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I can see the sun rays sparkling high above the dome of twin towers which travels at a lightining speed and blinds my eyes… I close my eyes..drifting away in my dreams…

“dey avana wudungada” – the smile of now SUSI GANESAN fades out in slow motion shot.

Writen by Senthil, my closest friend, a compulsive film lover, an aspiring director and a pass-out from MIT Chennai wanted to share his thoughts of Madras Institute of Technology with his immediate senior Susi Ganesan. Susi Ganesan, is none but the director of hit flick Five Star and an assistant to Mani Ratnam. Senthil is currently in Malaysia, coding in Java and Beans instead of camera and actors.

Senthil has writen a letter to Susi about his first days in MIT, his ‘encounters’ with fellow seniors and how he came to know about Susi becoming the director of Five Star. It’s more like a well written script than a letter-to-the-friend. Heck. You got it right!!. He also takes this oppurtunity to ask for a chance of working with Susi Ganesan hoping that Susi will find this letter in this better-bitter-internet. Hope he gets it.

Read the letter here.

Boys tells it like it is! :

My Boys review is in rediff now. Read it here. But unfortunately a portion of that is edited. I know why.

vesukindra thendraley, vellai illai nindru po
pesukindra vennilla, pennmai illai oyindhu po
poo valartha thottamey, koondhal illai theerndhu po
bhoomi paarkum vaanamey, pulliyaaga theyindhu po
paavai illai paavai…

this post repeats, time and again.

The Hindu, India’s leading news daily is completing 125 years of sheer journalism. It has put together a special supplement that celebrates the history and the culture this newspaper. Before you jump into the ocean of these articles check out Editor-in-chief N.Ram’s editorial. He is one of my most favorite journalists.

Excerpts from R.K.Narayan’s short stories published in Hindu is also put together as Malgudi in Madras. Take a spin.

If you are a south indian, I am sure The Hindu has played a role in your growing up. It is the only newspaper that gives me the feel of a newspaper. I have many times tried to read other newspapers but after that I come back and read Hindu. ‘Cause only then the feeling of complete comes back. It’s an awesome feeling to read Hindu every morning as I sip the filter coffee.

Shobha De once wrote in her column that The Hindu has a bad online presence due to it’s lack of design in the online version. Accepted. With Ram getting promoted as Editor-in-Chief, he promised that he would try to improve their online presence. I hope they would rectify this in the near future.

Thiruvasakam In Symphony :

Illayaraja is all set to launch his long time aspiration, Thiruvasakam Symphony. Thiruvasakam, a divine Tamil literatute of south India is one of the most philosophical compositions of Manikavasagar. One God, Universal Brotherhood, Attaining Liberation through Love, and Immortality of the soul were its goals. Its english version was written by Rev. G.U Pope, Rome before a century. More on Thiruvasakam here.

The music recording is planned in the month of November at Hungary. The same place where Raja recorded his first symphoney and the Kamalhassan’s HEY RAM. The Hungarian Orchestra is well reknown for their class in symphony music. Raja is getting ready for the recording with some of the best singers from India.

Mastro Ilaiyaraaja Fans Club, an online fan club has donated more than 1.3 lakhs for this major project. It’s a fair deal of money by his true followers. Appreciate their love on Raja.

I was into this news incidentally when me and a group of friends were listening to Raja’s Nothing But Wind. Nothing but wind is nothing but magic. I am so amazed how he could use the only flute to create emotions ranging from agony to pain to sensuality to scary. His last symphony was never released in India. I am sure this one will be released with a lot of publicity. He is still the only maestro, rocking.