Mother Tongue of the Wise man : Tenali Ramakrishna

Mother Tongue of the Wise man

                     Day by Day Tenali Ramakrishna's fame spread not only in Vijayanagar but outside Vijayanagar too. Hearing that there is a person of unparalleled intelligence in King Krishnadevaraya's court called Tenali Ramakrishna. A wise man came to Vijayanagar to match his wits with Tenali Ramakrishna.

                      Raja Purohit's Servant saw the wise man an said that information to the Raja Purohit.

Raja Purohit : " If he is the person, let him be . How does he concern us ? "
Servant : " What is this Raja Purohit ji ? If he is more intelligent than you excatly like Tenali Ramakrishna, then it will be like removing one tone with another. "
Raja Purohit : Oh! How is it posible? (thinks).
Servant : " Purohit ji If there is any defect in Tenali ramakrishna, won't we need somebody as intelligent ....... "
Raja Purohit : " yes yes you are exactly right "." lets go then ".

                       
                    Raja Purohit and his servant went to the wise man and wished him to welcome to the Vijayanagar empire.

Wise man : " oh! Thank you. I am new to this empire. I want to know who the Tenali Ramkrishna was. Can you please tell me? "
Raja purohit : (laughs) and said " he is a wise man in the world. "
Wise man : (also laughs) " Even i am wise and that too very wise. But what does the Tenali Rmakrishna do? "
Servant : " Why do you want to know about Tenali Ramakrishna? He does nothing but brag infront the king and shows his old tricks and king praises him as a wise man. "
Wise man : " Fine. Fine. We shall bring him back own to earth soon.All you need to do is to get me into the king's court. "
Raja Purohit : "ok ok sure. definitely. "
                       
                    On the very next day the Wise man was taken to the King's court by the Raja Purohit.
(In king's court)
Raja Purohit : " Your highness my lord!" Lord " He is a wise man came from distance to meet you. "
Wise man : " Greetings to the Great king. "
Raja Purohit : " My Lord! This wise man reads, writes and understands 15 languages very very fluently. "
                   All the remaining poets and astadiggajas were stared at the wise man's excellence and are thinking that "He is a great man.".
King Krishnadevaraya : " What are you saying? Is it right. "
Wise man : " Yes my Lord I am very fluent in 15 different languages and I have heard that there are many wise and intelligent scholar in your court that is why I have come here."
Krishnadevaraya : " yes! There are many scholars in our kingdom and I shall give you a place in my court too."
Wise man : " I beg your pardon. Before that i would like to test the knowledge of this scholars in your court. If they are successful only then I shall stay in this court."


Krishandevaraya : " What test scholar? "
Wise man : " Oh king! I shall now speak in all the 15 languages that i know from that if any one person in your court can point which one is my mother tongue then I shall consider that every one in your court has passed the test. "
Krishnadevaraya : " That' fine.There are many scholar in my court out of them atleast one will definitely be able to discover your mother tongue. You may start."

                    With the king' permission the Wise man fluently spoke in 15 languages.After hearing him speak a language the people in the court who knew the language were sure that it was his mother tongue. But the Wise man spoke all the languages extremely fluently. No one in the court could exactly pinpoint which was his mother tongue.
Wise man : (proudly) said to the King, " Oh King! Can anyone tell me which one of these is my mother tongue? "
                          On hearing this, The King looked at everyone angrily.They all hum their heads in shame.Finally the King looked at Tenali Ramakrishna.
Krishnadevaraya : " Why Tenali Ramakrishna! Are you do not able to point out this man's mother tongue? "
Tenali Ramakrishna : " That is not the case my King! This gentle man is very learned to discover his mother tongue. Some time in his company is very much necessary. "
      

                      Wise man accepted the Tenali Ramakrishna's company and said " You shall definitely get the time in my company. Come. Why don't the two of us go roaming in Vijayanagar? That way you can have the pleasure of my company and I shall be able to see Vijayanagar. "
Tenali Ramakrishna : " Great! But oh king, I will request you also to accompany us. "
Krishnadevaraya : " ceratainly! Lets go! I shall accompany you."
                           Tenali Ramakrishna,Wise man and The King Krishnadevaraya spent the entire day roaming in Vijayanagar.During the discussions the wise man spoke every sentence in different language.
Wise man : " Oh King! After roaming around the empire in the sun in entire day. I am a little tired. If you don't mind Can we please sit here for a while. "
Krishnadevaraya : " We shall sit wise man. Come Tenali Ramakrishna Lets sit. "
Tenali Ramkrishna :  " Yes my King."
Wise man : " Your city is very beautiful I liked it."
Krishnadevaraya : " Thankyou wise man, The topic we have Intelligent people sugget Tenali Ramakrishna in our kingdom. Trust me! Their intelligence is worth praising too. "
                            Tenali Ramakrishns then picked a pin and pierced it into the foot of the wise man slightly.
Wise man : (loudly) " Oh kaapaadandi !" " Look O King, Your wise Tenali Ramakrishna picked me with a pin. See. See, How much blood I have lost? A wise man like him doing such a wicked one does not suit him."    
Tenali Ramkrishna : (laughs) and said "Please forgive me wise man." This learner man' mother tongue is  "Telugu" "
Wise man : "How do you know? "
Tenali Ramakrishna : "My king whenever a person is in pain suddenly speaks only his mother tongue and to discover his mother tongue I had to cause him some pain. "
Wise man : " Yes My Lord! My mother tongue is indeed Telugu and said Oh Tenali Ramakrishna! you are very smart. Your intelligence and witt have no parallel. I bow to you. "

Tenali Ramakrishna : " Thank you "

Krishnadevaraya : Oh Tenali Ramakrishna you showed your excellence again and praised him in his court and offered a Great prize to Tenali Ramakrishna.

The Colours of Diamond : Tenali Ramakrishna

The Colour of Diamonds

                     One day,Krishnadevaraya was very happy with the sarcastic and intelligent discussion by Ashtadiggajas in his court.He too involved in the discussion and enjoyed.During discussion a man named "Ramayya" who directly entered into his court.Soldiers caught him an started beating him for illegally entering into the court.The King ordered his soldiers to leave the man.The man thanked him for the words of The King and started explaining  his problem.

       Ramayya : "Save me My Lord! Please save me from my owner My Lord!".

       Krishnadevaraya : "What happened ?"

       Ramayya : "My owner cheated me My Lord!"

                      Yesterday afternoon i and my owner was going to buy some ration.The cold winds were breezing on the way.So we brought an umbrella on the road and we were moving.Suddenly a big rain poured,our umbrella became wet and worned out.we started worrying and seeing around for some shelter around.At some distance we saw a temple.We immediately ran into the temple to hide out.The rain lasted for  many hours.We went into the temple in search of any human living there.We found no one there and the temple is full of dust.We decided to relax there for some time.We have to leave the temple as soon as the rain stopped pouring.

                     My owner relaxed at the entrance and i started searching for some place to get relaxed.In search of the place i found a red bag tied its mouth with a tight string.I get it to my owner and we opened the bag loosening the string.We were shocked seeing into the bag There were diamonds, a lot of diamonds.We too became very happy and decided to share the diamonds.But i had a thought that they were the temple's property.If the information leaks we will get punished.

     Ramayya : "Boss! we will give it to The King,because they are the Temple's property".

     Owner : "No Ramayya! these are very costly diamonds".

     Ramayya : "Boss! If the information leaks we will be in great trouble"

   Owner : "Ramayya! if we share these diamonds.Our family will become rich upto next four generations".

                  We both accepted to share.But my owner told me to give my share of diamonds after we went home.If we share now,If anyone sees our plan will be ruined.So we will share these after getting into the house.After sometime the rain stopped and we both went to homes happily.The next day I went to his home happily to take my share of diamonds.But my owner rejected to give my share of diamonds.

    Ramayya : "Sorry! My lord! I want share because of my selfishness.I hear his words and i lost a lot by his words My Lord! Please help me My Lord!".

                   The King order his soldiers to take Ramayya's owner to his court.After sometime the soldiers brought the Ramayya's owner to the King's court.The King asked about the diamonds they found in the temple.

    Owner : "By God's grace all things are going well for me.I didn't had any debts too.what i have to with his share of diamonds.I gave them to him.My Lord!"

    Owner : "I gave all the diamonds to Ramayya and said to submit all the diamonds to The King".

    Ramayya : "No My Lord! he is lying My Lord!.He didn't gave any diamonds to me".

    Owner : "My Lord! I have a doubt on Ramayya that all the diamonds was taken by him itself and playing games in front of you My Lord!".

    Krishnadevaraya : "Raja Purohit!  who was the culprit according to these opinion"

    Raja Purohit : "My Lord! I think Ramayya is the culprit.Take Ramayya into custody and leave his owner.I think he is innocent".

    Tenali Ramakrishna : "My lord! now we have to think a lot and take the right decision My Lord!".

    Krishnadevaraya : "Thinks and sais Is there anyone have any proof among yourself".

    Ramayya : "My Lord! I have no proof".

   Owner : "My Lord! I have two witnesses while i was giving diamonds to Ramayya My two workmen saw my giving to Ramayya"

    Krishnadevaraya : "Soldiers! get the two witnesses to the court.

    Witness 1 & 2 : "We saw our Owner gave the diamonds to Ramayya".

    Tenali Ramakrishna :"My Lord! I want to talk to you secretly Please give me a chance".

                  Krishnadevaraya accepted the Tenali Ramakrishna's proposal and they two went into a secret room.

    Tenali Ramakrishna : "My Lord ! I think  we will examine the two witnesses seperately".

    Krishnadevaraya : "Ok Tenali Ramakrishna ! ".

                     The King ordered his soldiers to bring the Owner first.

    Tenali Ramakrishna : "What is the colour of the diamonds you gave to Ramayya?".

    Owner : "I gave white colour diamonds to Ramayya". 

    Krishnadevaraya : "Ok Mr.Owner Please be aside". and ordered his soldiers to bring witness 1.

   Tenali Ramakrishna : "Witness 1! what was the colur of diamonds that your owner gave to Ramayya".

    Witness 1 : "the colour ... the colour of diamonds was Green.My Lord! They were shining too".

    Krishnadevaraya : "Ok witness 1, Please be aside". and ordered his soldiers to bring witness 2.

   Tenali ramakrishna :"Witness 2! what was the colur of diamonds that your owner gave to Ramayya?".

    Witness 2 : "The colour of diamonds was Red My Lord!".

                    Then Krishnadevaraya came to conclusion that Owner was lying and ordered his soldiers to take Owner and his Witnesses into custody.The King collected all the diamonds from the Owner and gave reward to Ramayya for his bravery against his owner.The King also gave reward to Tenali Ramakrishna for his brilliance in tackling the case well. 

THE DOG'S TAIL : TENALI RAMAKRISHNA

The Dog's Tail

                  One day Sri Krishnadevaraya came to the court early and want to participate in the discussions of the Ashtadiggajas.The King was in a very happy mood that day.One poet raised a topic that "Man's behaviour is like Dog's tail".All said their views about Man's behaviour.All poets agreed with the he first one except Raja Purohit.

      Raja Purohit : "Who said that Dog's tail won't be straight?.In this empire all is possible so,Dog's tail will be made straight".

                The King heard the words of Raja Purohit and want to make something new and adventurous.

      Krishnadevaraya : "Only discussions on this topic is not enough.We will try that practically and afterwards we see what will happen.What about you Tenali Ramakrishna !"

     Tenali Ramakrishna : " Ha ... you are right Maharaja.... you are right.What we have do for that Maharaja?"

      Krishnadevaraya : "Four members of our court are to be selected.Each have to grow a Puppy for six months.In these six months they will be tried to make those puppy's tails straight.Lets see they will become straight or not". 

       Tenali Ramakrishna : "Maharaja! who were the four people that took care about a puppy and will try in making its tail straight".

       Krishnadevaraya : "One puppy will be brought up by Kotayya(assistant of Raja Purohit)".

                                     "the next one will be brought up by Raja Purohit". 

      Raja Purohit : "Maharaja! Give one chance to the brilliant Tenali Ramakrishna.He will definetly do it.I have total confidence on him".

      Krishnadevaraya : "Ok Raja Purohit ! one will be brought up by Tenali Ramakrishna."

     Tenali Ramakrishna : "Maharaja ! Its ok I will brought up one.Maharaja! why don't you try the remaining one? you are so brilliant than me so....".

      Krishnadevaraya : "ok I brought up the last puppy.I will try my own practical in making straight the puppy's tail".  

                     The King ordered the soldiers to bring a puppy for me and all the poets left for home talking about the task.All the four members with the puppies tried their own ways to make the puppy's tail straight.

                     Kotayya tied the puppy's tail to a stick with a strong string and thinking that "I think in six months it will become straight and Maharaja will be a big reward".

                     Raja Purohit tied a heavy weight to the tail of his puppy and thinking that it will be the correct method for that.It will definitely become straight in six months.

                    Krishnadevaraya took a cylindrical rod and kept the puppy's tail in it and it will be the enough method to make the puppy's tail straight.

                    Tenali Ramakrishna made his puppy to eat less food daily.He will put a little food to his puppy.The puppy becoming week day by day.

                    They tried their best to make the puppy's tail straight for six months.The time for the judgement came and everyone was in the court with their puppies.First Kotayya came and loosen the string of the puppy's tail tied to the stick.After loosening the thread the tail became straight for just 2 seconds and it became curvy.Thus Kotayya failed in doing this and all his expectations came to end.Secondly,Raja Purohit's turn he came and released the string between puppy's tail and the heavy weight.The tail becomes curvy as soon as he released the weight and everyone started laughing in the court.Krishnadevaraya also tested his luck by removing the cylindrical rod around th tail of his puppy.It became curvy again.

      This is the turn for Tenali Ramakrishna.Tenali Ramakrishna brought his puppy which was spending his last days likely.Tenali Ramakrishna's puppy's tail was straight because the puppy doesn't has enough energy to make his tail curvy and the puppy was in a critical condition.The king became angry on what Tenali Ramakrishna did to puppy.Tenali Ramakrishna said "Maharaja! i took special care about puppy for not going things wrong"."I keep the food required for the puppy to live only so,it became very skinny and doesn't have enough energy to lift his tail or to make his tail curvy".

                       Krishnadevaraya asked about the meaning in Tenali Ramakrishna's doing to puppy.

     Tenali Ramakrishna : "Man's behaviour is like dog's tail.If man have lot of grieves and sorrow,His behaviour is like my puppy's tail or straight or not being so proud.he will be in his limits.".

     Tenali Ramakrishna :"If all the things goes well,Man also behaves rude and becomes proud and crosses his limits like the puppy's tail curve ".

                 Krishnadevaraya and his fellow members are inspired by the words of Tenali Ramakrishna and praised him a lot for his brilliance and ordered soldiers to take care about the skinny puppy to make it as before.

                 

ఆస్కార్ ను గెలిచిన జాకీచాన్

ఆస్కార్ ను గెలిచిన జాకీచాన్

                     

                             ఇరవై మూడేల్ల క్రితం హాలీవుడ్ కథానాయకుడు సిల్వెస్టర్ స్టాలోన్ ఇంట్లో ఆస్కార్ పురస్కార ప్రతిమను చుశారు జాకీచాన్, జీవితంలో ఒక్క సారైనా ఆస్కార్ పురస్కారం అందుకోవాలన్న కోరిక ఆయనకు కలిగింది. అది నెరవేరడానికి సుదీర్ఘ కాలమే ఎదురుచూడాల్సి వచ్చింది. చైనీస్ సినిమాలతో ప్రపంచవ్యాప్తంగా అభిమానులను సంపాదించుకున్న జాకీచాన్ కు ఆస్కార్ గౌరవ పురస్కారం లభించింది. లాస్ ఏంజెల్స్ లో ఆదివారం జరిగిన కార్యక్రమంలో ఆస్కార్ పురస్కారాన్ని స్వీకరించారు జాకీ చాన్ . ఈ సందర్బంగా ఆయన తన ఆనందాన్ని పంచుకుంటూ "సినీ పరిశ్రమలో 56 ఏళ్ల సుదీర్ఘ కెరీర్ తర్వాత, 200కు పైగా సినిమాలు చేరిన తర్వాత, ఎన్నోసార్లు ఎముకలు విరకొట్టుకున్నాక ఆఖరికి ఆస్కార్ దక్కింది " అన్నారు. .ఇంతకుమును తన తల్లిదండ్రులతో కలియు చాల సార్లు ఆస్కార్ వేడుక చూశానని, 'ఇన్ని సినిమాలు చేసినా నీకు ఆస్కార్ పురస్కారం ఎందుకు రాలేదు? ' అని తన తండ్రి అడిగేవారని చెప్పారు జాకీ. ఒక అనుకునే స్థాయికి చేరడానికి తన అభిమానులే కారణమన్నారు జాకీ. "సినిమాలు చేసినా, కిటికీల్లో నుంచి దూకినా, ఫైట్లు చేసి ఎముకలు విరకొట్టుకున్న అదంతా అభిమానుల కోసమే" అన్నారు జాకీచాన్. చైనీస్ నటుడిగా గుర్తింపు తెచ్చుకోవడం గర్వాంగా ఉందని, మినుకు తన స్వస్థలం హాంకాంగ్ కు ధన్యవాదాలని జాకీ అన్నారు. ఈ కార్యక్రమంలో సిల్వెస్టర్ స్టాలోన్, టామ్ హన్స్, నికోల్ కిడ్మన్ తదితరులు పాల్గొన్నారు.