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Saw Kakka Kakka aka Kakkha Kakkha yesterday at Devi Theatre. Still writing a quick review on it. If you want an opinion more quicker than it, don’t wait. Watch it in a theatre with good sound system and a large screen ( Devi in Chennai to be specific). Amazing Tech.

P.S: Also trying!! (mind it….trying) to write a short story for writer sujatha‘s short story within 100 words contest in kumudam. His latest column Chinna Sindhanaigal sports a short story contest. Prize. Selected stories to be awarded 100 bucks for each word in that story. Take a spin. Go to Kumudam.

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Read in the biography of Bharat Ratna M.S Subbulakshmi also known as MS, the carnatic singer of Tamil Nadu with god’s own voice :

Some decades back a summit was conducted by Indian National Congress at the Congress grounds, Chennai. M.S was requested to perform a carnatic kutchery (vocal performance of carnatic music), for which she was paid just 25 paise ( 1/4 th of rupee). The total collection from that programme amounted to a whooping 50 thousand rupee. One of the most profitable programmes in the music history !!

During a music festival held in London, M.S was performing before the famous desi composer Zubin Mehta. Zubin Mehta was sitting amongst the audience and was listening to the amazing voice of M.S. After the programme, he went to M.S, thanked her for the great performance and announced that his music could stand no where near her vocals and requested his performance to be cancelled that day.

As she sings Kausalya Supraja Rama Poorva Sandhya Pravarthathey…. ( Venkatesa Suprabhatham ), everyday morning in my ears, I am sure it is going to be a yet another great day for me. Listen to this great verses and I am sure you will fall in love with her mesmerising voice. Also recommended Meera Bhajans by M.S.

Here is what my ex-boss Ragu has to say about my blog. It is a cool summary on the crux of blog. Each of the sentences given below is the subject of my random blog note written in this blog. The poetic-verse style is amazing. Thanks !

LIFE & TIMES OF A BLOGGER

Appakkku pirandhanaal wishes
voice chat…homesick
work performance problems…success & gossips
the will to succeed
maniratnam ayudha ezhuthu
goes along with Chennai bloggers’ meet
while thinking of
why kamal didn’t make it with mani
though trisha is sure to be in ayudha ezhuthu..dont forget suriya
roja koottam srikanth
but it is snowing in wisconsin…unlike chicago
good to have lemonade drinks often
but lemonade drink does not help the girl in hospital
mentioned by
his father who is also a blogger sitting in a the dark corridors of a chennai hospital
waiting for his love to wake, talk and live
but unknown faces abound with sincere prayers
for a person in a strange land that is india and chennai
you have to give a pat to google for fetching lazy geek first above all else
after the search
you wonder how you coined your blogger i.d.
and look up at the dictionary
wondering at the cost of buying cd india v/s foreign
cannot say about the rumbumbum article in dhwani
SO GOES THE BLOGGERS BLOG, COZ
I BLOG THEREFORE I EXIST……
but why did appa’s long term friend die recently
that is a existential question!!

Anandha Vikatan and Kumudam are getting their new looks. These two tamil weeklies are the top sellers in this weekly magazines.

Anandha Vikatan aka Vikatan has already pushed three weeklies with their new look. The main change in the look and feel of Vikatan are the colors and pictures used all over the book. It feels good to see the growth of tamil dailies and I am happy that their market is expanding beyond horizons. Even in a desi street of Chicago, I happen to stumble over a shop that sells Vikatan. Whats amazing about Vikatan is the same quality of content and information they provide. If you know to read tamil Anandha Vikatan is a must-read magazine.

Kumudam is also jumping in the renovation band-wagon and has announced drastic changes in their look-feel-content.

Writer Sujatha has a column for himself in both the magazines. He is penning the Ver II of Srirangathu Devadhaigal in Vikatan. Chinna Sandeygangal (small doubts) in Kumudam which is about everyday thoughts and scientic truths.