TweetSix hands on one guitar (from YouTube) This one is yet another amazing collaboration. Three people, six hands, and one guitar. Check it out! —— It’s never too late to help (Video shared by Kumar NM through Google +) “It’s never too late to help some on the right track” is a spcial media campaign from Norway, aimed at recruiting foster homes for young people between 15 and 17 years. [...]
TweetThe following video of Indian Border Security Force soldiers treating a Bangladeshi cattle smuggler is now going viral in the Internet and making news. What was shot as some sort of ‘souvenir’ has brought out the ugly face of the force. But has the Abu Ghraib style torture shaken the Congress government? No. Instead, Pranab Mukherjee says that the incident must not be ‘hyped’. But is that response surprising? For [...]
TweetOne more year and one more birthday has come. Today marks my 32nd year of existence on this earth. 32 is big. It’s almost half a life time. I should be glad and thankful for having lived and survived through these years. World over people die from birth, from malnutrition, poverty, snake bite, in riots, wars and invasions, natural calamities, road accidents, to AIDS and cancer. But here I am. [...]
Tweet How do you judge a society’s morale and progress? Is it possible to judge them by taking a look at how the society treats it’s women and children? If so, Keralam has shown an example of it’s morale and progressiveness by the incident of a minor girl being sexually abused. The incident took place in the coastal village Mangalam in Alappuzha district. A 12 year old girl was sexually [...]
TweetHotel California mixed with Pahla Nasha (Shared by < don't remember who it was > in Facebook) This is an awesome attempt at mixing both the songs in a beautiful way. With the tone of Santoor playing the lead instead of guitar and the apt rhythm arrangement, this is an awesome piece of music to listen. ——- Celluloid Calligraphy (Shared by Slogan Murugan in Facebook) This blog, Celluloid Calligraphy, is [...]
Tweet I have high regard to Perumbadavam Sreedharan, a writer of Malayalam literature who is now donning the role of Kerala Sahitya Academy President. His celebrated novel, Oru Sankeerthanam Pole, is one of my all time favorites in Malayalam literature and I have read it many times. And that is why I was so saddened to see him acting like an old royal court member trying to appease the king [...]
TweetI’m just posting the interesting videos or other tit-bits that I gather from my social media accounts into this space. Once a week. You could share the interesting ones you get too. FaceCake’s Kinect Dressing Room (Shared by Ashik in Google +) This one is truly awesome! At the Microsoft booth in CES 2012, they demonstrate how you can try out different clothes and accessories without even wearing them. All [...]
TweetThe truth is officially out now. There was no Love Jihad and if there ever was one, it was a hate campaign organized by one Hindutva website called Hindujagurti.org. The cyber cell of Kerala Police has filed a case against the website owners for spreading religious hatred and false propaganda. But the propaganda campaign had already made the damage. Young Muslim men were looked at with suspicion. Those of them [...]
TweetFirst of all, I’m happy to announce that Blogswara has released it’s 7th online album called Trunk Call on January 1st, 2012. I’m so glad to see that the support and enthusiasm for independent music has still not died down and Blogswara still generates interest after all these six years and six albums. Do listen to the four new tracks in Hindi, Malayalam English and Arabic. Do share it if [...]
Tweet2011 may not have been an exciting year for Malayalam box office, but it certainly was a turning point in the history of Malayalam film music industry. The industry had opened up to the rock music genre last year and a new trend of movie inspired OSTs had been introduced. As a result, we had a song from India’s leading and Kochi’s own rock band Motherjane for the film Anwar [...]
