I originally thought of writing three different posts. The Tranquebar side story is small and there have been lots of reviews on Aayirathil Oruvan and obviously there is going to be a dozen of post on Indiblogger Chennai meet. So, I thought I will summarize all three into single post.
I was intrigued to do a follow up on Tranquebar when I got a side news from a Danish friend about a coffee service (Porcelain) he inherited which is called Tranquebar. I got more excited when he said that the design on the set had waves on them. Reason, the Tamil name of Tranquebar is Tarangambadi, which means ‘place of singing waves’. So I started to search on the internet about the coffee set designed by Christian Joachim but found nothing. Later I mailed Royal Copenhagen, the company that produced the particular porcelain in 1918, and asked them about the origin of the name for the particular Coffee service. I got a prompt reply from them which I didn’t expect. It turned out that Tranquebar is a fantasy name and the name was given to have a romantic and nostalgic ring of old times of Danish trade with the far east.
Meanwhile I watched Aayirathil Oruvan yesterday. It was a nice try, different genre in Tamil cinema, kudos to Selvaraghavan. But the movie pissed me off in few minutes. I don’t mind if the movie lacks logic or if it has cheap graphics. But, utter disrespect to indigenous people and killing them like they are not humans is grossly disturbing and disgusting. That too by Indian archeological department and Indian army in a foreign soil. Give me a break!
And Today I attended my first bloggers meet at Chennai, organized by Indiblogger and 
sponsored by Univercell. It was nice to meet fellow bloggers whom we interact only online. It also helped to meet new bloggers and to network. The entire meet was filled with fun and laughter. Tweets were displayed live and few bloggers sent comments via tweets, which was hilarious. You can read some of the most hilarious tweets here. 30 sec of fame was fun and the traditional media and bloggers session was interesting. And honestly a few people, a very few people, need to learn how to behave in a social gathering. Oh yes, xenophobia can be cured. Overall, I enjoyed the Indiblogger meet and it was fun and useful. Looking forward for the next Indiblogger meet. Driving 300kms up and down from Pondicherry to Chennai was totally useful. May be next time, we can have a small to do and not to do list.
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Woww.. quite a weekend it has been for u, hasnt it…
Had visited Tranquebar abt a year ago, and fell in love with the place.. infact have a similar pic of the blue white chinaware displayed on the walls at Bungalow on the beach!!
ummm… realised, i dont remember ur face from last eve.. sorry…too many new faces/names … But shall be around reading ur blog.. like it!!
Hi Aaarti, Welcome. Yes it has been a busy week for me. Its okie, there were many people at the meet, its not easy to remember everyone. Anyhow we can always meet in Blogosphere!
Hey Moulee!!
It was indeed a pleasure to meet u (Sitting next 2 u n tweeting was ME!
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//driving 300kms up and down from Pondicherry to Chennai was totally useful
yea it was really useful!!
Kalyan (@itzkallyhere)
Hey Kalyan, yes I remember you and it was pleasure meeting you too. It was fun to read your tweets. And welcome to my blog!
Hey man! I drove down 300 Km from Bangalore too!!! Driving down from pondy must have been awesome! anywayz "Repect" my friend
It was real fun to meet many Blog IDs / Twitter Handles as a REAL person …
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@ramaswamyn
After attending 2 such meets in Bangalore, I can't wait to touch base with bloggers from other cities! Look forward to attending indiblogger meets in other cities too in future!
you got a nice blog Moulee!
@Anoop, Yes it was nice to drive thru' ECR. But while returning i was very tired and was praying that I do not fall asleep lol.
@RamN, Yes it was fun to see Blog IDs/ Twitter Handles in real. I remember some people still went by their blog IDs in the meet.
@Mohan, Yes it would be nice to have bloggers in a meet from different cities. Hope that happens soon.
now that a commitment …….driving 300 KMS….awesome……Bangalore meet was some 15-20 KMs from my place …..and i was already having second thought on the meet………
great that you attended…..i have attended two in Bangalore……have met some really good people or good bloggers would be better description…… cause i really don;t know ppl …….it take me time to get along……
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Hi, first , thanks for visiting my blog.. I see that u are more serious about blogging(than me
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u have good posts out here…I gonna take my time off to read all this at the weekend
PS: U should have mentioned about the tshirts to make other city ppl more jealous
-Regards,
Revathy easwar
@ Hitesh, Yes, I really wanted to attend the blogger meet, so I didnt mind traveling from Pdy to chn.
@ Revathi, hey welcome to my blog
and thanks. I liked your blog too. Hehe yes I forgot to mention the T Shirts, but by now everyone knows about them lol.
HI Moulee..thanks for visiting my blog. oh my! i didnt kno u came from Pondy exclusively for this meet! some dedication yaar!
Tranquebar danish cutlery is really intriguing. U r lucky to stumble upon such rare stuff. it rarely happens..especially in our country..cz ppl are not that much aware or appreciative of the history! I enjoyed reading abt it. Keep blogging and ping me when u post somth new.
Hi umbrella, Thanks
I was so much intrigued when my friend told me about it. Also I am bit interested in antiques. I will blog about them sometime.