'The' moment

It's first in my lifetime - Watching an Oscar show live. I have never shown interest or watched it before, except reading about it the next day in newspapers. This time, it was different. Watched it with a gathering of friends and I felt like I was watching a cricket match. From the videos clicking on every man/woman present there till the best picture award, I watched it with utmost interest. Yes, there's a reason - For being a die-hard fan of ARR. When every category gets announced, I was making a prediction and most of the times I won with the poll results :) All those reviews in e-papers paved me to predict although I have not watched most of the nominated movies. Whenever Slumdog kids were shown on the camera, I was looking for the sweet little Jamal and was expressing my joy with eyes wide open saying 'there he is!' :) And the moment came where the category for original score nominations were announced. It was like a Indo-Pak match winning edge where I came to the edge of the chair telling...'He should win!' and he did. It was the most joyous and proudest moment when the mozart of Madras said 'Ella Pugazhum Iraivanukke' and for the next award on the 'Jai Ho' song, he said 'I always had a choice between love and hate in life. I chose love and I am here'. Wat a moment! Although most of the Indians agree that this musical was not ARR's best, we all take pride for the 'bourne fruit' for his hardwork on his journey. I am looking forward on his dream of Symphony Orchestra and I wish his dreams come true.

Still those moments on mind, I was happy as a fellow Indian to know another one on cards - The trio's perfomance in Chennai as a tribute to Martin Luther King III's visit. The trio is Kaviarasu Vairamuthu, Padmashri Kamalhasan and ARR's Music conservatory.

Chak de India & Jai ho!!!

5 stars & fantasies...

Heard from friends that they have had fantasies of dancing with Asin, walking with Aishwarya Rai, smiling with Surya, bowling to Sachin, cooking with 'Paravai' Muniyamma, sailing with Baywatch beauties along the shores of Miami beach, meeting Madhavan et al...But I have had fantasies about a Musical home. Does it sound weird? Home full of musical instruments like Guitar, Piano, Veena, Flute, Thabla, Saxophone, Drums, Clarinet, Violin. Tats all comes to my mind now. When someone knocks the door, there should be music. When the door opens, there should be music. Music for pooja room - A divine sound with a blend of veena and flute tunes. Music for bedroom - A romantic melody that soothes ears :) Music for hall - I don't need it because that's where my TV is. Music for bathroom - A fast beat song with drums that makes me not to come out of it :) Music for kitchen - A Saxophone or from a Ghazal of Hariharan's voice. Music for dining room - Not much of sangadhis, swarams but the one that feeds a light feel to heart and stomach :) Music for the entertainment room - That makes me dance. I would love to live with music.

And here's a musical feast which I loved it to the core. Flute for its divinity, Veena for its soothing sensation, Ghadam for its thalam and piano for the mild touch on its brim. It was a great improvisation and I was delighted to watch these 5 stars performing here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTryjstiImM

The dreamboat

Happiness in its extremity
Shows beauty in its entirety

I listen to songs
I feel the melody in it
I watch the nature
I feel the beauty in it

I hop...
I jump...
I sing...
I giggle...
I dance...
I dream...
I nod...
I twist...

I do everything in haste
Not considering it as waste

I feel the bliss
Not sure to miss

Even in shower
I can see its power

I don't know whether God exists
But I know this exists

Greagious amidst the lonely
I call it as 'love and love' only!!!

Towards the shore float
That's my dreamboat :)

Weird...

I think about this.
I dream about this.
I don't want to think about this.
I don't want to dream about this.
But somehow it happens. All because of this subconscious mind. I take every step not to think about this. Whenever I take steps not to think about this, I think about this. It happens uncontrollably. I avoid talking about this but whoever calls talk about this to me. But I don't talk about it when they talk about it. When I talk or think or dream about something, it will never happen...That's my intuition.

Ok...So...What am I talking about? What am I thinking about? Or What am I dreaming about??? ;)

Start-up...

I was reading this 'What inspires people to startup?' and suddenly this flashed my mind - 'What inspires me to startup?' Literally speaking, I dont have a startup but I would like to... It's my dream...My pathway to Success!...That's my wish, my hope for future and what not? Easier said than done :) I remember watching the KWA show in VijayTV where the music legend ARR talked about his dream of making an Orchaestrial Symphony and that inspired him to start his conservatory. It took him 8 years to implement this idea.

Actually speaking, it is not easy to set a startup. Everyone knows that. It requires years of toil and passion, plethora of ideas, capital, resources etc., On the other day, I was talking to one of my friends when he quoted about his group of friends who have a small startup and what they do in business. As always, I had the same question - "When they are devoid of ideas after their startup goes fine for few years, what will they do? It's nervecracking when I think about it...". But got an answer from him that it's not like the way I think. When you start and move forward, you will always have various areas of improvement and enhancement that keeps you going. Maybe, he's true.

It's fascinating to hear people's success stories but at the same time it's a great learning too...For some of them, entrepreneurship is dream, to some - it's money, to some - it's ideas, to some - it's that passion in that area that percolated their minds, to some - it's an outer world from the 8/5 monotonous job....If you ask, to me what it is? It's a blend of all these above :))

There are not much people in India who would like to give it a shot. People are afraid of taking risks but want to savor the taste of success...But if there is someone who could give me support and motivation, it would be a great asset to me...Wat say???