PM's Address to the Nation Today - A Tamilian's Version
Good morning Friends Sharp at 9 am today, we huddled – sorry maintained social distancing - in front of the TV to listen to PM’s address. We always switch on Doordarshan channel (no. 620 in Tata Sky) as they display full transcript of his speech in English in real time and we can read it and understand his Sudh Hindi. But today, the transcript was absent and we could not follow what he was saying. Other English and Tamil News channels were as usual showing Dettol and Lifebuoy advertisements. So, I quickly took out my notebook and started jotting down the words I could follow and made a list as follows: Panch April– that is 5th April Nau baje – 9’O clock (later I concluded it’s 9 pm) Bandh – as in Bharath Bandh where they close all shops, shutters and doors Then thankfully I heard quite a few English words like: Torch light, Lamps, candles, Mobile phones (he emphasised mobile phones) He also mentioned Ravivar and Diya – they must be some high ranking offi...