>From my eminent social worker friend chari
> > > > Stunning revelation: West Indies’ cricket captain, Darren Sammy, is a Tam > brahm!!! > > ------------------------------ > <http://www.theunrealtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/sammy-sandhi.jpg> > > Sammy punctiliously performs Sandhya Vandanam before heading for practise > > West Indian skipper, Darren Sammy, is not of Afro-carribean ethnicity as > is widely believed but a *pucca *Tam brahm!! This stunning revelation > came to the fore after the cricketer was spotted performing *Sandhya > Vandanam* in the wee hours of dawn in his 5 star hotel before the team > headed out for nets practice. > > Darren Sammy or more accurately Muralidharan Swamy (the name was > anglicized after most West Indians found it impossible to pronounce the > original South Indian monicker) hails from an orthodox Iyer family, the > Swamys, who incidentally are distantly related to Janata Party President, > Dr. Subramanian Swamy. The West Indian all rounder spent his formative > years in Chennai’s Mylapore before migrating to the Caribbean island nation > of St. Lucia in pursuit of his dream of becoming a pace bowler. > > “Even as a school-going kid, Swamy was rather different from his Padma > Seshadri classmates,” disclosed Ambi *mama*, Sammy’s maternal uncle. > “While his fellow Iyer cousins reveled in solving Quantum Mechanics wave > equations, cracking Mathematics Olympiad problems or listening to Carnatic > music, Swamy’s attention used to frequently drift through the window onto > the neighbouring street where little urchins played cricket with a rubber > ball. Swamy would often bunk his classes and join them.” > > And to add to his parents’ consternation, Sammy idolized the fearsome West > Indian pace battery of the 80s rather than India’s legendary spin quartet > comprising Bedi, Prasanna, Chandrasekhar, and Venky. Matters came to a head > after the Tenth Board exams, when Sammy’s dad, Varun Swamy, asked him to > “live up to the family’s scholastic tradition” by getting into IIT. So the > budding cricketer, very much against his wishes, was forced to attend 3 > hour long classes for IIT-JEE in T-Nagar’s Satyamurthy school. Sammy > rebelled. With support from Ambi *mama*, Sammy found the courage to go > against his parents’ wishes and migrated to the Carribean where his > cricketing talent blossomed after he was selected to play for St. Lucia in > the Red Stripe Bowl. Within a few years, he earned his West Indies cap. > > “*Aiyyo*, how much I told Murali to take up chess as a hobby after > getting into a top Engineering college. But no use, he only wanted to play > cricket, *chae*,” wistfully recalled Murali’s dad, Mr. Varun Swamy, who > still entertains hopes that Darren Muralidharan will chuck his cricketing > career and enroll for an engineering seat from Guindy Engineering College, > his cousin Karthik Aiyer’s *alma mater*. > > Sammy is still very much in touch with his roots though. “Swamy regularly > does Sandhyavandanam, strictly avoids non-vegetarian food including eggs, > and absolutely loves curd rice. Why, just two months back he asked me to > courier a new *poonal,*” said Ambi *mama*, with a touch of unmistakable > pride. However, Ambi *mama*‘s only gripe is that Sammy chose fast > bowling instead of the more cerebrally challenging art of spin bowling. > “Look at Ravichandran Ashwin. He chose a trade where his natural Iyer > intelligence will invariably enable him to shine. I don’t know, but > sometimes I feel fast bowling is a little..er.. unbrahminical,” frowned > Ambi *mama*. > > Tam brahms in general have welcomed the news that Darren Sammy is one of > their own. BCCI President and India Cements owner, N Srinivasan, has > invited Darren Sammy to join his IPL team, CSK. “Presently, too many > Iyengars in team, *pa*. Sammy’s inclusion will tilt the scales in favour > of Iyers,” explained Mr. Srinivasan. > > Former Union Minister, Mani Shankar Aiyar, while berating *The Unreal > Times *for wasting space on trivial issues such as caste identity of a > sportsperson rather than focusing on weightier social issues such as rising > poverty, nevertheless remarked in a soft voice, “Sammy should suffix ‘Iyer’ > to his name so that people don’t misplace his ethnic identity. He had even > me confused there.” > > http://www.theunrealtimes.com/ > > ** > * > * <http://sig.graphicsfactory.com/>* > நல்லதுசெய் நல்லதே நடக்கும் > நல்லதுசெய் நல்லதே நடக்கும் > जन सेवा इश्वर सेवा > cnu.pne > >
