Today....26th december 2005, marks the first anniversary of a day that devasted thousands of people...took away beloved ones, stole belongings, extinguished the candle of hope...changed some lives forever. This day, we dedicate to the victims of the killer wave - the tsunami. I would never have posted this had it not been for something i just watched on tv now... Something that showed how people try to make a difference...a gesture that could only show the goodness in people...for other people. 2 things i watched infact... the first, was a concert by A.R.Rahman at karaikaal (close to nagapattinam, one of the most affected areas). They had this whole group of singers, with all instrumentalists and stuff by the seaside....and they sang. For the crowd...which was marvellous... the kind of welcome singers get in our world is something truly respectable...they're people who reach out...everyone loves music.
The second was this song...that was done by many many singers together... S.P.Balasubramanium, Sujatha, chitra, karthik, unni menon, malgudi shubha, Usha utup, Vijay yesudas, Srinivas...and one or two more whose names i don't know....they made up this song dedicated to the sea...all wearing white (that really turns me on...when albums have people wearing white)...with the waves as the backdrop...it was beautiful....very touching. Things like these sometimes do re-kindle the flame of hope...or atleast make the affected people know there's still more to life...that people do care.... its very heart-warming.
Well, i guess one thing thats totally unpredictable is nature....and i realised that more when rains hit chennai hard and made all our exams get postponed...and drowned villages...and led to stampedes...and deaths.
I would like to end this post with the lines of a song...a beautiful compostion by rahman...its from the movie 'kannathil muthamitaal'...Vellai pookal
Vellai pookal ulagam yengum malarave
Vidiyum bhoomi amaidikaage vidigave
Manmel manjal velicham, vizhugave
Malare sombal murithu ezhugave....
The exact meaning of those words, i may not be able to give you...but it potrays the idea of peace...white flowers, tranquility, the yellow sunlight, flowers stretching and waking up...
God....I'm feeling so touched. Bless all...
Signing off...
17 comments:
Vellai pookal is such a lovely song
yes it is... am mildly surprised u've heard of it though...
What?
You think I don't listen to Tamil songs?
In fact, after shifting to Kerala, I listen to/am forced to lisnten to Tamil songs most of the time
Machaan peru Madurai
Yenne Parru Edurai
LOL! i HATE that song... u could have definitely sighted a better example! and...EXAMS OVER!!! Yipppeeeeee
are we the only jobless people in the whole wide world commenting on each other's blogs?
divs,
remember i used to keep making lavs sing that song for me? i love that song...
yeah i am with you on the paying tribute to the 26. i wish there was something more concrete we could do than just give money...
very touching di.
yeah... if only we could. We're all not vivek oberoi's to start rehabilitating Devanipattinam...but that was a very nice thing he did. And yes... i rmbr lav singing nu...beautiful song...
Nik - we're after all not the only jobless souls! i guess anu heard me and yelled sayin 'hey am jobless too' or something!
Vivek Oberoi is an ass and a publicity seeking gigolo
nikhil...
marry me?
hehe... Nik... pl accept na!! I've heard of elton john's homosexual marriage... u cud gimme the opportunity to see one!
and....he is definitely a publicity seeking ass but... what he did was still a nice thing. whether it was for he publicity or for the good of the people... doesnt matter.
that was hilarious..nik you have to oblige...!!!
:D
Nik doesn't seem like he wants to respond to that?;-) being a chicken huh? be a man!!
nikhil's just shy!
:blush:
Vivek, I am sorry
Both of us are on the rebound
This relationship will never work
I have Shakti Kapoor's number BTW, if you want it
Or Bharat TS'. He's a strapping young man from Toronto.
Now bharat...its your turn!! Come on!! u're all competing with Ash man...;-)
Is that s'posed to make us feel better?
Or feel bad?
Am I drunk?
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