Pongal was great. Wifey made good sakkarai / venn pongal. As a last minute offer Carrot Halwa was thrown in for free. :-)
In between the time spent shuttling across my aunts / in laws / cousins place, one program caught my interest on Vijay TV. It was program in which Gnani / Kanimozhi / Sujatha shared their views about gen x Tamizh samudhayam
People were picked at random and questioned on the Tamil equivalent of common English words like Dollar / B.A. History / Ticket / Lipstick etc. No one knew the answers. It was really pathetic. I guess Tamil is better preserved in foreign countries like Sri Lanka / Singapore / Malaysia.
They mentioned the current generation has lost all its dreams / aspirations to Silicon Valley and they showed clippings of a few IT Majors. It was true to a certain extent.
Though I did not learn tamizh at school my patti ensured that I knew how to speak/read tamizh properly. I owe all my tamizh knowledge to her. She kindled my interest, and I started off with kumudham / kalki and progressed to Ponniyin Selvan, Chakravathi Thirumagan etc. Right now I am reading Nala Bagam by Thee Ja.
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I got the traditional pot :-)) We already have a microwave
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