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Nisha, u put to paper all our thoughts... excellent..!

nee poiyirukkalame..?

yeaterday, i thought u shouldve been there, while i was watching the show..

Nisha, I think all of us felt bad, for that MIL-DIL episode.. Poor DIL, she didnt know how to react..

Actually, i think its unfair to compare the cooking skills of a woman experienced in cooking for maybe 30-35 yrs with a lady who s been cooking for maybe 4-5 yrs.

"Ivanga samayal pudikuma..?" this question shld hv been put to that FIL also.. He might have also said .."enakku amma samayal thaan pudikkum.." Infact, even we wud say the same, dont we all still love 'amma s kaimanam..? Maybe, becoz we re more used to it, since childhood,,?

 Also, keeping water is a small thing, compared to all the cooking and cleaning, and other kitchen work we do. But all that is forgotten, if the family cant find a glass of water, when they need it urgently. Athanaal, i thought why not do it..? do that too..?

Did u notice, all the moms were consciously dressed in casuals, looking very chic..? The mom, who stood up and said " new age moms na intha mathiri thaan iruppangaa.."?

Next week probably, there will be an argument about looking after kids..

Even these consevt moms, when they were younger and had their 1st child, would ve turned to their elders for support. Thye would not have known everything about child rearing beforehand itself. But they talk as though they knew everything all along..?

Sayee innum konjam pesuvannu nenachen...

 All of us are tuned to the food that we had during our childhood days... and consider that as the perfect taste ... and compare whatever we have after that with that standard taste...

as I stayed with my paati and atthai.. my taste buds were tuned to her dishes and when I joined my parents later .. I found her cooking not up to my atthai's food.. (paavam enga amma neraya paduthiyirukken!!) ..then amma kaimanam reprogrammed my buds and I began to love my mom's food... but then I got married.. I really suffered the first days with the food my MIL prepared, which everybody else in that family claimed to be the best in the world.. I found them too salty, too spicy, too oily, and always nonveg that too more than one nonveg dishes..! My husband who used to praise her food and asked me to learn from her now preaches to her about cholesterol, blood pressure and diabetes!!!

Hope that girl learns the healthy food techniques if she does not know already,  that man learn to manage both the ladies.. and the MIL?  she might have already learnt few things by the end of the show..   

Very true Nisha. Infact, now after 15 years of cooking, i like my cooking, as much as my moms, and dont really love my MIL's, though she cooks really well. I guess it is ' taste buds reprogrammed' too..!

in no way both generations can be compared.but conservative moms were doing that right from the beginning.they struggled when variety round came except one or two.also new age moms accepted their mistakes when they were pointed whereas the conservative moms were not ready to do so.

A grt topic !! An interestg show !!! Hot fiery discussions...with words flaring at each other...I cud jus identify Vaidehi,Vaidehi's mom,Sayee and Bhavani...

 

After readg Vaidehi description of u gals, I cud recollect Jayshree..now let me watch out for others in the next episode...

 

In the beginning I almost thot all ur portions have been edited !!! Bhavani's points were really good and apt....Vaidehi i need ur Honolulu recipe pl.....I like the expression u mom gave after sayg "Appa" ( how do u address ur husband)....On the whole grt show !!!!

 

Anu- i know this person whom u r referrg to...forgettg her name now...she partcipated in last yr's Mrs Homemaker...a very daring lady...for her finals, she pulled a car with a rope tied on to the car.... and with her teeth !!!!

On the MIL-DIL issue..i immediately turned to my husband and asked him, what wud u do in this situation?( KNowg what he wud say ...) Pat came the reply-My mom's...coz i know to convince u...and all the more reason, I ve been relishg on that food for more than 25 yrs..ask me after 25 yrs and I ll say its urs!!!

But I really pity the family...atleast one shd ve handled it better.....

 Yes.. I noted it too..!

New age moms were assertive, but not adamant!... and whatever they said they said with a smile and with a fun... where as it was almost pointing fingers, standing up, raising the voice from the opposite side (except some keul moms like our Jayashree,  madisar mami, and dai venu's wife.. etc.. dont remember all the names.  Antha teacherkku kaile cane kudutha vanthu adiche irunthiruppanga!!! school pazhakkam.. "Girls! Listen to me first!!!!"

 Shobana we posted together!

 i am not sure how many ppl noticed the 2 recipes I said on the show...  The color idly and the vegetable chutney crossed my mind when they asked me to tell a unique item that I cooked! I I did tell these 2 items - whose recipes I got from our own chennaimoms friends. I think these were the suggestions given for my question on what to pack for my son when he wdnt eat anything for the first few weeks he started his school.

en manathai kapathina cmoms ku nandri :)

What about SORAKKA KABAB..??

Shobana, antha recipe venama..?

Yesterday I saw the show only for the last 20 mins. I just thought of penning down my thoughts on one particular point.

One new age mom commented..

""40 Vayasulla yennallam vyadhi..BP SUgar nu..""

But I think making such a statement is not right.
Our kids are only 4 or to the max 10 years now. We don't know about their health in another 10 years time. Though we are cautious in preparing or eating Healthy Foods we find this generation visit doctor more. Be it for a simple cold/fever or for a serious problem of Obsisity. We are still healthy because we ate all our traditional food/we ate healthy foods.

Yes the new age moms gave in a lot of varieties.
But tell me did we also not eat varieties when we were young? like different Chappathi's , diiferent kalanda sadams etc.. Those were the varieties of our times. Ones which we give our kids are the varieites for this generation.

I have just penned down my views. I don't want to take sides.

Thulasi

 Thulasi, antha new age mom vera yarum illai.. Namma Sayee..

We go to doctors more often.. because we are aware of the medical option better than trying things on our kids.... even though we compromise on our health... and of course if you take care of the nutrition and health values of the food and also the life style... we can create a healthy next generation... 

we need to save the kids from the monsters of junk food, unhealthy habits etc for sure!

Thulasi, not only due to eating traditional foods, there were other factors, which we cannot control today, that made us healthy then..

less adulteration, less pollution, less stress, u can add..

the mangoes we ate then, were not ripened with chromide stones(i have a very bad personal experience..!), the water with which we washed our hair, was most probably not Metro Water.. etc..

Also, the food was almost always rice based.. i had never seen yellow or red capsicums, mushrooms, paneer, tofu, baby corn etc..when i grew up. Ofcourse, i am healthy. But arent these ingredients necessary too, for health..?

Only thing i regret is eating out often.. It defeats all the good cooking we do at home, at other times..One thing i love about the elder gen is that they always made sure, food was readily available to the family, at all times. Sometimes,  i hv to admit, i falter here..

hey girls pulisadham variety fooda? sollavey illa,bcoz i'm going to cook variety food now,guess wat it would be

Gals...

 There are two reasons why i couldnt speak ..

1) First round was about Modern Mom - He said how do they look ? But I dont agree with whatever description that was given - I still thik , Dress doesnt matter to be a new age mom - we can still be in Madisar or purdah - Being modern or not is not determined by dress - This is my point and he didnt agree to it ! So be it ..so nothing

2) NExt round was cooking - GAls .. Come on ..how can you expect me to speak on something which I have no clue .. Mothama enakku therinjathae naalu dish - that too , I do it once in a blue moon - .. I can't lie just because I m in front camera..

3) This is the main reason -   The girl who was sitting next to me and the one with the shirt never allowed others to hold mike - they were competingg btween themselves to speak ... so ithulla enga namakku mike ??

That MIL / DIL issue was pathetic - that DIL was one poor girl and she couldnt answer back - and it is not correct for others to get into it and answer when he made this as a family issue ....... 

If they dont edit , see next week  - enga ammava usupethi vittu en love mattera open panni ranagalam aakitanga

hey i saw it .............missed first 30 mins.................

abt the water ............ i never suppport i ask my husb to take but he never did it...... bcoz it was my MIL's habit  im really struggling to change that habit  even a smmaaaaallllest thing i have to grab it

really new age mom looks like modern beauties........... came with lot of ideas................

also i find conservative moms remebered our own mothers but bit tensed, angered,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(i think they feel jealous that they dont get lifestyle that we got)

but tatz the fact every generation meet up changes........even our child when she becomes mother there will be a difference............. now it seems BIG because this era has pulled out  fastly..............that z from late 90s onwards there was a dramatic change in our culture and of course we had grown up with that so we look tooooooooo different compared to our mothers/MIL so and so.........

somehow i was more concentrating to find out the moms than the show.......... i believe  i find u in the next show

i recognized our admin., vai amma i could recognize the rest in next week

 ha ha ha.. Sayee...waiting eagerly to watch it!!!  also how u managed the situation!! 

How many of you think the stuffed capsicum recipe authentic?  I feel she just cooked up a recipe.. those who cook regularly ... just visualize her recipe... mashed potatoes, chopped ginger and chilli.. thats it and stuff it inside the capsicum (some steam it before stuffing and baking it), apply butter and bake it!!!!!!! That sounds innovative... but dont think the outcome would as good!  wat say girls?.. you have many authentic recipes for stuffed capsicum on net .. check out!

Hi girls,

I agree with Sayee regarding the dress. Dress maybe modern or conservative but its the mindset that matters.

Frankly, I found Gopinath's views a little outdated. Again, we were discussing food, dress but could have also discussed the different careers the new age moms have chosen, balancing home and work and the open attitude which like everybody noticed shows that we can be assertive but not aggressive. Maybe if there was somebody like Suhasini, the topic could be approached better. That's my personal view.

Shylaja.... He was proving he was a man!!!  He was talking about his ulagamaha poll about men complaining about a glass of water!!! he represented that group but he was surprised to know the capacities of new age woman later!

Anyonyam is also fine.. but ootti vidra alavukku anyonyam thevaya? 

@ANU4NIVEDH
" i had never seen yellow or red capsicums, mushrooms, paneer, tofu, baby corn etc..when i grew up. Ofcourse, i am healthy. But arent these ingredients necessary too, for health..?""

Yes we need these also. But as you accept, we have not seen these items when we were young. Our mothers could make something with what ever is available only!!!!

We get the whole world in the super markets now.
One eg. i give u is-> we use the soya souce / agino-motto
to the basic ingredient and call it chinese.
We shread diff cheeses on the Bread/ potato and call it by names.
Such sauces/diff cheese varieites were not available then.

You cant expect our Mothers to cook Chinese/Italian at their 60's (yes few Moms might try their hands at diffrent cusines or at the diff kitchen gadgets ) ...They are happy with what ever they do.
All I wanted to say was even we enjoyed varieties. Recollect how many snacks we would have had from our mothers-> murruku,thattai,seedai,burfi,mixture the list is endless. Simple thing I could say what -> a milk payasam with left over rice. Diamond cuts with Chappathi atta. Din't we enjoy all these.
We do give our kids varieties. but can we match with what we have enjyed!!!!

Yes what you say with the chemicals, pollutions are all correct execept for the Metro water(in my case). I had only had Metro Water for my life.

@Sranj
Yes we need to save kids from Junk foods.

Another 20 years from now, we'll be treated as conservative mothers by our kids and they'll point their hands towards us. It is just the Generation Gap and not who is good at what!. Our kids will defenitly be better than us.

ada....ada...ada......nethiyoda andha discussion over achu annu patha innuku inga arambichidha samy...........indha discussion next week neeya naana varaikkum thodarrum pola irrukue............

I din't know why this glass of water is being made such an issue. where modern age moms say ..even we are working, why can't the Husband's do?. and the MIL's complaining why can't the DIL do?. A small glass of water and such a big issue!

When you can cook, place the food on the table why can't you grab a jug of water and place it on the table. It is far more easy than cooking and cleaning. We teach our kids table manners. We use Fork with left hand and knife with right hand. We take care not to spill the food. Likewise keepng a glass of water first is also a table manner. Let the Husband take that job or the DIL or the MIL. In my case I just don't keep it on the table because when my daughter sees it she'll finish the water before even laying hands on the food.

I liked Sranj's "I brought the water jug and the glasses and asked them to bring the food kitchen… I said I have filled the culture and love in each glasses and left the less important things to them".. Too good. This is the spirit of Young mom's

Exactly Thulasi.. i agre with u.  ""murruku,thattai,seedai,burfi,mixture the list is endless"".

I only disagree with the point that, food cooked by my mom is only healthy, and i amhealthy only becoz of 'that' traditional food. The food i cook is equally healthy too, is my point..!

Also, the water matter... When we go to a restaurant, we expect water to be served first, and will complain, if the food arrives, and the water is not filled.. So i think, why not keep the water at home too..?

"evvalavo panrom... idha panna mattoma..??"

Hai gals,

Let me also join.

Some thoughts that came to my mind!

1. The dress and age comparison,i dont think Gopinath did a justice there.paavam that teacher when the new age mom in shirt told that all sitting opposite were ppl above 50,avanganala thaangiga mudiyala....and one madisar maami clearly told she was 40.

2.Variety food- in my thought all the varieties that conservative moms knew the new age moms didnt know and vice versa.And it's really comparing mountain to the mole.

@Sranj- I agree with u on the Stuffed Capsicum,it was really cooked,she'd ve read in some book and told it there.Really that cannot be done that way! That harassed DIL will only knw the answer

3.Water discussion- As Shylu has said,if sme lady was on the show we'd ve got the right judgement,he's speaking for the vast men who will not do this with some crap survey!!!

the conservative moms couldnt accept things,that was very much obvious there...

And Bhavani's point of Jug with water was very much valid and yes,we dont want our sons to harass their poor wives

Bhavani,neenga Vegetable chutney nu aarambicha podhe theriyum Chennaimoms receipe-nu...

 Those who missed the show yesterday.. it is available in techsatish.. i am unable to post the link here!!.. please check.. there are some comments there too!!!!

                       BHAVANI

                         SAYEE

                            VAIDEHI

                    CHITRA (?)

               JAYASHREE (?)

                                                VAI'S MOM

Yes ur right Nisha,u got all correct!!!

                              SAYEE'S MOM

Dolpy mattum pudikka mudiyalai.. can somebody locate from that video link?

Chance illa....thangal pothu thondu vazhga.... 

Nisha..Super..!!

ellame right thaan, ??? - idhai eduthadalam..

eppadi..? techsathish websiteaa? Athula ellam thirumbi parka mudiyuma..?

 nerave paren.. ethukku thirumbre?

Show link : for those who missed it and those who want to enjoy watching again ..

http://tamil.techsatish.net/file/neeya-naana-78/

Nisha blog vida photos pottu pinittenga po .... rombo nandri ...ippo thiruppi paarkanum show va . ...

Bhavani , kalakkala irrunthenga .... suthi pottukonga ... unga sutta recps.  super po ....

SSB - Vai illa  poochi matiri okandu irruntha ....athukku correct explanation kuduthutta ....yen kitta thana di un pechu yellam ???? next episode yeppadi irrukku nu paarkalam ...

 

Vai - kalkittenga po ...Nalla pesinenga ....appo appo yenga yellorukkum ippadi recps. solli kodukkalam la ...nanga lum kalkuvom la ....Honalulu super aa irrunthathu ....yepovume oru siritha mugam ....super ..

overall enjoyed the show ....Nisha un thani idea super aa iruunthathu ... 

Ladies,

I just went through the points discussed by all of you in a glance. The entire show has been edited to a great extent so would appreciate if none of you comment and take sides as to who was behaving bad and who was behaving good. My personal opinion was that the Conservative moms definitely beat us by being their best and behaved well expect for that teacher whose pressure shot up when it came to age matter. There was an order in which they passed mike even though some of them did not get a chance to speak.

On our side, we were chaotic and there were a couple of ladies who literally refused to pass the mike and in a lot of occassions, we were asked to be a lil patient and not answer when it was not our turn etc etc. This is my personal opinion. C Moms certainly were patient to get their turn to speak.

Stuffed capsicum recipe was definitely not a cooked up one as I have known Aunty Geetha for the last 29yrs and I myself have tasted it in her place decades ago and she is an amazing cook. They do not eat onion and hence did not include it in the recipe and I guess she forgot to mention about salt and pepper. She and my mom have been friends for over 40yrs now :) :) :) :) infact my mom's best friend and that's how I know her.

Sayee ---- Like how mine and my mom's pulambal about my cooking was edited and my MIL portion was edited, hope urs does not get edited. She spoke maximum about her Love matter, how she addresses her husband and the water matter.

Finally.....how much ever we call ourselves new age moms....I certainly would not dare or would not like to address my husband as porikki which definitely projected a very bad image of us I felt.

Hey your MIL was in too? where was she sitting?

Super Nisha.........for the pictures.........

 Not taking sides... Vai.. kavalaipadathe...

We were discussing all the topics and the issues discussed... If I'm right... the person you are mentioning is the one I mentioned as "dai venu's wife" in my comment above.. one among the persons I liked in the conservative moms.. check my comment above.  In the last comment i was talking about her recipe not her.  She was yosichufying while saying.. and you may crosscheck with her .. she might've surely missed a step or two in between.  We either steam or boil the capsicum for a minute before stuffing rite? ..then stuffing just mashed potato with raw pieces of ginger and chillies... eppdi irukkum nnu yosichen.. commentinen!  Is she the one who made those cakes for your mom's surprise party?(the photos in your FB.. I mean)

We were of course discussing this side too... regarding ootti vidrathu!.. kissing before sleep, water tap, stove, porukki, ice cream, poda, vada...

I liked the one who was sitting near Bhavani the best!  All her explanations were convincing and she looked very confident... an example for new age mom!

Hey Vai,

Sorry to use the word cooked up ,i too did feel she missed smething,after having seen the receipe recently in tv.That too Gopinath clearly mentioned the rules there.

Why were those two moms in new age moms were allowed to talk more?Whereas in conservative moms everybody who wanted to spk got a fair chance, i believe...

NISHA , edho theriyama NEEYAA NANNA pgme la unarchi vasapattu unmai solliten ,pls dont ask me for the blog as i am not expert(s) like u(all) in writing  blogs.

 TO ALL 

 thanks for watching yesterday's episode (NISHA thanks for posting the pictures)

pls DONT MISS NEXT WEEK EPISODE ,then only u will understand what GOPINATH

is trying to say . (but still i didn't like the MIL-DIL  issue .... (this is  called reality show .... publicity  for NEEYA NAANA)

@Nisha.....amma's birthday cakes were prepared by her student. You need not to steam or boil the capsicum prior to stuffing. The baking step post stuffing the capsicum will take care of it. Only thing missed was onion, salt and pepper. We can try variety stuffing like cheese/corn etc. Only people who had prepared the recipe by heart were able to say it step by step.....I also missed one ingredient in that hurry which is actually one of the main ingredients :):):):)

Let me go through all answers in detail now but I also kiss Satish and vice versa before he leaves for work.....heheheheh Nisha are you blusing now?

I dont know why certain people were given more chance to speak. I noticed that in the Conservative Moms side, Gopinath asked them to go one by one and most of them and even in that some did not get a chance to speak. In our side, he was trying to get us to speak in order but it went haywire when he started asking us to pass the mike to whoever he pointed out to. Some of them were refusing to give the mike to anyone.

@Sayee....Do you want to tell about that person who you scolded for not having passed the mike :):):)

 even i was more interested in finding our cmoms than watching the show :) thx to nisha for the pics :) our cmoms were all so cool nd confident!!

Yea I missed adding sugar to my recipe and coconut pulp.....hehehe :)

Yea my mom used to call my dad as Appa since we call him that way.....the inner truth is that....post their wedding, my father whose name was Sivaraman did not like her calling him Shiva which she used to prior to the wedding adhanaale she got used to calling him appa. If I found this funny, my MIL calls my FIL SIR :):):):) what do u say for this?

hey Vai..! Appo unga FIL unga MIL ai  '' MAM" nu thaane kupiduvaar..?? Just kidding...!

:):):):)

Actually vaguely remember....I think he addresses her by name. Supera irundhurukum illai Maam solleerndha :):):)

my god.. so many conversations adhukulaya...  and super photos vera potacha..

cool.. .. i think my romatic talks were edited probably the director did not believe it and edited..

neriya theva illatha matter pesitu irundhan antha gopinath.. kadupa irundhadhu for me... neriya points list panitu poi irundhen.. partha sothapals of talking about looks and cooking..  and bayangra ora vanjanai with conservative moms.. there he made them talk in line one after the other and on our side it was full chaos with 2 girls literally fighting - orange shirt and the best speaker girl who got the tv with conversative moms..

literally it was headache towards the last half of the show wit AC so high directly above our heads..

personally for me.. i would never get into such programs where i had to waste time from 10:30 - 5:45 in a studio.. that was my first and last.

Chithra....u bet on the time.....horrible without a break.....

My sil went for the next shoot which hs already been telecast and it was only 2 hrs i belive but only one part.

Nisha...............superb ya,thanks for the pics................

Chitra...itha ore oru shootg ke, ippadi azhareenga...yosichu paarunga...everyday how many people r slogging on this.....

The show was really an interesting one.............myself with my family is waiting for nwxt week episode.

Sayee. u seem to put on weight after mamma mia . but looking beautiful. hows ur health? Do u have morning sickness, nausea blah blah . ? How did u manage sit? For how many hrs was the shoot?  When was it held?

Vaidehi wat abt the talk show in Kalaignar TV  no news from u.

@Vidya....one shoot is over. Doply Ramya and Leka went for it. My mom and 9 nother neighbours too went for the 2nd session. If ur interested, let me know so i can inform u when the next shoot happens

habba... Am not keeping well - so vara mudiyala blogla ..ivalo comment a??

My opinion of the show is that there were lots of partiality and the show is successful today because of the neat editing ..sorry to say that .. I loved the way he has conducted the show and that was the only reason for me to go and sit there ! but the way it was done, I understood thata I have done mistake of my life time..Just imagine - being pregnant , I had to stand from 10 am till 1.30 and sit without any food till 5 clk .. I had my lunch at 6  ! and if it was worth ,then It was still fine !  

First things first , the topic was conservative mom vs modern moms -

1) I dont understand why one should talk about their dress , love towards husband ,cooking etc - These are not the scale to measure one's modern thought !! The topics should have been like how they balance their work life, nuclear family , freedom to kids ,friendliness with kids ,how they r bringing up the kids etc... But we only discussed one topic about the kid --- !!! 

2) It went too personal for some - including me - he made my mother talk and I had to respond else the girl sitting next to me or that shirt lady was very eager to get the mike from me to answer - I had to tell them that she is my mother and I will RESPOND ! I didnt want anyone else to make some harsh comments and my mother will start crying there itself !  I did get emotional bcoz this topic is still an ongoing discussion at my home !  I had to call this guy and tell him to stop asking further as it was going tooo personal !!!! 

3) While he was asking others to pass mike on the conservative moms side, here the mike was only with these two girls- people sat in the back row had very lil chance to speak .. When we asked him to tell them to pass on mike , what he said was " you should be generous enoug to pass mike - i m not a courier boy !!!! " ...  and the answers in line with his thoughts were accepted ,else he did indulge in arguments ..I could see that he actually belonged to conservative side .

4) when the girl sitting next to me was touching my head ( unarchi vasapattuta when she was refering to her husband " thala thuvatti vidarathu !! ) , I told her that " Control urself , i m not ur Husband ! " .. at the end , I had to scold her saying that ther are others as well in show - have some sense to pass on the mikle !!!!!  

5) The surveys and conclusions were really misleading and outdated ... dont miss the next week for final conclusion ... I will preserve my comments later

6) Recipe part - oh my god l..... everyone in both sides told recipe..I was trying to control my sleep all along and got confused as well - was it a talk show or a cooking competition ? thanks to the editor. !!!! Vaidegi's mother told a very good recipe but they didnt show it bcoz she is a professional - But i dont think it was right .. .

7) though in the show it looks very different, I found conservative moms the better- they were more organized , composed ( except that pink dress mami ! ) ..... that MIL was bad - but so what? it is her nature and nobody in their side acted before camera !!! They were themselves and had control over what they are talking ( except that first night epispoode heheh ) ... here , it was messy and i thought some of them were artificial .. and there was no co-ordination at all ....

I did think that people really crossed their limit and revealed too many pesronal things in media -but again , it depends on the person .... So , it is up to them .,.....

@ Vidya and Nisha - I am gradually gaining wt , thanks to pregnancy with no dieting and exercise ...

And one more thing -  The proverb " The way to a Man's heart is thru stomach " was mentioned in show and cooking was shown as a important factor to be a wife ..  I understand thata guys will be happy if they eat their wife's cooking - but do u get a wife or a cook by marriage ?? I have never understood this topic of " cooking " being the MOST important thing in life -  Since I fell in love , i had no chance of ponnu kaanal .. Only once , one person came to see me - Not the guy - guy's father -  He asked me " unakku samaikka theriumama ? " i got pizzed off .. that wa s the first question  .. Bloody hell " I replied " samaicha nalla sapiduven uncle , unga paiyanukku samaika theriuma ? " ! He gave a shit look and ran  ! enga amma and relatives kitta thittu vaanginathu edit seiyapadugirathu ! 

Enakku cooking theriyathathala ithu sollala .. I was never interested in cooking - But i dont think your husband shoudl be happy just because he got a MASTER COOK AT HOME ! 

Hi , i  watched  the  show  but  went busy  with daughter,s  b'day .

1. First  time i'm  seeing  my  friends  on  a  show , conscious  that  all  friends  will be  watching  the  show ...what  a   feeling !  My  daughter  was  so  happy  to  see my  friends faces  on  tv , coz  till  that  day  she  knew  only  the  names . I  was  able  to  introduce  only  sayee  aunty  and  vaidehi  aunty  to  her   though .


2. I  loved  new  age  moms'  quick  witty  , strike  thru  answers .


3. I  dont  think  con-moms  should  hve  brought  out  more  valuable  not-happening-now   features  ,  rather  than  supporting  for  all  most  pampering  a  grown  individual . If  its   out  of  love , they can  show  that  in  some  other matters  like  binding  the  family  and  nourishing  the  relationships   for  the  well  bing  of  her  son (   un-like   the  sickening  MIL  that  day ).

This  episode  was  not  so-containig  as  the  other  episodes  of  neeya naana ,  when  i  dont  want  to  move  even . So   as  they  hve  said  ,  best  is  yet  to  come . I  was  expecting  Sayee's   fireworks   and  slap   backs...d' nt  gie  it .

My  Views;

• a  teacher   making  an  issue  with  age ,  suddenly  the  NA-MOM  in  shirt  and  Qnd  ,  naapadha?   muppadha?.


• Nisha ,  i  called  my  friend  and  was  telling  her  '  how  could  a  husband  do  this, that  too  in  a  show"? It   was  sickening  to  watch . camera  focusing  the wife with  so  many  reactions  , waiting  for  the  answer ....chchcha!!!!!!!!!!!!!


• Again  the  girl  in  shirt  slapped  back  30  years  back  u  would  hve  been  the  same!


• that  sick  husband  pushed  her  more  and  more  into  embarassment  ...saying  ' kaeteenga! sollitaen  . avlothan'.  Nallarkunu  wife  kitta  poikku  than  sonaen. WHAT  A  RESPONSIBLE  AND  SENSIBLE  ANSWER . Matter  is  not  about  he  glorifying  his  mother's  cooking ,  but ,  about  putting  them  in  sensible  words.


• Gopinath  went  to  heights  asking  mil  , "  how  dd  u  feel  when  yr  son  said  u  r  the  better?"


• Instead  he  should hve  asked' wht  if  its your daughter???'.


• Was  nice  to  see  lovely NA moms  ,  lively  and  confident


• Eagerly  awaiting  next  episode...Thanks  for  posting  fotos  friends!

great topic couldnt watch the programme fully .  I think the greatest drawback is calling a womans husband and asking him whose cooking is good.  Think this is an odd situation to put a husband in.  The husband should never have let down his wife on such a big show.  Dont mean that he shouldnt have supported his mother but he could have been neutral.

O  MISTAKE  girls ... its not  '  i  dont   think...'....but   i      think    con-moms     shold  hve.....

SAYEE,  well   said .  Fine  if  a  wife  s  a  good  cook  .  But  it  should  not  be  taken  as  a  qualification! 

Hell  ................    ........................     ....................................................,,,,,,

Fill  it  uppppp.

Thanks Sranj for the link. I saw the full episode.
That poor DIL. I believe She couldn't speak after the remarks from her husband.
Instead of bluntly supporting his Mother he could have said he likes so and so recipes from his mother and so and so receipes from his wife. Just pray that their personal life should not get affected because of this show. That girl must have surely put in time and efforts for cooking. How bad that poor thing must have felt.

Hey I think you missed out one remark in that mil-dil matter. Finally that mil said something like " Avalum kathundu nalla samaipa...." as some sort of a mazhupufying since the family has to run even beyond the tv show.  On the whole it was a very nice feeling to see some of our cmoms on screen and still better to think that all our cmoms will be watching the show.

Sayee, interestingly put down. You will have to understand that the conclusions and the discussions are mostly for the masses. Hi-fi thoughts are not meant to help businesses run.

I jus want to make a point here, that most of the reality shows are just to boost the TRP...in talk shows, the moderators act...they trigger people...only then commom public will watch such shows....this is jus one such incident...after all i wud say, that is what is Gopinath's job here.....

And about the shooting schedule, all shootings commit some time and we have to double it up...When Bhavani sent me the msg for partcipatg in this show, i quietly avoided knowing the fact that it will take the entire day...and I was not prepared on that partcular day,coz the previous 2 full days had gone coz of an award function....and cudnt afford to leave my sick daughter alone for another day....

And editing.let me share a secret....all shows are presented beautifully...tks to editing....if u have seen a full shooting and the edited version u will wonder,why did i slog so much....different angles...different takes !!!!

All of u who had taken part, jus look at it as an experience - enjoyable or horrible is how u look at it !!!!

@ Tame -  see the conclusion buddy ! then you will know ...    Perarasu padam pakarathukkum  Manirathnam padam paakarathukkum difference irukku ponnae

@ Shobana -  I very well understand these TRP ratings and the public stunts etc ... when there is a talk show, Anchor plays an important role - not to take sides or not to get too personal ..... let me not comment on an individual here...  But when you attend the show , it doesnt appeal to you .....  Shootings do start late - but there is a basic way to check with people whether they had food ,inform them about the timing etc - there was none.. I guess everyone's time is important and not everyonee is rushing to show just to show their faces in TV .... 

It is my own opinion and ofcourse differs from person to person ! 

 Amutha... cool down ma cool down.... antha vayilla poochiye en thittre???

Poor thing he was put in such an embarassing situation too.... he tried to escape from such a situation but Gopi did not leave him... enakku innikku dinaphalan sariyillainnellam solli parthar pavam!  sollanume nnu than athei sonnar... and he must be true too.. she is obviously more experienced... athum damage illama iva ippo than samayal katthukka arambichirukka.. athinale amma samayal pudikkumnnu thane pavam sonnar?...

And she blamed that he never said if the salt or karam was kammi or jasthi then and there.. but went to office and then informed her... isnt that a great gesture?... instead of insulting her in front of her MIL, he kept quite, sahichufied the karam and uppu... went to office and called her to inform her personally so that she would take care of it... and he is a person who appreciate... (very rare in that species ma!).. for her slightly better ones, he has complimented that they are good, though he knew it is not equal to the time tested recipe of his mom...  she shouldnt have taken it out there!

and look at him... when the ladies were fighting inside.. he was dutifully taking care of the kid outside.... I am sure my husband wouldnt do that!

Nisha ,  have  i  made  a  harsh  comment? Give  me  a  hanky ! i'm  always  like  that .  Cant  help  it !

I accept  he  was  put  to  an  embarrassing  situation . May  be  he  got  little  carried  away .  But  he  knew  what  kind  of  show  it  is  and  millions  are  gonna  watch  it .  So  for  his  age  he  should  have  been  careful  in  choosing  words ...Even  if  it  was  my  brother  i  would  have  felt  bad!  cent  percent !

Ofcourse  he  has  got  every  right  to  prefer  his  mom's  cooking! U  and  I  love  our  mom's  and  other  elder's  cooking.  But ,  "  yenakku  mattum  illa . yen  wife kkum  yen  amma  samayal  pidikkum .  Given  the  time  , she  ll  catch  it...Amma  definitely  queen ...wife z   definitely  a  fair  contender nnu  solliyirundha  yeppdi   irundhirukkum?

Veetla   diplomacy  avlo  azhaga  maintain  panni ,  public  la  total  damage  pannitarae?i  naver  thought  he  should  have  voted  fr  his  wife  or  both!

I  personally  love  cooking  and  willingly  try   my  husband's  favorite  dishes , but  that  has  to  come  casually  and  out  of  affection ...Defnitely   samaikka  theriyanum  need  not be  a  qualification  you  look  for,  to  marry  a  girl . All  working  women  today  take  various  tasks  one  time ...handling  life  is  more  important .  As   Sayee  has  put ,  discussion  should  be  abt  nuclear  families, hardships  at  home  and  work  place   ect..

Nisha ,  give  me  another  hanky . 

1. even   my  husband  wont  do  that !


2. Mudiyala...u  always  look  at  the  positive  side ....but  me?

WOW...neeya naana programmodeyum intha discussion "spicy" ya irukku.... superrr...

AND to add... I watched TV after a long gap of around 10 years... and this is the first program I am watching on Television... and what a program to watch with so many of our CMOMs... I could recognize Bhavani and Sayee since I have already seen them on Jackpot (not on TV but on nisha's blog)... Nisha's snapshots clued in more CMOMS.... "handsome shankars beautiful wife" and others.... good I could put faces to the names!! Enjoying it!!!!

SmithaSreedharan I LOVE U coz u calling me beautiful wife (romba happy ya irukku )

THANKS Smitha