Learn the past,see the future...

Every word i speak is an experience from my past ..but,i think or speak about the future.i cannot speak anything about the future without the knowledge of my past So the more we dig/learn/understand/about our experiences or this country's History or the documented thoughts of our ancestors there is a better understanding about the future.So,if we can learn from the past and apply ourselves to the future then does that mean nothing is changing or is it the same as always... yes,i guess nothing is changing,change or evolution happens in the minds... then wat abt all the inventions,developments in science and technology that has happened in last few centuries.. ? are they not evolution...? are they not changes...? yes it is... but somewhere all these concepts were there and used in some centuries which now exist as story and fantasy.. they are not stories... they are not fantasies... they are the truth... like say how did Valmiki Bhagawan or vysar rishi wrote Ramayana & Mahabaratha... ? the incidents were taking place in different parts of Bharatha desam... but through their Metaphysical powers and through the grace of almighty... they were to able see the incidents in their place and write it.... with so many sub-plots and more than 500 characters..... with all technologies and evolution we cannot re-create the same story or write it even now... the concept we hear in ramayan or mahabaratha... has not been developed as a technology till now.( i mean those visuals of ramayana and mahabaratha which they were able to see form their place) may be it might take thousand more years... for a technology like that that to develop... even when we see that technology in front of our eyes... we might not believe wat happened in mahabaratha or ramayana was a similar concept.... because we need proofs,reasons,validity... there is more harm being done to the creative process by not believeing... any technology we invent can be associated with a similar concept in the our epics.... but its upto us to believe...







i hope most of us would not have missed this movie "AVATAR" wat those High Fi Techie guys named it in terms of technology.. the Navis had it as a part of themselves.. Actually they were much more advanced by even communicating with the animals they were driving and make the animals part of themselves.... May be u say its a story.. "agreed" but still the concepts looks the same... they think they are progressing but actually its the mind that is able to understand better and believe the concepts could be true when it happens in front of their eyes....




jim had even taken same reference from the epic Ramayana for his story... of tall the technology he can create for the future... why is he going back 10000000 of years to find references for his characters NAVI. millions of years of history before us... gives us an insight into the future of few years ahead of us.... when we go back in years... we are free of all that we know in the present and think in a new platform... as to how did they live this same life with same emotions so many years back...? if u find some answer/believe in wat they saw.. in that world... you have something to share,rt now to all of us!!!

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My favourites

Every morning!! When i open my cupboard to pick a t-shirt(i don't pick jeans,as it is the same daily :-) ) there is one t-shirt which whispers to me "pleaseee wear me.." and it smiles..:-) most of the time i pick it.. sometimes i reject it and look for something else... but eventually i come back to the same t-shirt which grabbed my attention initially... if i don't somewhere i feel i am hurting the t-shirt similar to the "pain of rejection." ,i know all this could be sentimental.. but that is how i develop my intuition... Sticking to something which gets ur attention in no time!!!

Similar to the t-shirt picking event, i face another awkward situation!!! selecting songs to hear on my ipod ... be it t-shirt or a song.. finally, realized this after one month of data.. "i wear and listen to some songs & t-shirt very often these are the ones i call my favorites" and then there are some other t-shirt and songs,which i don't wear nor listen,but they are jus there with me... they are the things which were there with me from long time but did not pass the test of time... so the point i am trying to make is certain things are standing the test of time ... displaying great characters within themselves... and i want to select those special songs and see its similarity!!!

My favs(Many other songs which i am not able to list rt now.. i will add it soon)


1.) Teri Ore(Singh is King),Tere Naina(Chandini Chowk to china),Iktara(Wake Up sid),Aaao Na (Kyun Ho gaya Na)
2.) Mukundha Mukundha(Dhasavatharam)
3.) Dooriyaan(love aaj Kal)
4.) Khudha Khaiyar(Billu Barber)
5.) Maula Mere(Anwar)
6.) Tuju mein rab diktha hai(Rab ne bana di Jodi),Aye Honsla(Dor)
7.) Rama Chaka (Godavari),Nu veana(Anand),Arey re(Happy days)
8.) Anbe Sugama(Parthalae Paravasam),Munbe Va(SOK),Katrae en vasal(Rhythm),Aye Haira Tera(Guru),Yeh jo des(Sawdes),Nila Kaigirathu(Indra),vellai Pookal(kanathil Muthamital)

It might look i am talking something contradicting to the article i wrote about rahman.. but i am jus trying to be more true to my taste ... the songs listed above are my favorites and the ones i listen very often.... they are not in the order of my liking or rated.. thats why both of my favorite music directors are on both ends so that we don't judge based on its order.....

Wat do they have in common!! one thing for sure no technology,voice modifications,fast paced numbers stay for long, they motivate us initially... when they fade away we dont even return to them!!! its all melody!!! all of them has great tunes and voice... with very less amount of instruments or orchestra... jus a tabala in maula mere is soothing and inspiring in the long run!!!... i definitely did not like "thuj mein rab diktha hai" intially... i thot there is nothing new... but when i watched rab ne bana di jodi it made such an impact which i have not lost till now... every time i listen to it i feel the the innocent true love he has for her!!! so songs which are so close to the emotion of the movie and which represents the feel of the movie in one song will definitely be in our minds forever... those songs takes us into the characters of the movie and make us ache every time u listen!!

all these have great lyrics,they are very simple and depicts the situation in the best possible way,the tunes have base of carnatic or Hindustani... they are not jus some tune which cannot be associated with Indian music or raagas... this might make us feel we have already listened to it some 100 times and its like bhajan... but believe me those are the songs we hear repeatedly!!! if not check ur recently listened or most heard playlist on your ipod!!

does that mean we should not innovate new things or try something different yes off course we should... but we cannot decide immd, as its the best.. it has to pass the test of time.. rahman is my favourite, but when it comes to repeated hearing for years... there are everyone in it... yes rahman is comparatively more... No doubt.. but still those songs which sticks to basics are the ones that lasts forever....

after speaking about all these basics,from wat little i know about music, every time when a new album of rahman releases i ignore all these and go back to his songs where he breaks all the basics and creates new rules and i listen only to it!!! then after some time i come back to these same playlist.. may be sometimes some of the track gets added to this list!!

All though there are so many music directors in the list i would rate two of these very high

Shankar - Ehassan - loy... appart form the songs and tunes i like(that anyways is a obvious reason)... they maintain the same chemistry,Friendship and are together for almost 10 years.. in times where people fight for smallest of the small things being in a creative and evolving process the way they are together by resolving all their creative differences is truly amazing!!!

A.R.Rahman - i know everyone will laugh if i appreciate his music... i don't qualify ... but why he tops everyone else is his modesty - 2008 FIlmfare... A.R.Rahman nominated for janae tu ya jannae na,Jodha akbar,Ghajini...(3 out 6 nominations was his) was judged the best music director and best Background composition... whole bollywood rose to standing ovation.... ranbir kappor and imran khan fell flat on stage...rahman was not noticing wat ranbir and imran were doing on stage.. Aishwaraya rai and amitabh were forcing him to see that act of falling on floor by ranbir and imran... whole bollywood rose to standing ovation.. everybody in bollywood accepted he is the greatest composer of our times... and u know wat he said..."i feel very awkward to hold this award,it should have gone to salim-sulaiman for Rab ne bana di jodi"

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