Antara Echoes

I used to always think Kannada movies & songs as the poor cousins of Tamil, Malayalam and the Telugu industry. My mistake..for I could not have been in for a bigger surprise recently. Am not saying the quality of their movies have suddenly shot northward but the music is definitely perking up. I still have no clue about how the movies fare but here are some really good songs that have found their way to my playlist. #1 Ninindaale from Milana - A foot tapping number by Sonu Nigam, its instantly likeable. #2 Anisuthide Yako from Mungaru Male - Now this song should come as no surprise after all the rave reviews it has received. #3 Ullasada Hoomale from Cheluvina Chittara - Melodiously sung by the immensely talented Shreya Ghoshal , this song has been on the top of the kannada charts for quite sometime now, I heard. Enjoy maadi...

Reality shows have been the order of the day for quite sometime now. Since they have captured all the prime time slots that is available there is hardly any choice left for viewers. Be it Jhalak Dikh Laja, Star Voice of India or the Indian Idol in the north or shows in the same vein such as Mastana Mastana, Idea Star Singer down south. Switch to international channels and all you get is Asian Idols, Survivor etc Now it would surely take a gigantic effort to keep away from all of them. Its almsot like a dare by the media asking the viewers to try and ignore these reality shows. So well to put it succinctly I also end up watching one or two of these. As probably most of the other viewers I have also done my bit of cribbing about the unwanted display of emotions by the contestants, the exaggeration by the judges and of course also cheered a worthy contestant. But the only thing that nags me no end is the way they claim that these shows rely on popular public voting. And how the hell do t...

Horoscopes, birth charts, tarot cards all sound like mumbo jumbo to the convent educated, scientific thinking individuals that we have grown to be. Have recently been having some very interesting discussions with a very learned septuagenarian uncle (an ex-lawyer-cum-tax advisor), who has a completely different take on this subject. More on this soon.

Posted on a popular forum and faithfully being reproduced here... What should I do to marry a rich guy? I'm going to be honest of what I'm going to say here. I'm 25 this year. I'm very pretty, have style and good taste. I wish to marry a guy with $500k annual salary or above. You might say that I'm greedy, but an annual salary of $1M is considered only as middle class in New York. My requirement is not high. Is there anyone in this forum who has an income of $500k annual salary? Are you all married? I wanted to ask: what should I do to marry rich persons like you? Among those I've dated, the richest is $250k annual income, and it seems that this is my upper limit. If someone is going to move into high cost residential area on the west of New York City Garden (?), $250k annual income is not enough. I'm here humbly to ask a few questions: 1) Where do most rich bachelors hang out? (Please list down the names and addresses of bars, restaurant, gym) 2) Which age ...

As many would know this is the mandala kaalam or the auspicious month for Lord Iyyappa worship. Sharing a few photos from the temple visit, instead of waxing eloquent... One portion of the divine palki getting ready. If you notice carefully the entire palki is made from just banana stem and fresh coconut leaves. Talk about being environment friendly! The decorated temple elephant swaying its ears gently to the music of the chenda made an awesome sight. There was also a program of Thayambaka and Panchavadyam organized for the evening which we had to give a miss due to the unusually cold weather. For those who would like to hear the chenda, found this youtube link -

No, I don't have delusions that there are actually people out there who are wee bit interested to read or know about my activities, but thats the kick a blog with a few clicks gives you. You simply imagine an interested audience, assume a readership base and go about expending your ideas & thoughts to the extent that now I feel compelled to state the reasons for my periodic inactiveness. Duh, actually acknowledging that in words has weaned away some of the enthusiasm with which I started this post. Albeit, to grudgingly continue, I am brushing up on my Spanish.Am still trying to figure out the 'Estar' & 'Ser' but to prove a point, here I go - Hola a todos, A mi me gusta bailar. Mi primer baile es en Julio. Practico mucho. Mi maestra canta para mi. Evito la lluvia porque estoy enferma. Nosotros percibemos baile divino. Hope I have impressed those who see the above lines as gibberish. To those who understand it and with shrinking foreheads - ahem! I told yo...

One forward mail that I really enjoyed, so sharing them here... "He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." -- Winston Churchill [Applies to many people I know] "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." -- Clarence Darrow [Oops! I dont exactly have a list, though...] "He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary." -- William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway) [Hahah can 100% apply to me but I would like to think of it as a compliment. I wonder what Faulkner would have to say about our very own R K Narayan.] "I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it." -- Groucho Marx [Me yet hankering after 'that' perfectly wonderful evening] "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." -- Mark Twain "He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends." -- Oscar Wil...