Saapaddu Ready...

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• dolin (15647)
• [2005-12-18 4:28]
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Salut Bala.
Tu vas bien?
Très chouette cette photo.
J'aime bien ces prises arrière et là en plus, c'est bien construit.
Le pdv assez bas, le cadrage avec cette femme au milieu puis ces panneaux qui l'entourent et qui ferment l'image, et puis ce mouvement figé avec une bonne position du sujet.
Les couleurs sur la femme et puis ce petit sac qui se réfère aux 2 panneaux...joli.
Bien vu
Fred

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• PixelTerror (72384)
• [2005-12-18 6:01]

Salut Bala,
J'aime bien aussi cette photo pour son cote tres exotique pour moi avec cette ecriture, et aussi la balance des panneaux rouges/blancs autour du sac de cette dame. Ses vetements ajoutent aussi des notes de couleurs differentes et de la richesse a ta photo.
Bon dimanche,
jean-Yves

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• Furachan (0)
• [2005-12-18 6:17]

Alright, Bala! WHat a lovely shot,bust-rting with SOuthern colors (as I imagine them to be...) Splendid framing of this woman in her bright sari between those two red signs.
Excellent note too!
Best wishes,
Francis

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• oochappan (30143)
• [2005-12-18 6:53]
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Hi Bala,
Low POV on a daily street with the lady between the publicity-board, a pleasant angle to see life on the street with all the shops behind.
Most interesting note about the language, I do not totally agree as a living language strenght is to assimilate other expressions from other languages, OK the origin of Tamil is depicted by its accurate search to describe everything in to details, especiallly on technical level they were masters but at least they maintain their characters to write everything down, although in Chennai busses uses English writings too nowadays, it was not like that 19 years ago, all was in Tamil written then.
On the two boards only the "ready" in big letters is copied from English, for the rest it's still pure Tamil (not sure about the small letters). I know some of the higher class uses English to "show off" and there are schools only for English mediums, those pupils don't even know to write Tamil anymore ... Pity as Tamil can be compared to Latin, as much richness in liturature, grammar ... in fact on grammar level they have lots of similarities. I like that there is a proudness about their language but Tamil is far from being a death language like Latin, so it has to grow to stay accurate.
PS besides biriyani you can get here meen (fish) too !

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• don_narayan (2014)
• [2005-12-18 11:00]

Bala!! good to see you back. I hope you are well and your exams went better than mine!

anyways, wonderful colors and I like the timing here, nice stride you caught with this woman... and nice framing with the signs. Take care.

Narayan

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• bibiweb (31257)
• [2005-12-18 15:36]

Salut Bala,
Une belle image de vie quotidienne. L'écriture sur le panneau, les habits de la femme, l'environnement, tous les éléments créent une image très exotique et très colorée. Ton texte est très intéressant aussi.
Amicalement, Brigitte

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• sathiyan (206)
• [2005-12-19 0:41]

Hi Bala
What you say is right. Tamil is loosing its grip, On the same time politician are using it as a weapon. Let's keep it a side.
I love the snap and the energetic lady.

Sathiyan S

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• faubry (27515)
• [2005-12-19 4:23]

hello Bala, j'aime beaucoup cette scène de rue, simple, naturelle, la femme avec une démarche rapide, et les affiches posées qui équi librent le tout
bravo
francine

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• Mingfang (1415)
• [2005-12-19 5:44]

hi Bala,

this one is really geat with the indian woman, the street, also the Tamils sign(is it?)... i like to see these real scene.

well done!

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• thaprem (2284)
• [2005-12-19 8:11]

A unusual POV & as much Naughty too...
I hope you were not admonisged ;))
A refereshing offshoot to carry on Henk`s mantle...
Cheers,
Prem.

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• AmiBe (19500)
• [2005-12-19 8:39]

Hello Bala, ça va ?
Alors ces exams ?
J'aime bien ta photo et ton cadrage bas avec ces 2 panneaux qui encadrent cette femme.
On ressent bien le mouvement, elle s'en va d'un bon pas !
Bien vu, a+

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• satyapicmaker (110)
• [2006-01-01 22:46]

The board reads, Saapaadu (meals), Biriyani , Meen (fish) Ready. Yes Tamil is loosing its grip, sad but true, like how sanskrit was lost few hundred years ago. Glad tamil has been declared the classical language.

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• rahul__rahul__ (2250)
• [2006-01-02 11:16]

Hi Bala,
nice picture, I like the bright colors and it is sharp. The Tamil boards look good, and your note is interesting. Thanks for sharing and Happy new year!
Regards,
Rahul

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• ndb1958 (9216)
• [2006-01-04 5:59]

A beautiful and colourful daily life scene. She walks barfeet through the city, interesting. Nice to see all these shops in the background.

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• kajspice (4499)
• [2006-03-12 19:28]
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Hi Bala,

Firstly, the mix of colours is nicely balanced.

I read your discussions with Henk and I feel that you are well within your rights to feel this frustration. I hear your comments and agree that the native language should evolve to continue with traditional vocabulary, not be diminished through lazy use of adapted English words.

I guess it is hurtful when language and culture begin to diminish together. However, saying this, many "english" words have derived from the Indian language...

JUGGERNAUT (Sanskrit) Originates from: Jagganatha, Lord of the world. Jaggat=world, Natha=lord.

THUG (Sanskrit) Meaning: Any person who uses violence or brutality, especially a criminal. Originates from the Sanskrit word sthaga which means 'rogue or cheater' and dates back to at least 13th century.

Other words:
Pajamas (or in England pyjamas) came from Persian (paÿ "foot, leg" + jamah "clothing")
varanda: Bengali (baranda)
jungle: (jangala, "a dry, arid desert")
cot (khat, Hindi)

Thus, while the English were colonizing India the Indians were colonizing the English language with Indian words! ;)

In the UK, you will find many people using "Hinglish". This is a mixture of Hindi/English. Here is some more information about this phenomenon which seems to be sweeping the globe (so I learned today!)

Observer article

Mirror article

Times of India article

This image has more importance than has been aforementioned. I recently did a post to convey the same message...but I dont think anyone is really interested...oh well...I had a little protest of my own. if you are interested, you will find it here.

I'm pleased you brought the subject up, though we must realise the effect of our culture on our own environments too. Perhaps your own cluture does not have such an effect on your environment due to the numbers? In Leicester, it is a different story because by the year 2012, the ethnic minority population will form a majority.

ok, rant over...

Kaj

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• huckool (96)
• [2006-06-01 18:42]

After spending several months in Malaysia with Tamil Indians, I've tried to keep the language stats up a little by atleast learning their alphabet. The sign says:

saapadu piriyaanhi meen
redi
(Meen=Fish)