As predicted Sonia and Vivekanandan win ISS 2008

Didn't watch the show though I was able to hear the proceedings from the adjacent room. I asked Chaithu and Jaya to mute whenever Ranjini would do the talking. It was terrible to watch or hear her bragging and screaming "..one crore..one crore..".
The show sucked as usual and the winners were anyone's guess.

By the way when I received a "Happy Vishu" SMS from Roopa, last year's SSG winner on Amritha I was glad I was still there, somewhere in her memory.

Black Eyes Peas on top of Billboard 100

Those were the days in the late 80's when I was glued to the Short Wave radio listening to Voice of America's Billboard top 10, Dave Lee Travis on BBC1 with his "A Jolly Good Show", the BBC top 20 countdown (rarely) and a heavy metal half an hour show called "Rock Salad" also on BBC1 to stay hip in pop and rock. I also remember taking down notes listening to these shows.

These days most of it can be viewed and heard online. Black Eyed Peas are on top currently with a catchy number.

My pretty niece is engaged

Cannot imagine how the quickly years have rolled by. The shy little girl is now going to get married on May 25'th this year, next month actually. Asha got engaged last week to Abilash. Doesn't she add beauty to my blog?



If only her father was alive to see this beautiful day.

(pics from this post removed as someone had misused them after 10 years of posting them. July 1, 2019)

Summer breeze and Jasmine

Another scorching day goes by in Chennai. As the days get hotter the only consolation is the summer breeze in the evenings. Meanwhile it looks like the plant is seasonal as my Jasmine plant has started flowering after a considerable amount of time. I have been getting a somewhat consistent daily output as seen in the pic below. The fragrance of the flowers is both noble and divine.



Was this the inspiration behind "..summer breeze, makes me feel fine, blowing through the Jasmine in my mind.." from Seals and Crofts?

Happy Vishu, Happy Tamizh New Year's Day

To all my Malayalee readers here's wishing you all a very Happy Vishu and to all my Tamizh readers, Happy Tamizh New Year's day.

I know it is also festive time in other parts of India and to all of you my heartiest best wishes on the eve of these festivals.

ISS 2008 heading to a ridiculous finale

Couldn't they find a better category than the "Viplavazham" songs that they are having right now and that too in the final stages of the competition.

Then comes the ridiculous marks. "3" for Somadas's kutchery performance. I couldn't watch the same but when Chaithu told me the celebrity guest gave a 3 I was thinking why waste anymore time on this stupid show.