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Category Archives: Music
My own musical epiphany
Arun says here that learning Carnatic music is a life long experience, should one be so inclined. I think learning music, regardless of the type, is certainly a journey that lasts an entire lifetime. My musical journey began when I … Continue reading
Gene Kelly and Prabhu Deva
I am a huge Gene Kelly fan. And ever since I first watched An American in Paris a few years ago, I have wondered. [youtube li9XGprAZtA] And today, after finding both videos on Youtube, I am more or less sure. … Continue reading
Thoughts after watching Jodha Akbar
At the outset, I am relieved that in Gowarikar’s version of 16th century Indian history, Rajputana women did not giggle every five minutes. The fact that this story is mostly fiction is very evident. While Gowarikar’s statement of disclosure makes … Continue reading
The timely five year tag
Ten days ago, Lekhni tagged me and urged me to essentially recycle 5 of my old posts. Normally I don’t do tags. I mean, unless there is potential for me to play the fool and essentially evoke a few laughs … Continue reading
Footloose Blues Redux
Update: Thanks for the clarifications, Su. The post’s duly updated to reflect your clarifications. A couple of years ago, I had ranted (parts 1 and 2) about the disdain shown towards “massy” dappankuthu (and in general non-Hindi/non-Bhangra) type numbers by … Continue reading
The importance of feeling important
It is natural that everyone feels important at some points in their life and wishes that people take them more seriously. Of course in a egotistic bastard’s (e.g. me) life, those points happen everyday. And that’s when pretentious, verbose blog … Continue reading
Spidey…. saaman nikaalo!
Oh, Yuvan! You Spidey fanboy, you! You had to use it, didn’t you? But, I don’t have any complaints because it does sound good. The rest of you (if you are still wondering what I am talking about) check out … Continue reading
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I’m no Superman – The Zach Braff posting on Youtube
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Re-discovering Iruvar
To commemorate 75 years since the release of the first Tamil talkie, Baradwaj Rangan revisits one of his older posts about Iruvar – a movie that in addition to being a biopic about two Tamil politicians (you can see a … Continue reading
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