tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post6278836062444595572..comments2024-03-24T08:18:33.058-04:00Comments on Conversations Over Chai: Festival SongsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-34517850220171433992014-09-13T02:56:10.073-04:002014-09-13T02:56:10.073-04:00:):)Venkateshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-40186643087166930452014-09-12T21:08:51.737-04:002014-09-12T21:08:51.737-04:00'People like me'? *head to desk*'People like me'? *head to desk*Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-8426389522215747572014-09-12T14:13:11.575-04:002014-09-12T14:13:11.575-04:00// Do you always talk in hyperbole?//
Not always, ...// Do you always talk in hyperbole?//<br />Not always, but sometimes with people like you. :)Venkateshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-47302054785236301302014-09-12T14:08:02.151-04:002014-09-12T14:08:02.151-04:00Huh? I was hardly thinking about it, much less ...Huh? I was hardly thinking about it, much less 'holding a grudge'. Do you always talk in hyperbole?Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-89085173293695706282014-09-12T14:00:03.095-04:002014-09-12T14:00:03.095-04:00Oh were you holding a grudge against me in this no...Oh were you holding a grudge against me in this not-so-big issue then. :PVenkateshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-21546056235687973362014-09-12T13:22:57.137-04:002014-09-12T13:22:57.137-04:00Mannippu yethukku? Ithellam appove marundhitten.Mannippu yethukku? Ithellam appove marundhitten.Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-28612717360083335432014-09-12T13:20:27.433-04:002014-09-12T13:20:27.433-04:00For what?For what?Venkateshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-59477978262104138382014-09-12T13:20:13.585-04:002014-09-12T13:20:13.585-04:00Theriyama solliten. Mannithu vidungal :)Theriyama solliten. Mannithu vidungal :)Venkateshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-41676768209941758152014-09-11T08:31:50.599-04:002014-09-11T08:31:50.599-04:00AK, as a kid, I used to enjoy 'fasting' on...AK, as a kid, I used to enjoy 'fasting' on <i>Thiruvathira, Janmashtami</i> and <i>Shivaratri</i> because we got to eat things other than rice. :) Agnostic or not, there is some comfort in old rituals. I do have fond memories of going to the temple at twilight; I still love the atmosphere of the oil lamps glowing in the dark, and the sight of the idol all lovingly decorated in silks and sandalwood paste. My faith (or lack thereof) notwithstanding, I can still appreciate the ambience. <br /><br />Pure fasting, I cannot do. :) I love my food too much for that.Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-62082475002553477782014-09-11T08:27:00.595-04:002014-09-11T08:27:00.595-04:00Definitely! The best times are between April - ear...Definitely! The best times are between April - early October. Please do let us know.Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-50277608200408571892014-09-11T00:55:13.700-04:002014-09-11T00:55:13.700-04:00Thank you very much for the invitation. We would v...Thank you very much for the invitation. We would very much like to visit Stateside to enjoy and appreciate your culinary skills!N Venkataramannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-46215938209156905882014-09-10T17:39:04.860-04:002014-09-10T17:39:04.860-04:00Lalitha, Paal payasam and Ada prathaman. :) With t...Lalitha, <i>Paal payasam</i> and <i>Ada prathaman</i>. :) With the <i>ada</i> made from scratch. I did make S cut all the vegetables for me, and my arm was immobile by night time, but the food was good, and everyone ate well. *grin*Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-39642516906141048742014-09-10T15:12:18.134-04:002014-09-10T15:12:18.134-04:00I told you, Mr Venkatraman. You and your wife shou...I told you, Mr Venkatraman. You and your wife should plan a trip Stateside. :)Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-18583758547173961352014-09-10T15:11:47.746-04:002014-09-10T15:11:47.746-04:00Without all those silly bowls. Yes. :) And with tw...Without all those silly bowls. Yes. :) And with two <i>payasams</i> as well.Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-19493128955157025432014-09-10T13:05:39.504-04:002014-09-10T13:05:39.504-04:00Wow, Thanks for the twenty eight course Sadya. Tha...Wow, Thanks for the twenty eight course Sadya. That makes me hungry. For now, let me relish with my eyes.N Venkataramannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-71280732864909319452014-09-10T08:47:01.877-04:002014-09-10T08:47:01.877-04:00Sorry, it looks like the picture didn't make i...Sorry, it looks like the picture didn't make it! Here it is again:<br /><br />http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HaDhMh68g90/UjfxxTchpyI/AAAAAAAAirk/cvH6ayMUA7o/s1600/o+good+s.jpgLalithanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-14400508831768430762014-09-09T19:02:56.717-04:002014-09-09T19:02:56.717-04:00Like what?Like what?Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-56903404008294246822014-09-09T18:53:00.567-04:002014-09-09T18:53:00.567-04:00Did your sadya look like this:Did your sadya look like this:Lalithanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-3736183592245534312014-09-09T12:24:01.479-04:002014-09-09T12:24:01.479-04:00I agree about Anand moving in. These are just smal...I agree about Anand moving in. These are just small snippets and I was trying to condense the storylines. I will correct it. <br /><br />I loved <i>Musafir</i>. Hrishikesh Mukherjee was one director I thoroughly enjoyed watching.Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-65178068783914210722014-09-09T12:21:11.677-04:002014-09-09T12:21:11.677-04:00I love both the songs you listed, Nalini, but as I...I love both the songs you listed, Nalini, but as I said, I had <i>Rang barse </i> in my post on Holi songs and I was looking for ones that I had not listed. Ah, yes, I forgot the Meena Kumari song.<br /><br /><br /><br />Happy onam to you and yours, too. :)Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-43670228822348019892014-09-09T12:13:37.536-04:002014-09-09T12:13:37.536-04:00I'm pretty sure this is also truncated, but it...I'm pretty sure this is also truncated, but it is supposed to be an 'official' version. <br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuncDOjgUcI<br /><br /><br />As for <i>Babar</i>, a friend told me that the version on YouTube doesn't have the songs!Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-76622899251705992452014-09-09T12:08:31.452-04:002014-09-09T12:08:31.452-04:00No, this was about Main Nashe Mein Hoon.No, this was about <i>Main Nashe Mein Hoon</i>.Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-36782885296802895102014-09-09T12:08:02.302-04:002014-09-09T12:08:02.302-04:00Those lines were definitely filmed. I remember wat...Those lines were definitely filmed. I remember watching <i>Sangam</i> on a re-run and seeing the scenes. Here is the link:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ11YUfPjwUAnu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-65826783344021734232014-09-09T12:05:06.588-04:002014-09-09T12:05:06.588-04:00Love the way you put Anuradha first - it is a love...Love the way you put Anuradha first - it is a lovely film, and there is a very small moment of a key dialogue at a critical moment, when the husband admits his guilt in having not been able to pay attention to the wife pining for him, but - he tells her - he has not paid attention to his own self and needs either, he was so busy looking at welfare of his patients in this poor village; he is in fact doing research looking for answers in the small laboratory next to the living room, or looking at journals, when not busy with actual patients, and this makes him neglect not merely wife and home but even his own necessities of life such as food. This is a reality of life of anyone who has chosen science or medicine for vocation, and in west relationships do break up often due to the man being just as unable to sustain them - a woman if and when she does choose this is often single, and a Marie Curie is rare in more than her brilliance, she is rare also in her being fortunate enough to have a complete life with love and partner and children and family life. <br /><br />Small correction - Anand moved himself into Bhaskar Banerjee's home, the doctor merely complying after the fact. <br /><br />Musafir was a very good film and a beautiful stringing of three independant small pieces connected by the house rented by each successively. I still remember Ushakiran, another underrated artist, her lips barely moving with the words of the song without a sound as the dying lover, now a friend of the widow with a son, is singing their song of past, her face lit softly by the memory, in the scene before his passing on. If only this brilliant film had succeeded, perhaps this director would be more of a Ritwik Ghatak and less of a safe middle class filmmaker known for comedies, however good and satisfying.<br /><br />Anupama and Satyakam were some of the last films with Dharmendra playing sensitive poet or intellectual - later the other stream of his career that began with Phool or Patthar took over, but this was the first beginning with Bandini and Shola Aur Shabnam. <br /><br />I missed Arjun Pandit, being busy going away, and have not found it. Might, now with internet.Dr. J. Gokhalenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-91772003621174407242014-09-09T12:03:22.305-04:002014-09-09T12:03:22.305-04:00Lata Mangeshkar is on record as saying that all of...Lata Mangeshkar is on record as saying that all of RK's songs owed much to him, not just to SJ or LP. <br /><br /><br />I did like <i>Sharda</i> very much.Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com