Aparna’s Blog

pudhu veLLai mazhai, kummi aDi, uyirum neeye, thenmaerkku paruva kaaRRu, en veeTTu thoaTTattil, mellisaiye, azhage sugama, tu bin bataye - Pure Bliss!! Listening to tu bin bataye on a loop now!

As I was chatting with my friends over lunch yesterday, the conversation drifted to December Season and before I knew it, I was happily talking non-stop about the Season. None of my friends go for concerts or are interested in Carnatic music much. Despite that, the moment I get started about my passion, there’s no stopping me. Talking about how excited I have been for the past two days ever since I saw Sanjay’s December Season schedule and talking about what an aural treat his concerts are going to turn out to be, etc., etc., I started reminiscing about Carnatic music and kutcheris. And born out of that reminiscence is this post – a post that I have wanted to write for a long time now.
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Today has been a musically very very satisfying day since I started the day with Rahman’s songs and till this moment, I have been listening to Rahman’s songs at every free moment I could get. Even though you know you keep saying this so very often, yet there are moments when you are completely lost in Rahman’s blissful music and all you can say is ‘Rahman, you rock!’ No words will ever be enough to express the magic of Rahman’s music and no words can do justice to the brilliant music he creates. These are moments when I feel so happy and proud to be a Rahmaniac. Now is one such!

Here’s a post that had been lying half-written in the drafts for more than a week now. I thought I would post it anyway now. I am really becoming lazier by the day!

Every time I am stuck in a traffic jam and see an ambulance stuck in the traffic, it really pains my heart. I know I have written about this earlier but I couldn’t help writing it again when my Mom told me that somebody’s relative who had suffered a heart attack, passed away on the way to the hospital since the ambulance could not reach the hospital on time, thanks to the traffic jam and diversions! How sad! This happened on the day when there was a heavy traffic in many places because of Vijayakanth addressing his party workers or whatever.
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