February 24, 2009

Madurai...The City that never Sleeps...

True to those words enga ooru thoongi nan enaikume pathathu ilai... It starts with the freshness in the morning when we go out and see people queueing to get milk, the small tea shops with hot milk boiling and chaya ready to be given... men squatting near the shops waiting for the tea.. apadiye cut panrom.. shot moves to the ladies who are readily with their kola maavu* to start painting their imagination in front of their house... This scene is really missing as we move out of the city to the metro life... omg.. how much i am missing being at home...


The hustle bustle life starts slowly, the milk man going from one home to another, the paper boy throwing papers, ammas preparing breakfast for their kids and the husbands and the family... Kids on cycles to schools, Men hurrying in their bikes... all these are regular morning plights in every city.. yes i agree.. but Maduraikunu oru Shtyle irukunga...

You should be very talented to ride a bike in Madurai. If you have ridden a bike here then you can ride it anywhere... apadi oru logic... god knows when the person going in front of us will turn, dono which side is he going to turn, though the right indicator will keep blinking he still will not turn at times, when the Green light turns on the signal people rush like they are participating in a F1 race... The steaming looks i get from my dad when i ride it along with the crowd... nowadays as we are turning into the wonder world of telecommunications, people drive/ride with cell phones on their ear (even the cyclist holds his mobile and not bothering about others but ride to his own glory) ...

Speaking about respect... Madurailathaanga kathukanum. Any person is treated with due respect here... After setting foot into Chennai the first thing that shook me hard was the way we were treated by the local automan... "Enga oorula epadi mariyathaiya pesuvaanga theriyuma" My friends should be tired of hearing this stmt from me all the time...

The "Manmanam maratha pengal". Western shtyle is trying hard to step into Madurai... Though u see women in jean or kurthas, the traditional manam is still there. You can see girls in half saree, Sarees mostly and chudidhars come next and a few % of jeans and others. What more do you want

More stories to continue later...

3 comments:

கிரி said...

//apadiye cut panrom.. shot moves to the ladies who are readily with their kola maavu*//

அவ்வ்வ்வ்வ் முடியல

//but Maduraikunu oru Shtyle irukunga//

அந்த இஷ்டைலு என்னன்னு தான் சொல்லுங்களேன் ..நாங்களும் தெரிந்துக்குறோம்

//More stories to continue later...//

அதுல ரோபோ கதை இருக்குமா! ஹி ஹி

Arasi Raj said...

Aaha...pullaikku enna thideernu manmanam...madurai serial ethuvum down load panniya recent-a?

ennadi mariyaathaiyoda niruththikitta....namma oorukku innum niraya manam irukkulla....sollu seekiram

Anonymous said...

Madurai..certainly has its beauty from the past. Appreciate ur love for the city. No offence..however i guess lot needs to done for this city irrespective of what the corporation is doing..I am talking abt the villages that don't come under the scope of Corporation..

There is the beautiful view..u can see the Murugan temple..on the hills..guess u know what i mean..a beautiful river..green paddy fields,..oh yeah nice to describe...its sad to see there is no garbage collection system for panchayats..its strew all over and into the river..lets do something...I am in. Please do say something..make it a better place.