Category: Guest Blog
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Footprints…
Guest Blog 6 – Anand Chandrasekharan One can hardly forget the haunting voice of Rani Mukherjee and the piano as the Bengali lyrics of Akashe Jyotsna (Moonlight in the Sky) are recited in Hey Ram just before the song Nee Paartha Paaravikku unfolds. The poem is written by Jibonanda Dass. I pestered a Bengali friend…
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Funda on Fanah
Guest Blog 4 – Anand Chandrasekharan Just like a book on Oprah’s list suddenly sees sales go through the roof, words used in a Rahman song suddenly come find themselves in vogue. Fanah may have come into popular conversation that way, but it actually has both spiritual and philosophical meaning in Islam. One of the…
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Social Influence in Media – Art or Science?
Guest Blog 3 – Anand Chandrasekharan When I was in India recently, I heard about several younger actors aspiring to the title of Superstar. Having grown up in Tamilnadu, I know that is a title Rajnikanth has been holding on to for two decades. The aspirants have several things going for them, and have created…
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Guest Blog – Abirami A
Here’s a blog note from Abirami who currently lives in London. She had written a mail to me about her experience of running the London Marathon. I liked it and I hope you would do the same. email her at Sakeths[at]aol[dot]com. Hi, I’m a 31-year old mum, a former Chennai-vasi. I’ve visited your site a…
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Guest Blog 2 – Anand Chandrasekharan
Satrangi…Only You… now Fanah! The fact that AR Rahman has sold a cumulative 20 million plus records is common knowledge. The fact that (together with Sachin and Bachchan) Rahman now carries the India brand on his shoulders is something we all have come to be proud of. But the fact the occasional song from his…
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