Year: 2007

  • Taare Zameen Par

    This is certainly one of the best movies I have watched in the recent times. A brilliant directorial debut by the very talented Aamir Khan, the movie is centered around a 8 year old dyslexic boy Ishaan Awasthi, played by Darsheel Safary. You would have to see the movie to…

  • Season Imsais – 2

    Some more imsais from last week’s concerts: The mami sitting next to me at a concert talks to some kin of hers back home: “Ennadi .. Anandham poyindirukka …. seri seri … apparam vandhu kadhai kettukkaren. Kolangal ku munnadi vandhuruven … seriya … phone-a vekkaren” (For the uninitiated, Anandham and…

  • Evano Oruvan

    There have been quite some movies in the past that have made me feel helpless and sometimes even question my very existence. But if there is one movie that has impacted me the most and literally made me cry, it is Nishikanth Kamath’s “Evano Oruvan”. Many hours have passed since…

  • “Aarar Asaipadar” DVD Released

    Charsur Digital Workstation released DVDs of Prasanna Ramaswamy’s “Aarar Asaipadar” (a documentary on Sri Sanjay Subrahmanyan) a couple of days back just before the start of Sri Sanjay’s concert for Jaya TV/ Maximum Media’s Margazhi Maha Utsavam. Being die-hard fans of Sanjay, my good friend and I had been following…

  • Season Imsais – 1

    The music season is in full swing here in Chennai. Here are some “imsais” from the first few days …… Mrudangam artist keeps his instrument vertical and taps on the right side with the palm of his hand to lower the pitch of the instrument a little bit. A mami…

  • Updates to the Chennai Music Season Schedule

    The Chennai Music Season schedule at https://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai/ has been updated to cover the following sabhas/series: Bharat Kalachar Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Brahma Gana Sabha Carnatica’s Samarpanam Series Chennai Fine Arts Indian Oil’s “Servo Swarangal” Kala Kruthi Kalakshetra Foundation Kalarasana Kartik Fine Arts Meenakshi Sundararajan Fine Arts Academy Mudhra Music Education Trust…

  • Concerts in Chennai – November 2007

    Schedule of Carnatic music concerts in Chennai for the month of November 2007 (and other months till January 2008) has been updated at https://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai/ More concerts have been included in the December Season Schedule as well (on the same page). Will add the schedules of a few more sabhas when…

  • Jab We Met

    I was very skeptical when my friend “O” suggested this movie. I was not sure I wanted to watch a Kareena starrer, that too a show on the first day. But we decided to take the risk the moment he said Imtiaz Ali was the director and also because I…

  • Sanjay & TMK Mania

    Sanjay (Subrahmanyan) & TMK (T.M.Krishna) mania continues for me unabated. The first half of September was spent immersed in TMK’s music. The latter half of the month saw Sanjay performing a string of concerts while TMK toured outside Chennai and I just went from one concert to another, merrily lapping…

  • The Sethusamudram Project

    The Oct 2007 issue of Pragati argues why dredging the Palk Strait is not a good route to development and strategic security.

  • Concerts in Chennai – October 2007

    Schedule of Carnatic music concerts in Chennai for the month of October 2007 (and other months till January 2008) has been updated at https://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai/ More concerts have been included in the December Season Schedule as well (on the same page)

  • Bridge of Contention

    Here is a humorous forward I received today: ————————– Lord Ram surveyed the Ram Setu and said “Hanuman, how diligently and strenuously you and your vanar sena had built this bridge several centuries back. It is remarkable that it has withstood the ravages of the climatic and geographical changes over…

  • The Rising Indian Rupee

    Two articles that nicely sum up the story: Currency Conundrum: Is the Strong Rupee Good or Bad for India? Responding to the Rising Rupee: Why Indian Firms Must Rethink Their Business Models

  • The World Cup is ours !!!!

    We have lifted the T20 World Cup. The players believe they have done it. My mom believes it is because of her prayers to Lord Ganesha. One of the youngest among my cousins believes its because of the school prayers which he was reciting again and again.

  • Three Day Special on Oothukkadu Venkatakavi

    FYI … Shruti, Worldspace’s 24 hour Carnatic music channel, is broadcasting a 3 day special on Oothukkadu Venkatakavi as a part of its Nadopasana program from 7.00AM to 10.00AM IST today, tomorrow and the day after. Chitravina N. Ravikiran is the guest speaker and will be giving expert commentary. Certainly…