We live in a time where information is accessible and available in plenty. Information here means both real, mis-, and fake. Challenge is filtering the real or facts out of the rest. One area this is highly prevalent is the one which is dear to all of us – health and diet. Health and diet are areas where science is still in progress. When it comes to infectious diseases and
I am a music listener. I don’t have much understanding of technicalities of music. For me, the composition has to connect, stir something inside, call it feeling, emotion or just pure joy. Poo Potta Dhavani Song from the movie Kakki Chattai – falls under club dance that was typical of 80s and 90s movies. Not sure whether this can be bucketed as item number in today’s parlance – since the
News of actor Rajesh’s sad demise took me down the memory lane. Reminiscing about his movies – Achamillai Achamillai, Kanni Paruvathile, Antha 7 natkal, Sathya, Veli, Mahanadhi – movies where I can recollect his character. One thing led to another, and I landed on Kanni Paruvathile. I don’t recollect the story much, but the songs are still fresh in my memory. It was a successful album when the movie came
There is a big difference between bus and train journeys now and a decade plus ago. It is the mobile phones (just mobile moving forward). No let me correct that….it is the people with mobiles. A decade ago, the big nuisance would be people talking loudly or worst-case loud snoring if the passenger next to you happen to sleep. I don’t include the crying of babies since these journeys are
Focus of the series is to dig up not so often heard gems of IR compositions. Based on time I may start treasure hunt on other composers also (yes, this is a threat 😀). Disclaimer: I am a music listener. I don’t have much understanding of technicalities of music. For me, the composition has to connect, stir something inside, call it feeling or emotion or just pure joy. Nitham Nitham
Focus of the series is to dig up not so often heard gems of IR compositions. Based on time I may start treasure hunt on other composers also (yes, this is a threat 😀). Disclaimer: I am a music listener. I don’t have much understanding of technicalities of music. For me, the composition has to connect, stir something inside, call it feeling or emotion or just pure joy. Manitha Manitha
Not everyone gets to live their dream. Few lucky ones do. I hit upon a 1979 radio interview between Abdul Hameed (the man with lovely golden voice 😍) and Ilayaraja (IR). When Abdul Hameed posed the question IR’s future goals, he touches upon his desire to compose a Western Symphony. In 1979!! That is the trigger for my first line. With Valiant, he has lived up to his dream. To
Every family has someone who will claim times were better under British before independence. They don’t have to be above 60 or 70 years of age. Even few youngsters mention it – they would have borrowed that opinion either from their elders or some ideological propaganda. Of course, now it is fashion to say bad things about Gandhi, and Nehru. Soon, Ambedkar will join the list of Gandhi and
While we keep getting catchy tunes and interesting compositions, not all songs have appreciative lyrics. We like the songs for combination of things – music, orchestration, melody, singer’s voice, emotion, and lyrics. Rarely all these come together in a song. One such song, which I keep going back to, is Life of Ram from 96. Music, lyrics, emotion come together. For me it is the lyrics that stand out. They
2024 election outcome gave a mixed feeling. Happy because the alternate outcome of brutal majority would be worse. Happiness with disappointment because we need to survive these two, Modi and Shah for another 5 years. I was debating the caption for this writeup, It could have been worse, All is not lost….yet, A reprieve for democracy, A sliver of home amidst disappointment, Blessing in disguise for the functioning democracy. Couldn’t