This discussion is turning on my creative juices and making me think each and everytime someone comments. This one came to me as I was re-reading ur’s and Varun’s comments.

I think the popularity of Bhangra came about because a lot of ppl from Punjab settled abroad in England/USA, but did not wanna lose their roots. I think something similar is happening in case of Tamil music in Malaysia and Singapore. Similarly there is a sizable Punjabi population in Chennai, with the Punjab Association running atleast half a dozen schools (incl. the ones that I studied through out). But while the Punjabis seem to have popularized their brand of music in the south, Tams seem to have not done something similar whereever they went in India…

Told my friends about this they had only one thing to say – which I think aptly summarises it.

Ikkaraiku akkarai pachai. – The grass is much greener on the other side. ))

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Varun: I am talking NEITHER of overnight change nor about pride in my language. I am talking about pride in MY music! If u notice, I ask you to get to the zone and concentrate not on the lyrics (i.e. the language) or the choreo, but only on the beats! And inspite of having just passing knowledge of Telugu, I am reccommending atleast 2 telugu songs. So, my contention is not about the Tamil language. Ultimately, I need songs to dance to and songs, be it Telugu or Tamil or Hindi or Punjabi would suffice. It is just that wherever I go, I get to dance to the same songs that I thought some variety could help. And I sought this variety in the form of gaana! And if u think Hindi as you know it is sweeter than the Chennai Tamil, check out the Hindi spoken in the Old City areas of Hyderabad and Mumbai! So, Hindi is as multidimensional as any other language.

Kumaran: True, but again, I am prepared for anything if it means I’d get variety on the dance floor. Kamal had this line in some movie or the other, referring to jokes. Roughly translated to, the fun of a joke is in the laughter it generates, and not in the analysis of its punchline!
Similarly, if u wanna have mindless fun, dance to the song, but dont think too much about the technical aspects!

Anand: You’ve linked to a lot of my other favs. I just took the pick of my favs to incl. in these posts! And I have actually heard Kabhi Kabhi! A friend of mine thinks its hilarious too and used to keep singing it when I was in Chicago till about a month ago! Ya, Thottal Poo Malarum! How could i miss it? And as for DSP, have to check him out.. Sachein seems to have a couple of foot tappers! And I thought Ukkadathu was a sermon against “Love” Again Anand, no one is sidelining or wants to sideline the “Peter” songs. I just need some variety!
And btw, I just realised that all the complaints that a lot of ppl have about gaana are just similar to the ones that my dad has/had about the same songs that these complaintants seem to enjoy. Not that I am saying that all you complaintants are old geezers, but just that opinions are opinions!

so there u go…!

varun.
(this was certainly off the topic!)

i m not gonna rephrase it..please re-read it..i hv the tendency to use a lot of words..sorry abt that..it might be easy for reader to lose my train of thought or pick up one small issue somewhere..

i was not off trajectory..i was giving my rebuttal to the issue of pride..

liking/loving something is NOT the same as being proud/having a sense of belonging to it..

Malysian gov may recognize every1 as indians..but u still go by NI and SI..(hindi guy and tamil guy )ur comments says that! so if the difference exists , it exists!

peace!
varun.