Anecdotal Evidence

Our Sumo stops at petrol bunk on the Tirunelvely-Papanasam road. The local driver mentions it as the location of the cellphone-comedy scene starring Vadivelu, from the movie Vel. I recall it : a pretty bland scene - to be polite- from an ordinary movie - to be politer. I was the youngest is the chock-full Sumo which contained, besides others, an octagenarian former civil servant, a retired professor of English literature and a literary critic. Every single one of them was able to recall the quoted scene without trouble ------------------- From the opening scene of Manhattan: Isaac Davis (voice-over): To him, it was a metaphor for the decay of contemporary culture

Specifically themed Western classical CDs I saw in Landmark ... Making out toMozart Shacking up with Chopin Apparently there is also a Bedroom bliss with Beethoven

"...lots of dialogues are in Maharashtrian" Overheard at Sathyam when watching Kaminey ...we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially.

I forsee an Ambedkar-style caged existence for Thiru VaLLuvar. Was googling up his opposite number, who is coming up in Natesan Park as a compromise measure. The man who took up the modest moniker Sarvajna , immediately caught my fancy with: " Dinner without butter milk is like a lady without shy".

Colleague- trying to sound prompt - on a call with a new phoren client, with a prospective long term relationship ahead: We will do the analysis today only

Girl's father: One Club Boy: One Diamond Boy's realist counsel: One spade Girl: Two Hearts Girl's father: Two No tramp Boy: Double