Song of the Day, July 31, 2006

As the war drags on ...

Song: Us and Them (lyrics)
Artist: Pink Floyd
Album: Dark Side of the Moon

"Forward he cried from the rear
and the front rank died.
And the general sat and the lines on the map
moved from side to side.
Black and blue
And who knows which is which and who is who."

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Will your first child be a girl :) or a boy :(

... the selfish gene and how beautiful people tend to have girl children ...

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Song of the Day, July 30, 2006

on pappu's request ...

Song: Yamunathiram (listen)
Singer: Hariharan, Chitra
Movie: Anand
Composer: K M Radhakrishnan

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Oops .. that must have felt really bad ...

I have heard of demos going bad .. but this one tops it all! Microsoft was demo-ing their newest voice recognition software to analysts from wall street, when this happened ...

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Song of the Day, July 28, 2006

This post is about one song -- in two languages. First listen to this telugu song sung by karthik ...

Song: Oka Naatitho (listen)
Singer: Karthik
Movie: Dhoolpeta (ya ... gult dub of Pudhupettai)
Composer : Yuvan Shankar Raja

The lyrics of the tamil version of this song are very good (as usual dubbing seems to take the edge off the gult lyrics) ... but the tamil version was sung (rather poorly) by yuvan himself ... so it does not sound very pleasant.

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Song of the Day, July 27, 2006

The current english chartbusters are not as bad as their tamil contemporaries ...

Song: Promiscuous Girl (listen)
Artist: Nelly Furtado ft. Timbaland

(the video linked to is some medley of korean pop groups set to this song ... it's quite good)

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Song of the Day, July 26, 2006

Well, badly sung songs do make an impression after all ...

Song: Loosu Penne (listen)
Singer: Simbu, Blaaze
Composer: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Movie: Vallavan

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PJs on a test!!!

Trigonometry



Real Analysis



Algebra

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Song of the Day, July 25, 2006

I think this is the first english band I ever heard !!

Song: Where Do You Go (listen)
Artist: No Mercy

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Song of the Day, July 24, 2006

Was in the 'city' over the weekend ...

"... Neon heart day-glow eyes
A city lit by fireflies ...
... Oh you look so beautiful tonight
In the ..."

Song: City of Blinding Lights (listen)
Artist: U2

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Song of the Day, July 21, 2006

For the second consecutive day - Malargale ... but, of course, it is a different song,

Song: Malargale (listen)(lyrics)
Singer: Bombay Jayashree
Composer: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Movie: Pudhukottaiyil Saravanan

This song is unlike any song on malargal (flowers) ... the first two lines mean:

"Flowers ... please dont bloom ... sleep,
There is no hurry [to bloom] ... please go away"

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Song of the Day, July 20, 2006

A R Rahman recently performed at the Hollywood Bowl, and was a raging hit. (and why not .. remember Inside Man) Maybe we will see a bit of Bollywood in this year's Oscar presentation!

A R Rahman's fame started with ads (titan, leo coffee, asian paints, airtel ...) and he is still going strong with it. The latest one being this satellite radio company WorldSpace. Check out the tune ...

And the song of the day ...

Song: Malargale Malargale (listen)
Singer: Chitra, Hariharan
Movie: Love Birds

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More Watkins glen pics

 

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Watkins Glen Pics

 

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Sphoorti

One of my school mates, Srivyal, has started a grass-roots level organization, Sphoorti, helping children in India. Check it out.

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Song of the Day, July 19, 2006

A couple of songs from a few years back. I like the first one a lot.
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Song: Tu Jo Mila (listen)
Artist: Alisha Chinai
Album: Om

The second one is just for the nostalgia value!

Song: Pyaar ka Rang (listen)
Artist: Raageshwari
Album: Y2K Saal Do Hazaar

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Hilarious Bush Impersonation ...

It's an official video ... he does like to poke fun at himself ...

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Song of the Day, July 18, 2006

Once again, the greatest rock band ever ...

Well, I have not scaled any walls or mountains ... but yes, I still haven't found ...

Song: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (lyrics)
Artist: U2
Album: Joshua Tree

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How to beat the "thoppai" ?

Defn: Thoppai = paunch, potbelly, etc

Usual answers include "go to the gym..", "run 5(0) miles a day ..", "eat healthy .." but i have never heard this before !!!

... We can hide problem areas through design. The technique to cover paunch is very
simple - Divert the attention to other parts of the shirt ...

Read this article for the gory details ...

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Song of the Day, July 17, 2006

Song: Teri Kurti Sexy ... (listen) (lyrics)
Singer: Anuradha Sriram, Shaan
Movie: Vaada

Thanks to Smita for reminding us this song ...

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Song of the Day, July 16, 2006

A really good song ....

Song: Cherry Blossom Girl (listen)(lyrics)
Artist: Air
Album: Talkie Walkie

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Interesting article

http://ia.rediff.com/news/2006/jul/13shishir.htm?q=sp&file=.htm

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Instincts under Pressure

Recently, India recorded their first ever Test series victory in West Indies in 30 years. Brian Lara, the WI captain, has been criticised by one and all for his constant complaints against pitch preparation and poor selection policies. In particular, during the deciding test match, Lara made a rude mocking gesture at the groundsman, which according to many, was totally unwarranted for and responsible for bringing down the team's confidence.


In the wake of the Zidane incident on Sunday, Vaneisa Baksh of cricinfo has a take on these great players' instinctive reactions:

"Is it that in the realm of superstardom that Lara and Zidane occupy, the concept of self towers so mightily over the notion of team that at critical pressure points the instinctive reaction is purely personal? A person's instinct is a direct line to the core; the interaction between other thoughts and conditionings produces a measured response. Lara and Zidane rose to global stature on account of their brilliance: the balance of instinct with talent, training and thought. Was the pressure too much?"


The complete article can be found here.

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And the Bells begin to Ring

Today's song is dedicated to you-know-who for you-know-what!!

Song: Teri Bindiya Re (listen)
Singer: Lata Mangeshkar, Mohd. Rafi
Composer: S D Burman
Movie: Abhimaan

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Shiver Me Timbers!!

Song : He's a Pirate
Album : Pirates of the Carribean - Curse of the Black Pearl
Artist : Klaus Badelt

This is one of the themes from the first movie. Although I could not find a good quality version of this song yet, I really liked this MIDI version.

A video with the actual song (low quality) in the background can also be found here .

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Desdemona speaks Hindi !

Vishal Bharadwaj is remaking the famous trajedy Othello as Omkara with a major star cast -- Ajay Devgan, Saif Ali Khan, Vivek Oberoi, Kareena Kapoor and Konkona Sen Sharma!!

The music, also composed by Vishal, is quite good -- check it out.

Song: Laakad
Singer: Rekha Bharadwaj

Song: O Saathi Re
Singer: Shreya Ghoshal, Vishal Bharadwaj

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A legend dies- Syd Barrett (60)- founder of Pink Floyd

Syd Barrett, one of the Floyd co-founders, has died :-(.

He had some mental instability and he left the band quite early; thats when David Gilmour replaced him. Anyway, what better song of the day than the song from an album that Pink Floyd created as a tribute to Syd Barrett when he was not well.

Song of the day: Shine on you crazy diamond (Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun.....)
Album: Wish you were here (1975)
Artist: Pink Floyd

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shine_On_You_Crazy_Diamond

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More on Superman

Apparently, he is Indian.

... via ififorget ...

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Song of the day July 4th 2006

Song: Paruguluteeyali
Singer: Bhanumati, Ghantasala
Movie: Malleeswari

"..bira-bira, jhara-jhara, paruguluteeyali, mana ooru cherali.."
"Rushing, splashing, gushing, I want to go home"

I have discovered a new found respect for Bhanumati. What an accomplished musician, actress and litterateur! Her Padmabhushan is so well deserved.

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