Why This Kolaveri..? Music Beyond All Bounds
Music can certainly not be bound by the barriers of language and geography. And it is once again proved with this Tamil song going viral over internet. In less than ten days of posting the song's buzzing with almost four million views...
Even the bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan tweeted: "Just heard #Kolaveri after much talk on it... it's so original and catchy... congrats Dhanush and Aishwarya (Rajni's daughter).. love".
This single released from the Tamil film ‘3’ by Tamil actor-singer Danush is fast emerging as the most shared video in India.
If literally translated “kolaveri di” means a burning or murderous rage in Tamil but in the song this very phrase has been used in a funny sense as a lover’s question to his girlfriend as to why he was dumped by her.
This song full of absurd lyrics, meaningless words and sung by an actor who sings as a hobby, has caught the attention of one and all. The credit to this can be given to the fact that even though the song may not make in-depth lyrical sense but it sure has a catchy tune and is extremely hummable. The signature line of the song itself must have been meaningless to non-Tamilians when it was initially released but it has transcended linguistic as well as spatial boundaries to become one of the most heard songs of recent times and that too in a very short span of time.
Music is fuel to soul, for sure!
Amazing India
India is amazing for sure and I am more than lucky as I get to see the mesmerizing corners of this wonderful nation. Thankyou God for letting me be born and alive on this land... Thankyou...
Hello! Hello! that doesn't mean that I am not willing to see the remaining world...
...Am still awaiting for that globe tour wish to be granted...
Amen :)
Hello! Hello! that doesn't mean that I am not willing to see the remaining world...
...Am still awaiting for that globe tour wish to be granted...
Amen :)
PUSHKAR: World’s Largest Cattle Fair
Every November, in the pond-sized sleepy town of Pushkar, India comes alive with a riot of colors and a frenzied burst of activity, attracting visitors from around the globe to the famous Camel Fair.
(The complete article was featured in Little India, a US publication...)
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Renowned for hosting the world’s largest camel fair, the quiet town of Pushkar exhibits a rare and fascinating combination of religious fervor and cultural effervescence every November. Around 50,000 camels are sold, decorated, shaved and raced during the Pushkar Fair, the largest cattle fair in the world.
The ambience evoked during the seven-day festival is that of rustic Rajasthan, more so of rural India — vibrant, colorful and quintessentially Indian. Bards and poets recite and sing tales of valor and heroism of bygone days. Singers and dancers stage folk performances throughout the day. Various competitions, such as turban tying, tilak, water pot race, mandna, langari taang, Indian bride, moustache, and wrestling, etc., enliven the event. “I like the turban tying and tilak competition. They are so Indian,” said Daniel Schwenegger, a tourist from Denmark. In addition, many animal competitions, such as camel decoration, camel dance, horse dance, fast milking, gir and cross-breed and champion cattle contests delight visitors. “The lumbering beast of burden, the camel all decorated in finery, imagines itself to be an ostrich, and rushes through the race like one. It’s such fun. I have never seen anything like this before,” said Australian college student, Diana Wheat. (To read the complete article, visit the site of Little India, a US publication...)    |
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