I thought Tambrahms mean Tamil Brahmins as it speaks about classifications
of Mama and Mami. The hilarious part of it is it is written by a mama
unaware of making himself a joke. In the 70s and 80s postal card open
letters of the post office were sold heavily and Pen, pencil and
ballpoint Raw were used to write. If a letter is posted at New delhi it
will reach chennai after a week. So wiring or telegrams were resorted to
convey births and deaths; later there was a color introduced to deliver
death messages also, without even opening the telegram. Few had the
telephone at home and only officers were provided full telephone and others
only through the Indian telephone exchange and office tele board exchange;
and this had a vacancy for operators. If you lift the phone, the operator
at the exchange, if she is awake , will call you leisurely and if you give
the station and 3 to 5 digit number will BOOK a call; and at times even in
the middle of night the operator will call you with the scary ring for
you to talk. And generally our secret talks can be heard up to the next
street making the secret ,so wide open. Then that was smart.
Today the entire world is given on a platter, sorry, on a smartphone.
So 24 by 7 actions are transmitted through it; and hence Mama and mami are
doing those works. They are doing what others would have noticed them
doing, in the 80s and 90s. Since those actions were rendered in different
parts of the home or Roads, it did not attract anyone' attentions. Today it
is different. Morning seeing messages, emails and replies are done; then
todAY WEATHER is to be ascertained. Then office work carried out,
references, points for the judgements and notes etc had to be run through
either from stirred up files or from law books and general books available
in the web sites. Then a few calls were to be made out. Oh this is 6 AM to
( AM. Now if you add up work, from Banks and taxes to anything 24 by 7 it
appears people are wasting their time!!!. The large area work spots shrunk
to a small area of artificial intelligence ( just now I wrote a similar one
on Mr Sekar's AI) and hence named SMART PHONES . Tamil Brahmins are quoted
as sikh quotes for the jokes. The smart do it on cell; the non smart room
by room and roads; and the suspicious do privacy on roads and rooms and
the rest on cells. In short if anyone can renounce the smaart as per B G
reaches the mukti. KR IRS 5223
On Sun, 5 Feb 2023 at 02:24, Rama <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> When it comes to mobile phones and in particular the smart phones,
> Tambrahms (mamas and mamis in equal measure) have mixed feelings. On the
> one hand, they understand and appreciate that some of the aspects of the
> mobile phones have made their life lives easier and without it, it would be
> very difficult. On the other hand, they also feel that there is too much of
> mobile phone usage these days among youngsters which is not good.
>
> And when it comes to adopting the use of the mobile phone, Mamas can be
> classified into 3 types:
>
> 1. Digital Savvy Mamas: These mamas are those who show a lot of
> interest in adopting new technology or anything new in general. From the
> normal phone to Smart phone to use of computer/laptop to Tablets, these
> mamas are adept in learning quickly and using them extensively. These mamas
> in their prime would have transitioned from the Manual typewriter to
> Electronic typewriter and then to a Computer easily and smoothly because of
> their innate interest. Less than 10% of mamas fall in this category.
>
> You can easily spot these mamas. They will be mostly on the phone all the
> time. At home if not on the phone, they will be reading “The Hindu” or
> other newspapers these days in digital version on their Tablets. They most
> likely watch IPL matches on the phone or their Tablets on *Hotstar*.
> They will be accessing *YouTube* for the all the Carnatic music content
> they want to listen/watch and are up-to-date with the online schedules of
> artists. For example, these mamas would have invariably subscribed to
> Sanjay Sabha channel and would be listening to Sanjay Subramanyam’s
> *kutcheris* online that too as soon as the content is uploaded. Even they
> do *“Amavaasai tharpanam”* themselves by referring to *YouTube*! They
> would have downloaded some health App and would be monitoring their vitals
> through the same. They attend Bhagavathy Sevai with their tablets and read
> Lalitha Sahasranamam from that.
>
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>
> 1. Analog Mamas: These mamas are exactly opposite to the *Digital
> Savvy Mamas* and have an allergy for technology or for that matter
> anything new. They are happy without technology or with very minimum use of
> technology. Mostly when typewriters were replaced by Computers, they would
> have opted for VRS. Usually 10-20% mamas fall in this category. They
> normally lament as follows:
>
> *“Enakku intha Smart phone ellam seri pattu varaathu… Aaru smart’aa
> illiyo, avaalukku thaan Smart phone venam”!*
>
> *“Ippo yaara paathalum, eppovum oru phone’a nondeendu okkanthundu irukka!”*
>
> *“Intha kaalathu kozhanthagal – Sivanoda kazhuthula paambu chutthindu
> irukume, athu maadiri eppa paaru oru ear phone’a maatitundu okanthindu
> irukkaa… Namma kitteyum pechu kidayaathu… namma pesarathayum kekkarathu
> kidayaathu…” Sivanennu irukarathu’nna ithu thaan ippo…!”*
>
> “*Paiyyan romba insist panninaan – athanaala oru Nokia phone vechundu
> irukken. Call receive panrathoda seri!*
>
> *“Aathula irukkara pothu land line’la thaan pesuven. Maasa maasam bill
> kattindu irukkom. Athula free STD calls irukke. Athayum consume pannina
> maadiri irukkum.*
>
> Even if they carry a Smart phone, if you ask something,* “Enakku athellam
> theriyaathu. Neeye pannueden” nnu *they will readily hand over the phone
> to you.
>
> 1. Hybrid Mamas: Most of the remaining mamas fall in this category.
> They are neither obsessed with technology like *Digital Savvy Mamas* nor
> allergic to technology like *Analog Mamas*. *Aathula oru kaal, Sethula
> oru kaal* So these mamas use a smart phone wherever it helps. *Athe
> samayathula phone’a appo appo karichu kotarathum undu.*
>
> Whenever they get a new phone, *oru maasathukku doubt kette pakkathula
> irukaravaalla padithi eduthupuduvaa.* So their sons and daughters
> usually direct them to their *perans* and *pethis* for clarifying their
> doubts with patience. Like we saw in the Malayalam film – *At Home*,
> these mamas also maintain a note book to write and keep the steps for using
> different features of the phone. The other thing they do is to of course
> change the ringtone to Ambujam Krishna’s *Enna Solli Azhaithaal
> varuvaayo…* or *Alaipaayuthe…* in flute and the caller tune to M.S.’ *Kurai
> ondrum illai…* or similar. And then change the phone wall paper with *kula
> theivam* picture.
>
> Being *Hybrid mamas*, they don’t use the smart phone for everything. In
> the sense, they still continue to watch their favourite serials or IPL
> matches or *kutcheris* on TV, read the newspaper for news and so on. So
> much so, with the phone in one hand, Tata Sky remote in the other hand and
> TV remote in the shirt pocket and newspaper in the lap, these mamas at
> times resemble “*Sankhu Chakra Gadha pani…”!*
>
> In their prime, they used to remember telephone numbers by heart. Now they
> know Tata Sky channel numbers by heart! These mamas first read the
> newspaper every morning and update themselves with all the “Actual” News.
> Then they “open” WhatsApp and go to the different groups like Friends
> group, Own Family group, Wife family group, Immediate family group,
> Walkers group, Music group, Tamil Group, Carnatic music group, Palakkad
> group, Ex-Office group, Temple group, Society/Colony group etc. etc. and
> get updated with all the “Fake” news that gets forwarded day in and day out.
>
> Though they can download the App of the bank and check the balance in
> their accounts, these mamas prefer to visit the bank at least once a week
> to update their passbooks.
>
> *“Intha App, antha App’nnu ethara App’a vechukarathu phone la? Appo appo
> bank poyittu vanthaa walking aana maadiriyum irukkum, konjam time pass aana
> maadiriyum irukkum… Intha private bank ellam pass book tharathayum
> niruthiyutta. Athanaala naan SBI’la thaan account vechundu irukken. Aana
> nammallaa appoppo poi anga passbook update pannikanum. Regular’aa update
> pannaatta, romba neram aagum ella page’ayum print pannathu kulla!” *And
> strictly they will not use the phone for making payments or purchases etc.…
> *Yerkanave
> rate of interest Senior citizens’ukku romba kammi aayaachu… Account ’la
> irukara micha meedhi savings’ayum adichundu poyittaana?*
>
> These mamas now have subscribed to various OTT platforms like Amazon
> Prime, Netflix etc. and catch up with the new releases. Sitting in their
> base in Mumbai/Chennai/Bangalore/Houston/SFO these mamas make it a point to
> watch *Trichur Pooram* or their temple *ulsavams* live on YouTube or
> Facebook. And one of the important time pass activities for these mamas is
> to participate in Modi Vs Anti Modi debates on WhatsApp groups that get
> triggered when someone shares a pro or Anti Modi post!
>
> Not just mamas, mamis can also be categorised in the above types except
> that for mamis one of the main use of the smart phones is to do Facetime or
> WhatsApp video calls with their *perans* and *pethis* in the US after
> they finish talking to their daughters on an everyday basis. So, whenever
> they get a new phone, the 1st thing they would like to know is how to
> make a video call.
>
> *Neenga entha* type?
>
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