Just as we were recovering, another round of celebrations has begun near our house. The local 'friends circle' has announced its own Ganesha festival and today is the second day! Actually, celebrations run round the year here - there will be Rajyotsava celebrations once on November 1st and another after a month and so on and we are getting used to these anomalies. Before, we would come to know only after the mikes started blaring out of nowhere but this year there have been banners along the road, each containing the best dressed photos of 'friends' urging the people to make it a success.
Today morning the soundtracks were of Premaloka and both mother and I were happy. Most of the songs are my favourites and even now they sound as fresh as they did 25 years ago. It's amusing to recollect that "Ee Nimbe HaNNinantha Hudugi..." was considered not so decent when it was released and while I could never dream of singing it in front of father, I remember mother and other young ladies in the neighbourhood giggling dissecting the lyrics in private. My mother also agreed with me that today the lyrics sound refreshing rather than bad and this goes for so many other songs too.
Morning's Bhagavadgita discourse has a new anchor now - R. Ganesh in place of Pavagada Prakash Rao who had successfully gained my daughter's attention thanks to his collection of beaded chains. She has not taken the change well and protests in front of the TV that she doesn't want the new guy!
Kaveri protests are on full-time today and my son is very frustrated that today is a bundh. Why? Because Monday being his birthday, he is worried that we may not be able to buy his gifts! So he wanted to know the genesis of the protests and I explained to him how much I knew. He was chauvinistic in the beginning and in the end, was disappointed that even the prime minister may not be able to stop the protests today. He is hopeful that tomorrow will be better after all.
I want to see 'English Vinglish' so badly, just to watch my pet Sridevi. But don't know if it can happen this weekend. If not and if I get too desperate, I might take a morning off I guess...
Today morning the soundtracks were of Premaloka and both mother and I were happy. Most of the songs are my favourites and even now they sound as fresh as they did 25 years ago. It's amusing to recollect that "Ee Nimbe HaNNinantha Hudugi..." was considered not so decent when it was released and while I could never dream of singing it in front of father, I remember mother and other young ladies in the neighbourhood giggling dissecting the lyrics in private. My mother also agreed with me that today the lyrics sound refreshing rather than bad and this goes for so many other songs too.
Morning's Bhagavadgita discourse has a new anchor now - R. Ganesh in place of Pavagada Prakash Rao who had successfully gained my daughter's attention thanks to his collection of beaded chains. She has not taken the change well and protests in front of the TV that she doesn't want the new guy!
Kaveri protests are on full-time today and my son is very frustrated that today is a bundh. Why? Because Monday being his birthday, he is worried that we may not be able to buy his gifts! So he wanted to know the genesis of the protests and I explained to him how much I knew. He was chauvinistic in the beginning and in the end, was disappointed that even the prime minister may not be able to stop the protests today. He is hopeful that tomorrow will be better after all.
I want to see 'English Vinglish' so badly, just to watch my pet Sridevi. But don't know if it can happen this weekend. If not and if I get too desperate, I might take a morning off I guess...
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