{"id":383,"date":"2021-10-17T06:54:47","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T06:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.presha.net\/shan\/?p=383"},"modified":"2021-10-17T06:55:47","modified_gmt":"2021-10-17T06:55:47","slug":"random-thoughts-n-ram-foreword","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.presha.net\/shan\/2021\/10\/17\/random-thoughts-n-ram-foreword\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Thoughts &#8211; N.RAM &#8211; Foreword"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u2018Random Thoughts\u2019 is a collection of 51 essays written by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noolulagam.com\/s\/?si=0&amp;stext=Irai+anbu\">Thiru.V.Irai Anbu<\/a>, a senior I.A.S. officer of Tamil Nadu under a fortnightly column in the\u00a0 Madurai edition of THE HINDU Metroplus over 100 weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For V.Irai anbu who is famous for his writing and oratorical skills in Tamil, this was a maiden sally into popular English writing. He chose his topics at random, from nature and human behavior.&nbsp; Each essay of about 600 words contains words of wisdom from a man who has unquestionable depth of knowledge. \u2018Random Thoughts\u2019 is not an exercise in pontification but a portrayal of human behavior and beliefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.noolulagam.com\/s\/?si=0&amp;stext=Irai+anbu\">V.Irai anbu<\/a> in \u2018Random Thoughts\u2019, attempts to help the reader visualize abstract qualities through appropriate use of metaphor and imagery.\u00a0 All the essays are laced with subtle humour\u00a0 that has a functional use.\u00a0 They need not be read as a philosophic treatise but as a common man\u2019s observations of\u00a0 human nature. It is like standing in front of a mirror and laughing at one\u2019s own deficiencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each work carries a distinct stamp: alliteration. A person famous for the musical use of Tamil in speech and writing has attempted it in English too, with considerable success. \u201cWhen the mundane disappears,&nbsp; the sublime surfaces.&nbsp; We smell the extraterrestrial aroma and hear the extraordinary concert.&nbsp; We stumble upon super consciousness and communicate sans world, sings and gestures.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has consciously chosen the simple sentence for structuring his work.&nbsp; This structural device has helped him to load each sentence with meaning and also make the reader pause and contemplate on what he has read. \u201cThere is nothing called non-violent&nbsp; revenge.&nbsp; The very thought to attack is violent.&nbsp; Pregnant anger is worse than delivered action\u201d. No doubt the column attracted readers of all ages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>THE HINDU take pride in publishing the \u201cRandom Thoughts\u201d of V. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noolulagam.com\/s\/?si=0&amp;stext=Irai+anbu\">Irai anbu<\/a>, which I am sure would be\u00a0 cherished as a prized possession by the readers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Random Thoughts\u2019 is a collection of 51 essays written by Thiru.V.Irai Anbu, a senior I.A.S. officer of Tamil Nadu under a fortnightly column in the\u00a0 Madurai&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[71],"tags":[80],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.presha.net\/shan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.presha.net\/shan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.presha.net\/shan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.presha.net\/shan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.presha.net\/shan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.presha.net\/shan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.presha.net\/shan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.presha.net\/shan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.presha.net\/shan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}