எனக்குப் பிடித்த கவிதை-28: “அழகின் சிரிப்பு”
சிறுகுழந்தை விழியினிலே ஒளியாய் நின்றாள்;
திருவிளக்கில் சிரிக்கின்றாள்; நாரெடுத்து
நறுமலரைத் தொடுப்பாளின் விரல் வளைவில்
நாடகத்தைச் செய்கின்றாள்! அடடே, செந்தோள்
புறத்தினிலே கலப்பையுடன் உழவன் செல்லும்
புதுநடையில் பூரித்தாள்; விளைந்த நன்செய்
நிலத்தினிலே என்விழியை நிறுத்தினாள்; என்
நெஞ்சத்தில் குடியேறி மகிழ்ச்சி செய்தாள்!
– பாரதிதாசனின் அழகின் சிரிப்பிலிருந்து ஒரு பகுதி.
எனக்குப் பிடித்த கவிதை-28: “அழகின் சிரிப்பு”
சிறுகுழந்தை விழியினிலே ஒளியாய் நின்றாள்;
திருவிளக்கில் சிரிக்கின்றாள்; நாரெடுத்து
நறுமலரைத் தொடுப்பாளின் விரல் வளைவில்
நாடகத்தைச் செய்கின்றாள்! அடடே, செந்தோள்
புறத்தினிலே கலப்பையுடன் உழவன் செல்லும்
புதுநடையில் பூரித்தாள்; விளைந்த நன்செய்
நிலத்தினிலே என்விழியை நிறுத்தினாள்; என்
நெஞ்சத்தில் குடியேறி மகிழ்ச்சி செய்தாள்!
– பாரதிதாசனின் அழகின் சிரிப்பிலிருந்து ஒரு பகுதி.
Okay, now to the ad. It says The Hindu Shopping (
http://www.thehindushopping.com/) is offering a minimum 25% off on 4 Million Books, with FREE SHIPPING anywhere in India. Not only that, up to 80% OFF on Select Books.Now comes the sad part, the offer valid till June 18, 2008 only!
I am really very sorry to have missed it. I envy those of you who had seen and availed the offer. OK, all the best. Let me be more wakeful hereafter.
A joint attempt of Bharathiar University and Lions club International district 324 B1, the library is housed at Nirmala College for Women.
Second of its kind in the State, after Madurai, the library at present accommodates cassettes on 400 titles covering a range of general topics. Nearly 600 cassettes covering all subjects based on the university and State Board syllabus will be made available soon.
Cassettes were brought from the Rotary Helen Keller Talking (ROHTALK) Book Library in Madurai, which also has a production studio. The number of titles will eventually be increased to 5,000, according to Vice-Chancellor G.Thiruvasagam.
ROHTALK director Nicholas Francis says: “The library here with a studio was set up in 2003. It has 2600 members ranging from school students to professors, utilizing 4,000 cassettes. It gives the visually-impaired self-dignity. So, we are happy to help the library in Coimbatore with the material we have and also by producing cassettes for them. We have 200 voice volunteers with whose help we record the content of the books.”
Students, wishing to become members, should register with a fee of Rs.50.
They can visit the library to select the book they want to “read” from a catalogue that is in Braille.
Once the cassette is selected, the student can borrow it or listen to it at the library itself.
Cassette players are available for use.
Those outside Coimbatore too can borrow cassettes by post (free of cost), use it and return it by post in 15 days. The cassettes are sponsored by the Lions Club while the library will be maintained jointly by the college and the university.
G.Merlin, a final-year student of BBM of Nirmala College for Women, finds the library “very useful”. “I cannot read Braille. I have been listening to somebody reading it out to me so far. Now, I will be listening to the cassette,” she says. She plans to do MBA.
However, R.Srinivasan, a retired professor of English who is visually-impaired and has been using Braille to read, write and teach, feels he will be more comfortable with Braille. “II have used it for more than 30 years. But, for those who do not know how to use Braille, listening to cassettes will definitely be very useful.”
Courtesy: ‘Education Plus’, a supplement to The Hindu, Madurai, August 4, 2008 (“Talking book library – an alternative to Braille?” by Amutha Kannan”)
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