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Chandralekha – Konjam Nilavu Piano Rendition
One of the coolest songs composed by A R Rahman is “Chandralekha… Konjam Nilavu.” This song is from the movie “Thiruda Thiruda” which was released in 1993. It has been almost 30 years since the song got released but the music and style of the song are so modern and sound fresh. I personally enjoy this song quite a bit even now. The attitude of the woman is very confident and powerful. I enjoyed playing this song on the piano for fun. Sharing it right here: The original is inimitable and mesmerising. I tried my best to bring the dynamics and power through my attitude but how can anyone do…
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Impossible Beauty Standards
Why is it that women are still struggling to maintain or achieve impossible beauty standards?! The models that we see in magazines are airbrushed to perfection. How can a real human being with real skin, bones and flesh look like a doll or a photoshopped picture? The beauty in being human is in accepting and understanding the differences that each one of us has been gifted with. If the entire world wants only a certain kind of model body and manages to make every woman blonde, blue-eyed and like a barbie doll, will this world be beautiful? If every flower looks like a lotus or a rose, will the world…
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The Magic of Ilaiyaraaja’s Music
I was born in the mid-80s and honestly did not enjoy Ilaiyaraaja’s music as a kid. To me, music meant Rahman’s music. I enjoyed this music intensely. I used to sing these songs so loudly that I am reasonably confident that I irritated and aggravated the neighbours from when I was a 10-year-old. Thank God my neighbours have not vocalised the irritation to my face (yet). Imagine a kid blaring “Dil Se Re” and “Chaiyya Chaiyya” on TV and singing at the top of one’s lungs. I never got enough of these songs. Though I listened all the time to these on TV whenever they telecasted them, I loved listening…
