Preface
In today's fast world, we hardly give enough time to give think on various aspects in life related to human values. A good diet and good attitude is always very important. Thenkachi's Radio programs have given us tips on how to make everyday of our life, a special day.
Initially I started listening to the program to keep up my time. The broadcast was my breakfast time during school days. By this way , I became a big fan of the program for its short and sweet stories. His voice suits a grandfather's voice who tells bedtime stories to his grand children. Though I am not blessed to see my grand parents, Thenkachi Iyya truly admired me with his thousands of small stories. The Morals and teachings in the program come a long way in ones life.
In his speech one can feel as to how he had a fine skill to make you laugh, reflect, think every noble thoughts. He did it with his each and every speech. Some of them I have imported from the internet.
Thenkachi Ko Swaminathan
Thenkachi Ko Swaminathan is popularly known as Thenkachi (his village). He was very famous for his "Indru Oru Thagaval" name which was aired in ALL INDIA RADIO every day at 7.40 AM for nearly 20 years. He has carved a niche for himself, with this Radio program broadcast daily on ALL INDIA RADIO.
After completing his B.Sc. agriculture from the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in Coimbatore, Thenkachi Ko Swaminathan worked as a Agricultural Extension Officer for a few years. He joined the AIR in 1977 and retired as Deputy Station Director. He presented a morning radio talk called "Indru Oru Thagaval" (i.e. Today One Message). The show, giving a message, was a hit and was broadcast for 12 years from 1988. A humorous piece at the end of the programme was something for which the listeners looked forward to. A simple man, he delivered messages that provoked one to reflect, think and make personal mends to oneself.
Later when TV became popular, on Sun TV, a popular Tamil language channel, he gave a similar program in the morning called Indha Naal Iniya Naal (i.e. It's a Good Day Today).
Each day he gives a small meaningful speech for approximately 5 minutes. He is admired for his simple, fun filled and thoughtful short stories Currently his programme "Indha Naal Inia Naal" in SUN TV has won him huge appreciation. Now, he is going to treat all his fans all over the world with is thought provoking short stories every day. He made a guest appearance in a Tamil movie named 'Ilakkanam'. His popular quote is "Every human on this earth dies, not every human really lives". He hails from a small hamlet called Thenkachi "Inrou oru thagaval", was a popular AIR program on weekdays at 7:40 am during my school days. I am not sure if the program is being aired even today. It is s a 5 min program and the agenda was pretty straight forward.
One of the nice stories that I still remember goes like this.
" There were 2 buddhists monks . They were crossing a river. They saw a beautiful woman who was struggling to cross the river. She asked the monks to help her cross the river by carrying her in their shoulder. One of the monks said it was a sin to carry woman. but the other monk carried her along and helped her cross the river. The woman thanked the monk and left on her own way. After about 10 mins , the monk did not help the female told the other."Our Guru has asked us not carry woman". For this the monk just replied , "I have left the woman in the bank, but it seems you have carried all until here ". This monk realised his folly.
A small story with a big message and the program ended with a small joke. |
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