Like/Dislike work

After Almost 2 years in a corporate sector, a few of my fellow batch mates of 2009 batch are content with the work they do. There seems to be no correlation between what was taught at colleges and the work done!!. The work environment is not suited for individual needs. Some friends even quit their work to pursue their passions. 90% ppl write CAT exams, only fellow lucky ones get through.. Others might say, "Abeyaar.. one more yr".

I Got a nice apothegm from a close friend !!!For all those who are depressed with ur work, think a min or two abt this.

"Not liking the work is one thing.. Not liking to work is another "

Most of us fall under the second category. After 20 years carefree life, when you start working day in day out, you'll definitely feel bored .

The Big IPL Auction

Chennai Super Kings:

Master stroke in retaining Dhoni, Raina, Vijay ,Albie and retaining most of the previous players Badrinath, Ashwin, Bollinger, Hussey, Jogi(ball boy), Tyagi(towel boy). CSK and fans will definitely miss Murali(mappilai) and Balaji(Happydent smile). New players Bravo, Styris,Randiv, Kulasekara, Hilfenaus, Faf du Plessis, Saha at cheap prices . Chennai has more less retained the same team thereby saving money on uniforms. Smart. Well balanced team with each spot in the team having two players . Whistle podu !!!

Royal Challengers Banglore:

King of Good times, Mallya wanted to revamp his team and get some young guns on board. With Anil Kumble as mentor he’s heading in right direction. Young blood like Kohli, Pujara, S.Tiwary, Mithun with the international experience of AB Devilliers, Dishan, Nannes, Vettori (all Delhi previously). Zaheer Khan spearheads the bowling. They’ll definitely miss the services of Vinay kumar, Uthappa, Dravid, Kumble himself. It would be interesting to see the uncapped players they hire.

Team Kochi :

They had a pretty decent auction given that it’s their first outing. They have a formidable attack with Murali, R.P.Singh, Sreesanth. Vinay kumar, romesh Powar, Jadeja. Mahela, Laxman, Mccullum and Hodge will bring experience in their batting line up. Their batting looks really thing on paper and need to sign in top talents from uncapped Indian Pool. Half the time kochi wasted on talking to their other partners on phone.

Deccan chargers:

One more team looking thin on Indian Talent except Ojha, Dhawan, Ishant, Mishra and Gony. Indian contigent is without Rohit Sharma, Venugopal Rao, RP Singh; hence T.Suman, Monish Mishra might be signed from uncapped. Sanga, KP,Steyn, Duminy, White are all good deals. Interesting price paid for Daniel Christian(who’s he). Sanga/White looks to Captain the team. Boy this team needs to play at home, Paavam da. Good tat no one bid for their team owner !!

Kolkata knight Riders:

One team to have set the agenda clear from the start and leave the past experiences behind to make a difference in next season. Gauti, Yusuf(so much money) , Kallis, Shakib, Morgan, Brett Lee, Haddin all are real T20 match winners on their day. They have retained Tiwary, Unadkat(their discovery) and got Balaji. Still their bowling looks weak as injury prone Lee will lead the attack. At the end of the day, not bidding for Dada was a big call they had to make.

Delhi Daredevils:

What the hell are you doing with the money. They have lost all major players from their previous years. Team heavily relied on Sehwag , warner, Venugopal rao and Bowling on Umesh yadav, Dinda. How can one pay so much for Irfan Pathan(not even fit). Their Sangwans ,Rajat Bhatias, Mithun Manhas are all very much need for this star to perform atleast decently. Van Der Merwe and James Hopes are great match winners in their side. But still get think-tank ready. Bad outing.

Rajasthan Royals:

Warne’s team can definitely surprise everyone with the local talent and the amount of unknown players they sign in. Rahul Dravid and Pankaj singh will their mainstay at batting and Bowling. Ross Taylor, Watson, Tait and Collingwood are excellent T20 players. Botha was a bizarre buy. They need the services of Jhunjhunwalas, Asnodkars, Sid Trivedis.

Sahara Pune Warriors:

First time at IPL was not bad for these men. Very satisfactory performance. Yuvraj Singh and Uthappa are perfect T20 game changer, With seasoned pros Ashish Nehra and Murali Karthik . Ferguson, Mathews, N.Mccullum, Jesse Ryder are all pretty good buys at reasonable costs. Mitchell Marsh will play under his father Geoff Marsh(coach). Smith provides the fire at the top order. In all sense, Yuvi is likely to lead.

Mumbai Indians :

Batting Bolstered by the new signings of Rohit Sharma and Symmonds, with Davy Jacobs opening with Sachin and Pollard to finish things. Bowling Department will be heavily dependent on Bhajji and Malinga, with Munaf patel and Clint Mckay. The most interesting factor would be Bhajji-Symmonds combo of Maaki Monkey fight fame, will be playing in same jerseys. Man, I would have if Sreesanth was also there.

At the end of the day, when all the owners sit down for a small meeting, CSK owners can say"Malai da.. AnnaMalai"

Kutti Kavidhai

The start time and end time for coming up with this kavidhai was the time i took to drink a Morning Filter Kaapi.

Pona Vaaram Quarter,intha vaaram varuthu Harry Potter.
Ava la Tshirt la paartha Hotter, Day by day she's becoming cuter.
Both of us had the same Alma Mater,
but still, innum ava kitta sollala en matter.

PS: Ladies/Gentlemen are requested to throw rotten eggs,tomatoes, big peddles in person. No damage to public property or suicide will be encouraged.

A.R. Rahman's Layering and Experimentation

What will be your first reaction after listening to a Rahman sir song ?? You feel a major let down, You feel like why Rahman is doing all these kinds of stuff. You feel like, why is he not composing music like Roja, Dilse, Lagaan. ( The matter of fact is, There are already classic hits like Roja, Laagan, There's no point in giving us something similar to those albums.)

The second time you listen to a song, u slowly start humming the tune. Next time, few lyrics to it. Allow the music to run in loop, non stop. Now each and every time you find at least something new, minutest layer or an instrument playing in the background. You start wondering how many layers are added to lead. Now his music starts growing on you, exponentially. You start feeling that, how come this man keeps us flabbergasted with his music. Every single time.

One striking feature that differentiates a Rahman song or any other song is layering. Layering is a concept where different instruments play at different times. Take for example, songs like Anbae sugama of Parthalae paravasam. How brilliantly he uses violin and keyboard. Blissful. or take Chitti Dance Sequence in Endhiran. Every layer in the track sounds different. Each time you listen, there would be a small instrument in background along with the vocals. Also contributing to the fact is the quality of speakers or headphones you use. Not to say, the original cd music is always top class as compared to the downloaded pirated ones.(Be a music lover, not a music pirate)

Much of these credit should definitely be given to Late shri H.Sridhar, who has been a pillar of strength for Rahman sir. It's very difficult for anyone to fill in the shoes of Sridhar, which is evident from the sound quality of recent albums(with due credit to the albums). Post Oscar , thalaivar seems to be on an experimentation mode, with getting new genres, new voices, new instruments. If it was Blues in Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya, funky African instruments in Raavan, Mass in Komram Puli, Major techno mode for Endhiran.(Per Se, treating each film on its own merit.)

I think the fans, as a whole will keep supporting his nouvelle experimentations in music, allow Rahman sir to explore new kinds of music and collaborate with new artists. For sure, we will like his experiments.