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Questioning Sujatha on Science Fiction
A science fiction short story called Mudhivu[The End] by Writer Sujatha was published on Desikan’s blog. Interestingly, it has raised a wave of questions on how do we define science fiction. Mudhivu was a short story which was left out in the Sujatha’s science fiction collection, Vingnana Chirukathaigal. The story by itself is a series…
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Deepavali Shopping Polamaa??
[Click Pic. The above pic was taken a few weeks back and hence it looks uncrowded] With just 29 days to go for the biggest festival in India, here’s a commentary on Deepavali shopping as lived by me, a proud citizen of Chennai. So, what do you remember when you think of Deepavali? Not Diwali.…
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Swades Music for We, the People
A R Rahman and Ashutosh are back and their combo is working magic up the charts. Rahman’s music for Ashutosh’s Swades (not the english swades but the hindi swa des) has its moments of brilliance. If you weren’t aware then, Swades, as defined by Ashutosh Gowariker, is a movie that talks about Mohan Bhargav [Shah…
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Tamil Hits (!) – People’s Choice
With SCV Channel going live for most of the day, people call in throughout the day to request songs of their choice. Some observations from the requests. The great Sirichu Sirichu Vandhaa Seena Thaana song from Vasool Raja seems to be topping the requests. Every hour atleast it’s been asked for nearly 5 times and…
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Imagine there’s no hell
You may say Im a dreamer, but Im not the only one, I hope some day you’ll join us, And the world will live as one – John Lennon John Lennon who penned these lines in his masterpiece Imagine is a legend. Some fans of John Lennon across the world are vowing to take action…