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MANI RATNAM Born June 2, 1956 (age 51) Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India Occupation Film director, film producer, screenwriter Website http://www.madrastalkies.com Mani Ratnam (born June 2, 1956) is a critically acclaimed Tamil Indian film director, writer and producer. BIOGRAPHY EARLY LIFE: Ratnam was born as G. Subramaniam on June 2, 1956, in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India Degree in commerce from Madras University and an MBA from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, a management consultant before becoming a filmmaker. Brother, film producer G. Venkateswaran. CAREER: Mani Ratnam's films often feature realistic, contemporary themes and complex plots. FAMILIAL AND MARITAL HARDSHIPS, TERRORISM, LOVE, CLASS AND RELIGIOUS CONFLICT, WAR, POLITICS, ADOPTION, HISTORY AND DISABILITY are just some of the socio-political issues to have been featured in his films. His movies are generally made in the Tamil language, but are usually also dubbed into other languages like TELUGU AND HINDI. He ha...

English Edification Enrichment- What is the meaning and origin of the idiom, "Don't count your chickens before they hatch"? Some people, as soon as they buy a lottery ticket think they are going to win. They begin to make plans as to what they are going to do with the money when they get it. When you tell such a person "not to count your chickens before they hatch" what you are doing is warning him. You are telling the individual not to celebrate prematurely; you are advising him not to count his profits before he has the money in his hand. You are asking him to wait for the lottery results to be announced before he starts making plans. Here are a few examples. * Ask Suresh. He may be willing to lend you some money. But don't count your chickens before they hatch. * Stop talking about the places you are going to see. You still haven't got your visa yet. Don't count your chickens before they hatch. This is an expression which comes from a story in Aes...

English Edification Enrichment- What does “the telephone has been ringing off the hook” mean? It means that the phone has been ringing non stop. When you say that the phone has been ringing off the hook what it means is that it has been ringing constantly. Here's an example. * Whenever Achala is at home the phone keeps ringing off the hook. * When I entered the house this morning the phone was ringing off the hook. * Ever since people came to know that Mr. Sunderam has been nominated for an award, his phone has been ringing off the hook. What does “grungy” mean? The ‘u’ is pronounced like the ‘u’ in ‘cut’, ‘but’, and ‘hut’ and the final ‘g’ is like the ‘j’ in ‘jug’, ‘juice’, and ‘joy’. When you say that something is `grungy' it means it is smelly and dirty. * Can I say that your kitchen is grungy? * My kitchen is definitely not grungy! You get your grungy feet off the sofa. * I don't like going to the new Udipi restaurant. There is always some grungy stuff on the table. * I...

I witnessed a lady stealing clothes today; I was surprised the way she had to do it, she was very obvious and moreover at the changing room she left behind her dress which she carried as spare in her personal bag. Immediately she rushed ignoring everyone at the shop and did not buy anything. After realizing that she has left her dress behind as four clothes been taken for trial and out of which three belong to the shop and the one was not; assuming that to be hers the sales girl rushed to stop her mainly to give her cloth back. Normally shop lifters plan well before they steel or at least would not make it so prevalent but here it was neither. I felt something was amiss. Later after few minutes the lady was called in her mobile; “the visitors books carries her mobile number since she was a regular and an errant” she was not confronted but politely asked to take back her own cloth. Continues...

Shop lifter - She” the customer” She” the customer” returned to the shop with vigour and when the sales girl dealt with her informing her about the missing apparel and being the first customer at the shop; she the sales girl was brusquely certain that the lady is the accused. Customer being the nominated accused became furious with the sales in charge and raised a complaint with the owner of the shop against the sales girl. After some time the customer called the owner asking if she found the dress within the shop and enquired if she would be allowed in the boutique again as she intend to purchase few designer dresses for her children. This entire scene was narrated to my friend by me the same way, who at this point of time sympathised on the customer and mentioned she is been falsely accused and clarified if there was no mistake made by the sales girl in the process. It is seldom a shop lifter or a thief would call back the shop asking if the lost dress is brought into being. It is fi...

“Shop lifter guilty” I had my own untold sympathy myself but did not reveal since it was very evident that the customer is guilty. The point here is one cannot prove that she is guilty but there is her consciousness which would do the rest; I am sorry I am getting too personal this super human term “consciousness” does not relate to ordinary people like us. Frankly it is almost dead in our society. The entire reason for this blog “raise your voice – society speaks “is to find out how many such souls exist. The customers frequent calls more than the naturally genuine non guilty self also gave me a doubt. Now she called and asked to meet the owner in person as soon as possible. At the meeting she fell on the shop owner’s feet and apologised. The boutique owner appreciated her courage to apologise.

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