On a red hot dance floor, An empty pan sets the stage. Through two doors, Enter oil and butter on skates. The same question on their faces. With a raised eyebrow, ‘Why you too, when…
In a direction, far away from the mess of a city mine is right now, I intend to transport myself to a different time and place, courtesy the legendary Gauls, Asterix and Obelix. Nothing like…
An elderly lady walking forlornly, a folded umbrella in her hand; A man smiling at a little child, as they both get off the bus, a just-born relationship in the journey they shared, scattering in…
Hot and humid Chennai always had a soft corner for the rain lady. He would wait with dreamy eyes, eagerly looking at the ocean, waiting for her to float by. At times, she would arrive…
Why did I leave you long ago, amidst the whiteness of silence? Why did I shake your hands off and run away when there was so much life in us? Those innocent, instinctive, instantaneous moments…
Drums… The very word vibrates with life. I do believe that humankind’s creative energy must have been woken up by the sound of drumbeats. As the first men and women leaped to the beat of…
I have been floating in the womb of work and family, these past few months, forgetting to write. The songs of ‘I’ have woken me from my pregnant silence and this is that newborn’s first…
All those blog words away, at the end of the article on my experiences in search of a career, I had written, “I am now growing my own wings to fly in my own sky…. and soon,…
Why on earth would anyone travel? It’s tiring. It’s hectic. It takes you away from the cosy comfort of your home. It often takes you from where you are a king, to a place where…
As wishes pour in for Women’s day, my thoughts turn to two women who have taught me all about life, with their own. You may wonder why it’s ‘Story’ instead of ‘Stories’, as you will…
When the cyclone Thane struck the shores of Chennai, there was an unexpected and unfortunate personal loss! It was the loss of catching a good movie, that was leaving theatres that very week. Although unexplainable…
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Kadal’s Keechan : Lyrics & Translation
- December 10, 2012
- Tagged as: AR Rahman, ARR, Kadal, Karky, Kechan, Keechan, Maniratnam, Translation, கார்க்கி
“What do you do?”, not “How do you do?”, has always been the defining question asked of someone. I, for one, have tried to answer this, in ahem, so many ways! After nearly 15 years…
(A person whom I’ve known from my childhood and whom I have admired since, ended her life recently. I wish I could have said these to her, when she lived) Have you stood there, on…
Readers of this blog are aware that sometimes even a rocket’s buzz doesn’t rouse me enough to write. Surprisingly, it’s a fly and it’s war-cry!… And here I was thinking, “What? A revenge-story about a fly…
Sometimes we think we make journeys harder than they are meant to be. But everything was meant to be… beautifully be! For months now, we were planning a trek to Nagalapuram. Work and routine often…
Presenting a collection of some of my musings on Facebook in 2011. A metaphoric mural with the shades of my world within and without! “ Eyes that see beauty, ears that hear peace, tongues that speak…
Perhaps, if all the words in all the love songs, written by earthlings, are placed one on top of the other, it will reach the beings on the earth-like planet, discovered some galaxies away! Love,…
Once again, I am jolted from my months-long literary slumber by a magical journey. Here you are, on a theatre seat one moment and vanishing into thin air, the next. It is very rare that…
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