waygama sapituda officeku poganum illa?
Dai sitha antha booka kila vechutu sapid ra.yAnda paduthara?
Endral amma.

Ragu amaithiyai 'Thirukural Urai' ai padithu athil irukum Azntha karuthugalil MUzghi iruntAn.Antha book vAngiyathil irunthu oru naliku oru athikaram patika vendum endru avan mutivu saithuirunthAn.Athisiyamai athai kadaipitikavum sAitAn.

Andraya athikAram mutinthAvudan puthagathai moodi vaithu mani parthan.
"Aiyoo time aituchay,moresatham pothum Ma" enrdu waygamaha sapitu eZuntAn.
"Ok ma pOitu varane.Bye"
"pathram da sAingalam sikirama vanthudu"

Busla

kootamai irutha 45 B il eari alwarepet anchanayar koiluku ticket eduthu, bakiai pocketil vaitAn.avan iranga vendya idam arugil vanthathum iranga murpatAn.

Apothu avan kankalil anAthayai oruvan kAladil kidantha 50 rubai ondru patathu.
Athai earum parkum mun eduthu pocketil vaikum poZhutu thiruvalluvarin uruvam thondri





endrathu.Udanay pocketuku sendra kaikalai conductor idam neeti

"Sir, ambathu rooba eArthunu theriyala . eravathu kayta kudunga" endru perunthanmayudan kUduthu irangi officai sendran.

Officela

Anitha mAle raghu ku eppavumay oru soft corner undu.
Aval udan paysum vaipai ethirparthu avan kathu irupAn.Antha vaipu avanai thedi vanthu kondu irunthathu

Hi Raghu ,How r u doing?
Hi Ani am doing great,.enna athisiyama enaku hi ellam solra.
chi apadi ellam onnum illa. enaku oru help venum saiviya....
(Athanay pathane-Raghu manasukul)
Enaku oru 50 rs venumay
(Avanidam irunthathay 50 rs tAn endralum




endru valluvar solla udanay)

Unuku illamiya endru avan kalail ticket vangivitu pocketil vaitha 50 rs enduka...
Athu avan pocketil illai...



Endru solli sirithar valluvar.

Note:Thirukurals for this page are taken from here

History repeats itself

MTC adding color to life (Re-published)

The MTC bus passengers( steel rods in the concrete pillar)know how frustrating and tiring it is to reach their office in the morning.

There is no meaning in bathing , dressing and above all polishing ur shoes coz wen u get out of the bus u will definitely be ripped off all the efforts u have put to make u look better and even more than jus looks, ur pockets will throw a null pointer exception :-) if u wer not careful.

But for an optimist who tries to see fun in everything this MTC bus is really a 'Varaprasatham'(much awaited stuff).

U will have one great old man way behind generations reviewing today's movies , bad mouthing the low low hip traditions in today's market and a proud young man questioning him back about the meaning of famous 'Elantha palam..Elantha palam' score of the old mans age.

U will definitely have a lawyer (offcourse not by his qualification) appealing to the crowd in the bus 'In mumbai and delhi girls and guys sit together in bus but in chennai these ladies still shout at men for standing behind them' and an old woman replying 'mm then go to delhi'

U can see all the great political analysts,astrophysicist's,law makers, mathematicians(Silara baki sariya vanganumay!!!) and among all of them the most talented 'The MTC bus Driver'.

And above all u will employed in part time as an assitant to conductor.For this fact this is mobile employment exchange.

But the cream of all,the most unforgettable enimies of the driver and conductor'the omnipresent college students'. U can see them all over the bus on the top,near the tyre, in the front , on the side windows but never inside the bus.They electrify the atmosphere their beats , their jokes and in short they can never be equalled .They will definitely bring smile in ur lips .

There was article in DC dated 16 th feb 2006 about the way these guys (Nandhanam Arts College Students) bid their farewell to the bus(45 B, 23 C) which they travelled all through three years to their college.They decorated the bus and distributed sweets to all the passengers that day.
Not stopping with that they be-friended their enimies (all D's & C's of 45b) by buying them shirts and pants.
Really great work guys.
College Student na College Student thanda!! :-)
(Bad that i missed to travel that ' bus day') :-(

Cya

Maha kavi

This is a very good link.It has a collection of Mahakavi's works.
I particularly love Chinnan chiru kiliyae (Simply superb).