Guruvayur Concert

Can you believe?? A strike !! I thought I wouldn't be able to make it but the Police force said that it is safe for private vehicles to move around after afternoon. So started by three thirty and reached there like in 45 minutes. We were expecting less crowd as it was strike but much to our surprise we had to wait in the queue for around an hour. The nada which usually opens at four thirty opened at five twenty today coz of the shiveli. Love elephants. Especially baby ones..I wish I could own one some day. The long hours of wait and complaining is finally put to an end when you witness the Guruvayurappan idol. Once we got out I was listening to some kiddies who were singing their lungs out. Children are so innocent. It's sweet to hear them and also reminded me of my young times. Oh my God! I am talking as though I am already 50.... well it feels that way .. going to turn 19.... my last teen year :( Anyways I was sitting backstage when I noticed a lot of commotion going on right outside the place. Didn't bother giving it an ear so I didn't know what the matter was. But later it got quite serious as in the people who were fighting brought their instruments and other materials inside. As though it was their turn next. That's when I got to hear the whole problem. Actually these guys had booked the 6:30 slot and so had we. But the committee people didn't make a note of the former one and hence the commotion.I was suppose to perform after the girl who was singing then and the time was already past 6:30. Then my guru and the other guys had a major discussion for five minutes or so. And I was asked to cut down my 1 1/2 hours katcheri to 45 minutes. I chose to sing Vatapi Ganapathim, Bhavayami, Elara Krishna and few bhajans ending it with a thillana in Bhupalam. The point was performing at Melpathur. As far as that is fullfilled I am least bothered about what others want to do or say.

I thought of starting a Video blog. As in so far I put all my videos in Surmitr. Thoguht of seperating it. I guess it will be more convenient. It won't be updated that soon... cos I hardly take videos of my concerts... but with whatever present I will commence. Suggestions needed!

Protest!!!!

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P.S. Source of Information : Vikas

Orkut help !!

In Orkut ,in my profile I had given the links to all my three blogs. And from the past few days it has been coming as 'content suppressed'. I tried editing it many times, it gets back to normal and within hours it goes back to square one. Is Orkut not allowing or .. is it some technical problem? Coz few of my friends asked me my blog link cos of it's unavailability on my Orkut profile. Are your links also showing the same content? If you have a solution or the reason to the problem, Please help.

ARR Fanz Club Name - Voting

Ok...finally coming to the voting day ,today, I want all of you to vote for the best name. And before voting remember..this is not a musical team.. but it will hopefully hold a lot of musical shows in the near future along with social service, etc. So choose the name accordingly.

It was totally fun doing this name hunt. And some of the names that were suggested were Live life, Mantra, Octaves, Changing lives, Elixir, Magnanimous voices, Om, Beads of life, White shadows(@ Anish) and a whole lot more. One even suggested Jingle bells !! :D

But my favourites are Breathe Life and Mantra. Please vote among the two in the COMMENT SPACE below. And if you've got something better that suits the club , go ahead and post it. Why I chose this was cos I felt it leaves an illuminating circle of light around it. Besides it suits just anything and everything we want to do. Though a lot of people did go against Mantra for being a little too common .. I still love it.So guys.. the ball's in your court.. go ahead vote !!

P.S. Click here to have a look at the ARR fan club community. But vote here.



ARR T-shirt made by the Chennai team.

Help required!

Having bought a new laptop (HP Pavilion) I am totally confused about what connection I should choose for accesing net.At present I am using Hutch.But the GPRS rates of Hutch are pretty expensive as they charge for browsing and downloading.Nor is the speed that great.I even checked up with Broadband connections.That apparently will take some time to get connected in my area.So I am left with only two options : Airtel or BSNL.Again, I did hear rumors about the former charging for downloads and the latter charging for browsing.I am in a total fix. So please suggest me on what kind of connection is to be chosen. I'll be requiring it mainly for downloads and uploads.I will also be requiring it when on roaming .Please advice. The rates should be reasonable and should also compliment good speed.If there are alternate options , please recommend.