The Writer's Blog

AR Rahman talks to Nick Gowing of BBC.....about Indian cinema...his oscars...slumdog experience.....and South Indian Cinema.....and how the term BOLLYWOOD LIMITS THE SPECTRUM OF INDIAN CINEMA Before we taken to the Mozart of Madras...we are shown a glimpse of his latest chartbuster HOSANNA....from the Tamil flick Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya

The trial run for the Gurgaon- Delhi metro section will start from HUDA City Center Metro Station of sector 29 Gurgaon on January 29 . Haryana Chief Minister, Mr.Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Union Minister for Urban Development Mr.S Jaipal Reddy will be the Chief Guests on the occasion. Stating this today, an official spokesman said that the trial run of Metro would be flagged off by the Haryana Chief Minister and the Union Urban Development Minister at 12.00 noon on Friday. He said that the programme would be graced by Union Minister of State for Urban Development Mr Saugata Ray, Minister of State for Agriculture and Cooperation of Haryana Mr Sukhbir Kataria, Local MP Rao Inderjeet Singh, MLA Badshapur Rao Dharampal, Chairman of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and Secretary to Union Urban Development Minister Mr.Ramachandran, Managing Director of DMRC Mr. E. Sreedharan. In addition, the Haryana Chief Secretary Smt Urvashi Gulati, Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary,

"First of all a HAPPY REPUBLIC DAY to all of  my INDIAN brothers and sisters" Once there was a video, that would embroil my heart and soul towards the television...........this was ...I don't know.....15 years ago....back in that small village in Kerala...where I was unaware about computers or cable television.....All I knew was that.....I would sing along that mesmerizing track....MILEY SUR MERA TUMHARA.....with the most glorious faces of the nation- a young Amitabh (err...in his 40s)...Kamal...Suhasini....Ravi Shankar ji...and the lost goes on,,,,and on....and on.... (whom I couldn't even recognize then...:P). And now, on the occassion of India's 60th Republic day celebrations, THE TIMES group has unwounded a present................PHIR MILE SUR...................A recompilation of that same track.....the same words..............but in a new package.......a new AVATAR.... Yes.....an effort on the part of India's leading Media Group...............a rather.

Howdy everyone! Its been long since I made any appearance on the blog, thats because I was quite unsure about my blog's readership. Anyway, I have decided to continue writing...err...blogging, coz it provides platform to ease out my views on certain stuff! To begin with, lets just not concentrate on the huge FUSS created over IPL's so-called "invite first and show the door policy" towards the Pakistani cricketers and move over real issues like the earthquake in Haiti and militants getting PARAGLIDING LESSONS . Yes, these should be the center of our concern right now and not some stupid row over cricketers not being sold at the auction center! Haiti, who had even heard of that before that massive earthquake struck this little Caribbean nation? Even though my memories take me back to my Third-Grade General Knowledge class, where I was once asked the capital of haiti, and I hadn't known by then (which by the way, I still don't know..sadly!). When did that ear