Published by Aparna on 21 Feb 2008
In Wordpress, :-x/:x represent angry smiley -> 
In Yahoo, X-(/X( represent angry smiley -> 
In Yahoo, :x/:-x represent love-struck smiley -> 
Imagine typing [:-x] in Yahoo instead of X( for an angry smiley! 
Why isn’t a standard symbol being used everywhere? It’s so confusing 
Published by Aparna on 15 Feb 2008
I don’t know why but all of a sudden, I seemed to have got bored of a lot of things. The past few days nothing failed to interest me – nothing at all! I took a book to read but that didn’t interest me! I thought of writing a blog post to keep myself occupied and I realized that I found that too boring! I heard myself saying, ‘A blog post on how good a concert was or how super a Rahman’s song is or how beautiful the sunset was? Not again!’ Adding to it, some things that really irritated me had happened and the boredom reached its peak. So what did I do to beat boredom?
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Published by Aparna on 10 Feb 2008
February 10th, 2007 - Till then, the only dream that we (my sister and I) had was just to get a glimpse of the man whose music meant the most to us. On that day, it got fulfilled!!! We are yet to believe that it wasn’t a dream after all! 
February 9th, 2008 - Little did we expect that exactly a year later, we will get to see A.R.Rahman again and that too see him perform live in a concert!
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Published by Aparna on 09 Feb 2008
My sister and I have got the passes for today’s A.R.Rahman’s concert!!!! This being the first-ever concert of Rahman’s that we are going to, we are EXCITED!
Published by Aparna on 07 Feb 2008
A couple days back, I saw a blue and white Plymouth car in Boat Club Road. Seeing the car reminded me of the movie, ‘Kadhalikka neramillai’ - Muthuraman leaving for picnic in the Plymouth car and V.S.Raghavan looking at the car in shock and surprise wondering how on earth his car ended up with this rich millionaire. ‘Kadhalikka neramillai’ is one of my favourite movies. It’s a movie that I am never tired of watching. The scene where Nagesh narrates the story of his movie to Balaiah and Balaiah’s reactions to it, the way Balaiah talks and treats Chidambaram/Muthuraman with so much respect (real bhaya bhakti? 
) completely unaware that he is being fooled by them, Nagesh trying to make Sacchu act are the scenes that instantly come to my mind every time I think I about the movie. Nagesh and Balaiah are the real stars of the movie.
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Published by Aparna on 07 Feb 2008
Accompanists:
Nagai Muralidharan – Violin
Mannargudi Easwaran – Mridangam
Gopalakrishnan – Khanjira
Where & When? – Narada Gana Sabha on 5th Feb
Concert Duration – 2 hrs 35 minutes
Songs List:
1. Viriboni (Varnam) - Bhairavi
2. Ninnada – Kannada – Raaga outline, Swarams
3. Shobillu – Jaganmohini - Alapana, Neraval & Swarams at Dharariksa
4. Ranjani niranjani - Elaborate Ranjani Alapana
5. Annai Janaki – Saveri
6. Shankaracharyam – Sankarabharanam – Alapana, Neraval & Swarams at Parama (Main piece)
7. Shritvaguna (Sloka) – Raagamalika (Hindolam, Madhuvanti, Bhageshri, Mohanam)
Bansiwaale - Mohanam
8. Mukti aLikkum – Navaroj?
9. Tillana – Sindhubhairavi – Raaga outline
10. Mangalam – Sowrashtram
Unlike during the Season, there was complete silence in the whole auditorium during the entire concert. There was not much of a crowd either at the balcony. All these made for a perfect ambience to listen to the Ranjani, which according to me, was the best part of the concert. Listening to the Ranjani alapana that was a sheer beauty and the rendition of the line kanchdaLa lOchanI kAmAkshI in ranjani niranjani, bringing out the beauty of the raaga and the lyrics, was bliss!
Published by Aparna on 04 Feb 2008
Sanjay Subrahmanyan’s Concert
Accompanists:
Nagai Muralidharan - Violin
Srimushnam Raja Rao - Mridangam
T.V.Vasan - Ghatam
Where & When? - Asthika Samajam on 28th January
Concert Duration - 2 hrs 15 min
Songs List:
1. Rama ika nannu – Sahana - Swarams at Rama ika nannu
2. Deva Deva Jagadeeshwara – Purvikalyani – Neraval & Swarams at maahimiya
3. Siva Chidambarame – Nagaswarali – Alapana
4. Mohanakara – Neetimati – Alapana, Neraval & Swarams at Ninadhu paadame
5. Swamikki Sari – Devagandhari – Raaga outline
6. Korisevimpa – Kharaharapriya – Swarams at Korisevimpa (Main piece of the concert)
7. Haritasuluvedale - Yamun Kalyani
8. Shrutvaguna Bhuvana (Viruttam) – Darbari
PootthavaLe (Viruttam) – Nattakurunji
Aadum mayilai (Viruttam) – Behag
Kalpakaambikai – Behag
9. Tillana – Dhanyasi
The concert started with my favourite Sahana 
But the speakers at the venue were so pathetic that I couldn’t enjoy it at all. I don’t want this post to become yet another raving about Sanjay’s concert. So I will just stop with saying that you should have been there to see what great a concert it was.
T.M.Krishna’s Concert
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