BAPASI - Bookseller's & Publisher's association of South India

The 33rd chennai book fair was inaugurated by Dr.Kalaignar Mu.Karunanidhi on 30th December 2009. Though I couldn’t attend the inaugural function I was there on the second day.

a. Too many book shops. You just cannot complete everything in two visits. All you need is more than two visits. On the first visit, get all the catalogue of the shops and go home have a clear look then visit again for buying things.

b. You should be very clear in the publications name. Knowing just the title of the book will not help.

c. Shops are segregated based on the category. For Eg. Kizhakku Pathippagam (கிழக்கு பதிப்பகம்) has more than three stalls. One for kids (Prodigy) and on top leaders and so on.

d. Only few shops are giving discount and that too it’s all flat 10%. You will get more if you ask for more (you might get an extra 2%) or buy high value books.

e. Comparing to last year, there is enough place to walk. Public need not have to get themselves squeezed.

f. There are few shops which is not in open state (might be ‘cos of the Day-1 syndrome).

g. You can see too many un-opened bundles of books in front of the shop. It means, you might not get the entire book you need on the first attempt.

h. You will find too many books on “Viduthalai puli” Pirabakaran.

i. Kids will surely enjoy, as you have lots of Speciality Kids books store.

j. Just happen to see one shop “RARE BOOK” shop. I was not able to enter in to the shop due to unusual heavy crowd. I couldn’t even see what kind of book is available. I am sure people are searching for the rarest book from the rare book collection. You get some discount if you are fluent in hindi. ;-)

k. If you are planning to go with family there are few issues. The toilets are too clean to get intoJ. You have to cross some mountain and a water spring to get to the toilet only to find that people are comfortable with open-air than the closed toilets.

l. If Gents toilet is on the left wing, Ladies toilet is on the extreme right-wing (You might see the Board). I am not sure about the cleanliness of the place. :-)

m. Food Court by Shri Krishna Sweets an add on for the Fair. You can find Aruna soups, Ooty Sweets, Fresh Fruit Juice, Fresh Fruit Salads under one roof and the cost also hits the roof.

My first time Collection:

1. Indhu Madham Engey Selgirathu (Part 1 & Part 2)

2. Thavirkakkoodiya thavarugal

3. Dharmamaana Dharma Sashthram

4. Mahaswamy Mani mozhigal

5. Srimad Narayaneeyam  in Tamil (Sri Govinda Damaodara Deekshitar)

Films Galore

It seems that 21 new films have been released on the month of july.

The sad state is that only 5 out of the 21 films have ran for more than a week.

The even more saddest part is some of my friends have watched all the 21 movies within a span of one month!

Few Thoughts comes to my mind

a. Do they have so much money to spend during the recession time ?

b. Do they have so much time to watch 21 movies with in a month ?

c. Do they plan their work so diligently that they can spend time for the stupid movies?

d. Am i planning my work so badly that i dont get time to watch one movie ? ;-)

Btw, 21 movies in a months time. Thats shows the strength of Kollywood industry!

Insult on Physical disability

Few days back, while watching one of sickest 'Tamil comedy' channel, Few guys were making mockery of people who are blind.

Some Cranky guy acted as if he is blind and sought help from a passer near by. Not knowing the trap he helped the person to cross the road, finally landed in to trouble.

Though it looks comical, this should not be encoraged at all. I am sure many will start thinking the real "physically challenged" persons as spoof because of such stipid acts.

On the other hand, If only the actors have some one closely associated with them are physically challenged, will they ever try to do it?

It is not enough to punish who insult physically challenged people, speaking to them with disrespect or calling them by names, but also LAW should be enforced such a way that makng mockery of physically challenged people should be banned and these kind of programs are completely banned.

Guys, Laugh at something you do, Please do not laugh at something other people cannot do.

Act of selfishness

It was a normal day, I take my regular route from my house to main raod to reach my office. I find lot of confusion over the first-cross street of vijaynagar. It seems that the road is blocked and made One-Way. I do not find any reason to make that road one way. Two policemen were standing on the corner of the road, blocking the road with a Barricade and a big container, asking us to take the main road route instead of going through our regular one.

It is because the road gets conjusted near the sutherland and near the vijaynagar terminus, people use to come through vijay-nagar colony to reach main road. There is nothing wrong in that, as long as there are enough speed-breakers are set in place to prevent casualities. Now, his road has become conjusted he has shown his power by making the road one way.More over only one (his) road was made oneway and rest are open to the public. I was wondering, What the heck !!!!!

What is the motive behind this ? Deeply analysing, I concluded the following things.

a. Person holding the higher-post on Vijaynagar welfare association is residing in that street.

b. He doesnt want traffic to block his road.

c. He cares so much about his health. (Sound & Air Pollution it seems)

d. He can make sure that his road is always calm and clean.

This is pure act of selfishness. Infact, I have asked two of the policemen about the changes. At first he was reluctant to give any answer and finally he opened his mouth. These things happen because of pressure from the Vijaynagar association members(few people). He also commented that, there is no use in blocking this road, and we (policemen) are standing throughout the day and acting like a route map. I really pity these policemen. I am sure because of these association top-members, the curse of so many people falls only on the policemen. :-(

Moreover, if we need to reach the main road, We need to divert through the vijaynagar cross streets which is 300mtrs extra compared to the normal route. Which really counts to a criminal expense of Rs.100 per year for petrol for per person.

I really dont understand what these people achieve by doing such silly acts. Are they showing their power? Or are they proving that all top officials does this for selfishness.

God Save them and save us from these selfish people.

Thoughts through Blog - Blought

Straight forward definition: Reason for doing something. In daily life, everyone of use this sentence “what I thought was” ?huh! It is such a generic sentence that people can fill anything and everything.

On reading this post, every one of you will think something and will reflect on you behavior at least for a fraction of a moment. It might range from posting a comment for this post to bookmarking this page to find out what the heck I am going to write…. ;-)

The blog will be all about “Blought (s)”. Now what the @#$@ is that. It is just that, thought through this blog becomes blought! If I make you think stupid about this word. I would like you to go through this website to think even more stupid.

The blought will be on my personal thoughts to others thoughts about thoughts. :p

Happy bloking ;-)