Pray for me brother

This is a great song from A.R.Rahman. Just listen to the song and read the lyrics. Mind blowing.


Pray for me brother
Pray for me brother
Pray for me sister
Are you searchin..
Pray for me brother

Look-in’ for the answers To all the questions In my life
Will I be alone Will you be there By my side
Is it something he said Is it something he did
I wonder why He is searching For the answers
To stay alive

Could you ever listen could you ever care
To speak your mind
Only for a minute For only one moment
In time

The joy is around us But show me the love
That we must find
Are you searchin’ For a reason to be kind, to be kind…
He said… Pray for me brother
Pray for me brother Pray for me sister
Pray for me brother
Say what you wanna say now
But keep your hearts open
Be what you wanna be now
Let’s heal the confusion
Pray for me brother

Don’t let me take, When you don’t wanna give
Don’t be afraid Just let me live
Don’t let me take, When you don’t wanna give
Don’t be afraid ......

Say what you wanna say now
But keep your hearts open
Be what you wanna be now Let’s heal the confusion

Pray for me brother
Pray for me brother

I’m ashamed ah, brother be dying of poverty
when he down on his knees its only then he prays
And it’s a shame ah, brother be dying of ignorance
cos the world is a trip and everybody’s a hypocrite
Need to stop ah, taking a look at the other
I’m not ashamed of poverty
need to be making his life better
So think about it, think about it once more
cos life is a blessing and it’s not justa show, ah

Round and round the world is spinning around
We need to be singing a prayer, we need to be singing it now
Round and round the world is turning around
We need to be singing a prayer, we need to be singing it now
Need to be feeling the power, need to be feeling the faith
We need to coming together just to win this race
Need to be feeling the power, need to be feeling the faith
We need to coming together just to win this race (thrice)

oh ae oh ae oh

Are you searching for a reason to be kind ?

My Two Paise on ICL

From now on I will be writing my Point of View on certain things that's making news . To start with , my two paisa on IndianCricketLeague.
The starting of ICL is welcome sign in the sense that it has provided an alternative to BCCI. Instead of BCCI making all the money , now ICL will also make. But will the league system become hit in Cricket? that too in India ?? I don't think so. Cricket is a game which is followed based on country. If India plays Pakistan or Australia plays England then people will follow the game.
I don't think English county league is that famous. International cricketers get practise under English condition through county. Just like that International cricketers will get practise under Indian condition through ICL.
But, if you take football the leagues are famous. Its a great crowd puller. Reason ?? May be all the superstars play the league, with dedication . In cricket our cricketers will take ICL as a welcome break from International season . It will not be a crowd puller. That's for sure. What say?? May be I will be proved wrong in the years to come.

PDA

Hold on..Its not public display of Affection..Its Public Display of Arrogance. It was hectic first weekend for me at SFO. Went to Muir woods on Saturday (http://www.nps.gov/muwo/) and Pier 39 (http://www.pier39.com/) on Sunday. It was hectic travelling over the weekend. (as if I drove).
Muir woods is wonderful hilly resort. Full of Redwood trees. While returning back from Muir woods at SFO downtown , saw PDA at action. We were waiting in the signal and one more car besides us. One karuppu/Kaala kid (i m not racial :)) knocking the car of a hefty vellai/safaed guy with his hand. Then when he opened the window. This Karuppu/Kaala kid showed his middle finger and shouted the "F" letter word.
Then the kid crossed the road and from the street corner displayed his bad words vocabulary skills. The guy in the car took a sudden turn and asked the kid to stop in the corner. After that the signal turned green and we went. Gosh ! if it is India we could have stopped the car and watched the fight :(
In India auto wallahs , gundas show their arrogance in public places. But in US surprised to see a a 12/14 year old kid showing his arrogance. In US kids are like our 25 year old guy. They are grown out of proportion, physically as well as mentally.
Came to a conclusion.US is full of PDAs only , either its Public display of Affection/Public display of Arrogance.

Roamio

August 11 Srirangam
August 12 Bangalore
August 13,14 Chennai
August 15,16,17,18 Bangalore
August 18 New Delhi(Stopover)
August 19 Amsterdam(Stopover)
August 19 Minneapolis(Stopover)
August 19 Onwards San Francisco
After so many stopover , I got a hangover .
Heard about Romeo,have you ever heard about Roamio .That's me.Mr.Roamio.

SFO

Call it the "Gay" capital or the "Bay" Capital, San Francisco is blowing my mind . Few things that I liked about the city.

• Awesome scene of flight touching down at San Francisco airport. It looks like we are landing in the sea.
• Working at the 16 th floor and looking outside the window to see the "sea" and the huge bridge.
• Having coffee at "Starbucks" and sitting outside the shop and enjoying the "bay" wind.
• Great downtown with no rush.
• Wonderful weather , feels like you are in India
• Travelling to office by train , no rush in the train
• Train going under the sea?
• Organised traffic
• Lots of Chinese,Indian,Mexican population.
• Huge difference compared to NY city. Wide roads and huge buildings, less traffic.
• Surrounded by Hills

Proud to be an Indian

Happy Independence Day to one and all. 60 wonderful years and I wish the country prosper in the years to come. Let the Rich get richer and the poor get richer. Lets celebrate Independence Day with a video of our National anthem. This wonderful video is breathtaking with all the greatest musicians of our country coming together. Composed and orchestrated by the one and only A.R.Rahman.

Mahanadhi

Happened to get a sneak view of "Mahanadhi" yesterday night. Kiran TV (Malayalam Music Channel) shows Tamil movie every Saturday night at 7.30. They show pretty nice movies every week.
Since I was rushing back to Bangalore couldn't watch the whole movie. I have seen "Mahanadhi" for almost 5-6 times before. Every time I watch this movie, I get a heavy hearted feeling. "The movie rocks" is an understatement. Right from the first scene till the climax the movie is very well taken . The acting of KamalHassan is simply awesome. No wonder he got a National award for this.He potrays the character of middle-class father with so much ease.
We can simply stand up and applaud such a wonderful movie. I wonder why this great movie has not been remade in Hindi. May be the movie doesn't have an American backdrop or may be its too good to be remade.

Tape Recorder

We are in the age of CD Player,DVD Player, home theatre, iPOD, mobile phones providing awesome music. But going back to the age of tape recorder gives me a nostalgic feeling. I still remember the day we got tape recorder at our home.Its a "Phillips" brand, 2 in 1 (tape recorder and radio)
The first standing instruction from mom is to get all spiritual cassettes. 1st Cassette is "Shri Venkatesa subrabhatam". 2nd one is "Vishnu Sahasranamam". Myself and my brother used to play Sahasranamam cassette and use to recite the sloha in chorus. I remember writing "Sri Ramajayam" 1008 times and getting one Sahasranamam book. Everyday we use to recite religiously.I still recall Sir Rajaji's voice description about Sahasranamam followed by M.S.Subhalakshmi's "Bhajja Govindam".Mind blowing stuff.
Then we got 7 more Spiritual cassettes before we got the famous "Cassette No.8". I am saying famous because its famous among us (myself and my brother). After sitting for hours together we came up with a set of 12 Tamil film songs. We went to "Best" musical shop near our house to record those songs. The 1 week wait for getting the empty cassette loaded with songs were too much for us. We use to record songs based on our choice.
We got 100's of Cassettes after that , we use to number the cassette and categorize them based on the quality of songs. we use to mark it "Melodious","Foot tapping", etc., We lost few cassettes giving it to friends and relatives . But still we have huge collection at home. Be it Carnatic classical or Hindi/Tamil film songs.From Ariyakudi to A.R.Rahman . From Kishore Kumar to Kollankudi karupaiyee. Name it we have it.
Now I have so many songs in my machine and everywhere music has become rage. But still the age of cassettes and tape recorder ringers in my mind.

Rain

"Rain Rain Go away come again another day , little Johny wants to play Rain Rain Go away" the nursery poem I was singing for the past couple of days. Every day evening its raining cats&dogs here. People call Bangalore Silicon Valley and its true. Not only because of presence of lots of IT companies also because of rain. Seattle is the wettest place in US and is called Silicon valley.
In childhood days the rain fascinates me a lot. Having hot "Onion Pakoda" with a cup of tea is the best combination I can think of in a rainy day. My lunch menu would be Milagu sambhar(Pepper Sambhar), Milagu Rasam(Pepper rasam), Paruppu thovaiyal (Dal chutney). Ultimate combination. It takes me back to Tanjore where my mom used to prepare this special lunch combination whenever it rains.
Like all child , I used to get afraid of Thunder and lightning. Grandma used to tell me , tell "Arjuna , Arjuna" nothing will happen. There is a mythological reason behind it. She used to say thunder is because of fight in the heaven between Gauravas and Pandavas. No cross question. I believed it blindly :) Playing in the rain is a strict No No during childhood days. Seeing the rain sitting near the window amazes me. Listening to radio with rain songs running in the background. Amazing.
I specially prefer Illayarja's rain numbers. "Andhi Mazhai poligirathu.." is one among the best with great lyrics. "Kannukul mul vaithu yaar theythathu, thanniril nirkum podhe verkindrathu "(Who stitched thorn in my eyes, I am sweating standing in water) . Hats off .
This song is somewhat nostalgic to me and it takes me back to my childhood.
See the song and enjoy.