An old unfinished write-up UNEARTHED

http://purushothsri.blogspot.com/2009/10/blog-post.html

Read

Finished reading "The Lost Symbol" of Dan Brown.
Another Dan Brown masterpiece.
Loved every word of it :)

Started reading..............................................................................................................................................................................."Ponniyin Selvan" !!!!!!!!!!!!

Legendary work of Kalki, but in e-book format.
Planning to get the hardcopy from my friend and read.
Reading an e-book is nothing compared to having the book in ur hand and turning the pages! :(

Bought..

Bought "Theruvellam Devathaigal" written by Gopinath.
Got to know this is his first book while reading "Please! Intha Puththagathai Vaangaatheenga". Immediately thought 'TD' should b abt tellin youngsters thr r numerous opportunities open at all places and guiding how to identify and grab them! :O
How silly?!
Surprising f...or me, TD is a book of Love Poetry by Gopinath.
Lets see how Gopi goes with Poems :)

Neither age could wither nor custom stale!

49th Test Hundred
95th in International Cricket
First Cricketer to score 14,000 runs in Test Cricket
His last 1000 runs at an average of 84.18 (This is his quickest 1000 runs too)
In tests this year alone - 1047 runs in 14 innings and nine matches
On track to beat his own personal best year of 2002 - 1392 runs in 26 innings(His avg for 2002 - 55.62; Avg for this year so far - 87.25)
Elegantly marching towards winning the next World Cup for INDIA

All these ...
At the age of 37!
On the 21st year of his extraordinary career!

As The Hindu Business Line quotes - Neither age could wither nor custom stale the variety of THE GOD OF CRICKET

Reading: The Leader Who Had No Title - Robin Sharma

Started reading the book after finishing off ARR's life history in Thamizh. My first read of Robin Sharma. Bought his The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari long back, but, well, its with a friend. :)

Not very interesting yet, coz so far only speed reg leadership is running. Not even half through the book to comment about it.

Expecting it to be good as it goes.

ARR's CWG Anthem

"Why waste money again? Make someone else sing."

"Even if Rahman gives me a part of his pay, I will not listen the song. Its dreadful."

These were very famous lines repeated again and again a few weeks back in Headline Today, when they started asking people's comments on ARR's CWG Anthem.

Brought lots of laughter to me! I never knew the aam admi could be such a great comedian himself. Always he used to be the victim of comedies. ;)

In a nutshell, people were more concerned about Rahman's pay than the Anthem. Everyone compared it with Wakka Wakka, quoting its nowhere comparable to it :D

HT really is a great business machine. They created a havoc out of nothing and pumped up their TRP rating, trying to draw harsh critics on ARR. Hats off to their cunning idea. But that half or an hour program was nothing more than that.

I loved the CWG Anthem.

P.S: Just while trying to find a vdo to link with my post, read that the Anthem is being re-worked. Am eager to see the difference.

Book: Jai Ho! A R Rahman Vaazhkkai varalaru by Sokkan

Finished the inspiring and interesting life history of AR Rahman by Sokkan (Kizhakku Pathippagam, my fav). Loved reading every single line though most of the details are very well known to me. Taken by surprise by many of the facts provided by the author. Especially by the new that ARR has done so many jingles and was in advertising for around 5 years!

Leo Coffee ad has always been my fav, now wanna collect all his jingles starting from Pavan Photo Studio. :)

An awesome experience in having read about the life of one of the most successful Indian of my time. :)

P.S: Was really surprised after reading that 'Thanga Thamarai Magale' brought SPB his first National Award for a Tamil Song! Shame to call myself an ardent SPB devotee. :(