Chennai’s December, Its all about Kutcharis, kancheevarms & Kapi

Come December its Music season in Chennai which attracts people from around world for wonderful Carnatic music. This festival is being performed close to around 60 years.
During this season artist will perform around 40 kutcharies in 15 days across couple of dozen sabhs in Chennai. Its like 20 : 20 cricket,Action packed and well organized by respective sabhs.

We can see the colourful exhibitions of different pattu sarres with sparkling diamonds and gold worn by the musicians as well as the listeners. The other main attractions are the food joints in the sabhs. We have Arusuvai, Gnanambikas and padmanabanhs with variety of item and full course meals are the flavors added to the music season.

The season start from second half of December and ends on 1st of January. The planning for the season usually begins in June itself as the artist , dates and timing needs to finalized .The programme in all the sabhs starts @ 7.am in morning to 9.pm in the evening. Who’s who of Chennai will be in sabhs to enjoy the season last year even Pepsico chief India Nooyi was there for Aruna sairam concert in Music academy.

For last fifteen years iam(along with my friends) regular to all the sabhs to have wonderful food almost every day. This years iam too late to start the season, today iam planned to vist couple of them wait for more in this series……

Badrinath – Give a break

S.Badrinath

72,0,32,143,46,61,111,36,138 total of 639 runs in last 9 innings with average of 71 Badrinath stands tall to claim a spot in Indian team, will it happen.

Started is career six season ago Badri is stylish batsman can be nick named as Run Machine came to limelight two seasons ago with 636 runs in 7 matches with a average of 80 followed with 450 runs in next season with a average of 50. Apart from this, for the last two years he has scored tons of runs across major cricket playing nations like Australia, South Africa, Kenya in all terrains, but his wait to the national side is still continuing he came close to cut in to the team when gautam gambhir injured during Pakistan one day series ,but not made to the playing eleven.

Started to play cricket at a young age he had the right mettle to succeed at the highest level performed at every single opportunity given to him. Turning for a Jolly Rovers in TNCA Senior league he is a mainstay for Tamilnadu for last three seasons and captaining the state side for two years.

The seniors in current Indian needs to rethink on there continuing to play in all and sundry matches their by denying the chance for young players like Badrinath who needs to play now at the highest level or it will remain only in dream for him.

The selectors and BCCI needs to sit and develop a talent pool of thirty and start giving exposure at the highest level regularly. This will help us to plan for long term. Time is right for some harsh measure and bold decision, otherwise it will become very difficult for the team when we plan for next world cup in 2011.

Ganguly - Begining of the end

During course of his Double hundred against pakistan yesterday Dada is now the higest rungetter for our country this year,2007 has been his most successful year statistically. Potentially he has three innings left still, and he has already scored 932 runs at 62.13. His most prolific year to date has been 2002, when he managed 945 runs - but it took him 16 Tests back then.

Ganguly played what the country expects from him,but it came after 5 long years. During these period he was dropped for a year.Put together, 2005 and 2006 yielded him only 422 runs from 11 Tests at 28.13, and that included a painstaking hundred against a hopeless Zimbabwean bowling attack.

He owes his return to a change in the selection committee, but the rest of the story is about a man who simply refused to surrender to what seemed inevitable to most. Much can be said about his improved footwork and the decisiveness of his stroke-making, but in the end, it has been a triumph of spirit, of incredible strength of mind and faith.

Sourav now needs to take a decision about his future.Dada needs very good retirement. Afterall he is most sucessful captain of our country

Internal or Ethnic Issue?

There is huge debate (Internal or Ethnic issue)for last ten deays on the plight of Malayasian citizens(indian origin). This is very serious and sensitive issue needs to handled very carfully. We as a country have host of problems on these lines to support or not to support is a very improtant issue beacause we can get caught in the similar lssues which is already we fighting.

There was very childish statement from political leaders of Tamilnadu about this issue. This is a national issue only Fedral government issue a statement. I strongly feel we need esclate this issue to U.N. rather than we try to stort it out.

Planning a Family Holiday

Trying to finalise a good place for this years vacation. Suggestions welcome with details