A Tribute to ARR

Right from the days i began to listen to music, I admired AR Rahman so much. I could feel the freshness in each and every song that he has composed. He had been one of my inspiration right from my early college not for the musical talent he has but for the person he is. His early life was a tragedy, poor boy had to play keyboard for his living. But today he is on each and every part of the media around the world. He is actually the true slumdog millionaire. I am happy and glad that I gave a speech titled "From Napier Bridge to London Bridge" throwing light on the biography of this maestro in my English Skills Class in the first year of my college. I admire him for his love for the motherland and his humility "Ella pughazalum Iraivanukay". When i first heard slumdog millionaire it didnt sound that great comparing his earlier projects. Slumdog millionaire earned him 2 Oscars. But according to me 2 oscars for slumdog millionaire means he should have got more than 50 oscars for his earlier works. Rite from Roja, Lagaan, Vande Mataram, Swadesh, Range De Basanthi, Taal, Yuva and Jodha Akbar should have been given oscars. I congratulate him for the winning 2 oscars and wish him to spread love towards mankind through his music

One love

Reading the title "One Love" many people would be guessing what i am going to write about. I'm a die hard fan of AR Rahman not only for his music, but even for his attitude which i feel is very important in everyone's career. His album "Vande Mataram" which was released for the 5oth year of Independance shows his great love for his motherland. The subsequent year he created a new version of our national anthem "Jana gana mana". It was sung by many famous singers. Now the recent one is "One Love" an album with the one song in 6 different languages Tamil, Hindi. Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Bengali. This song commemorates Taj Mahal and what it stands for. The song is all about love and it is aimed at bringing the Taj Mahal into the 7 new wonders of the world. While i was enjoying this song for a while. I got a mail that turned my attention towards it. It stated that Taj Mahal was not actually built by Shah Jahan for Mumtaz. The mail with the subject "Da vinci style - Hidden Truths abt Taj Mahal !" told that Taj Mahal was an ancient Shiva Temple which was got by Shah Jahan from the king of Jaipur. It portraited many pictures and presented proofs that it should be an Hindu temple and been built before the period of Shah jahan. To throw more light, read this. But to me whether its Shiva Temple or Tomb, whenever i hear the name it symbolizes "True Love". I read these lines some where " A girl tells to her lover that i'm ready to die if you would built such a beautiful building for me after seeing the Taj Mahal". Since i have never visited Taj Mahal, the eagerness to see it has increased. Will update my views once i visit it.