Welcome March 2013!

It has been a great month of February with me turning 18 on the 1st day of this month and having good number of concerts, some good projects one for South Africa Bhanjan project, thanks to Mr Desigan Pillay through Mr. Dinesh Naidoo, one for Carnatic Symphony to be performed by Children living in USA at the Cleveland Festival 2013, thanks to Mr. Shashikiran, Carnatica and a new album "SATHYABODHI" to be launched on the March 20th, 2013 (courtesy m/s Giri Trading) as a fund raiser to a NGO - details to be given soon!

Well with all the above i am also busy studying for my XII Board exams scheduled to begin on 01 March and exams to follow on 6th, 15th, 30th March and 12th April. While i have been having and will continue to have all your wishes and blessings, I request you to specially wish & Bless me and all other children taking up exams, especially 10th and 12th Standards. This will go a long way in helping us get good results with our own good sincere efforts which is very much needed the most!

I sincerely agree with appa's post in fb in the morning today viz.. "End of February is usually a stressful time for all parents, teachers and students as exams in particular Public exams for 10th and 12th grades are fast approaching! My sincere opinion / suggestion is that all of us should relax in our minds and believe in our children's efforts, have confidence in their abilities and leave it to them to have them appear for the exams in peace! I am sure we will get better results, more importantly stress less time for our children, teachers and parents!"

I am sure with the Grace of The Almighty, our efforts and the backing of your wishes and blessings, we will come out with flying colors! Looking forward and seeking all your wishes and blessings.

with love and regards Sathya

Great Day and Seeking all your wishes & Prayers!

Amidst all the performances, rehearsals and recordings have finished Practical Board exams and getting ready / preparing for the School Final Exams starting on 1st March and going on through 6th, 15th, 30th and 12th April, 2013. Need all your blessings and prayers for me to do well and come out with good marks! (yes yes, i am surely seriously preparing for the exams but your wishes and prayers are also need for sure!) 

It was indeed a long day yesterday and it also showed my parents love and passion for my musical career! Well, i sincerely know all these years but it was yet another occasion to know it sincerely! I had a long recording session for the Carnatic Symphony project during the day and had left for a discussion with Paul Jacob uncle in the evening with regard to our showin NIOT, Vellacherry to be held on February 22, 2013. When the meeting got over it was already 840pm and my mom reminded that we had to go for Karaikal Venkalt anna's “B-I-L's” wedding reception. By this time i had developed headache and so asked appa if i can be at home! Agreed to it they went and came back and in the mean time i started working on the project realising that i have little time to deliver the tracks as february 20^th is the deadline!

After coming home i was readying myself to perform in the Akandam concert organised by Carva Trust at Ayodhya Mandapam and we decide to go there to listen and then may be perform if opportunity comes! Slowly by now my head ache was getting worser and on seeing my face amm with all her LOVE asked if we could check with the organisers if we could perform early and go! Appa was very clear and said, “If we cannot stay back lets be true to them in saying that Sathya is not well and keep going. Let us not at any point in time put the organisers into inconvenience by asking favours as there were many artists who had been waiting to perform having come before us.” I understood the commitment and PASSION appa has on music and the respects he gives an organiser! By this time i was praying the The Almighty and yes the head ache was subsiding and there came by turn with no influence made, at 140 am and rendered 4 krtithis which was well appreciated by the audeince present and in fact i myself was so satisfied when a variation / prayogam came good and i cherished the moment as well!

Thanks my dear Amma and Appa for all the love and the guidance you have been giving me! You are indeed my Treasure and hope to fullfill all your dreams and that of my well wishers with the Grace of The Almighty!

Eagerly awaiting the Farewell day followed by the concerts on 22nd and 23rd Feb'13. I will be very happy if i could finish the Music project for Shasikiran uncle concept of CARNATIC SYMPHONY which is to be held in Cleveland Music Festival, 2013 and it is going to be an interesting event! I will not be in a position to be there to witness it but i am happy i am involved in arranging the music for this event with great krithis to be performed! I hope to finish the recording as well, for our new album under SATHYABODHI for a great cause with a fund raiser performance by our Team on the March 20, 2013. Details to follow! 

Fabulous February 2013!

It has been a wonderful February with busy days from the day i turned 18! Coincidence!!! May be yes!

What a great start with a concert on the birthday where the entire Wedding hall came to a halt for me to cut a cake and celebrate ! It was indeed a great moment in my life at that too on the 18th Birthday! Very moving, inspiring and emotional indeed! I am blessed to be in this world and to have great friends and most importantly Well wishers!

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What a great, energetic and a grand show at EA Mall we had! The above link will surely let you know how it was, if you have not been there! The experience of performing with Mr. FENTAZIO, a Double Bass and a Cello artiste was indeed joyful and i enjoyed each moment on the stage! I am sure you will also like the videos which are there in this playlist!

It was our team of Paul Jacob uncle (Bass Guitar), Donnan Murray uncle (Lead Guitar) Karaikal Venakatasubramanian anna (Silent Violin) Sumesh Narayanan ji (Mrudhangam) Hariharasubramnaian ji (Ghatam) Rajagopalan Uncle (Percussion) and my dear dad on thalam! We also had Ms. Kavitha Gopi on the vocals for two numbers! It was hectic rehearsals till the 9th and was indeed a power packed performance on stage, even though power went off three four times!

Had back to back concert on 14th and 15th February and now working on a project for Shashikiran uncle's concept of CARNATIC SYMPHONY to be held during the Cleveland Music Festival 2013!

In the mean time working on rehearsals for 22nd show of SATHYABODHI at NIOT, to plan for a rehearsal and to perform with my mAmoos Embar Kannan ji on the 23rd February in CROSSROADS for NAYAKI and also to finish our new album of SATHYABODHI, planning to be released on March 20, 2013 on a great occasion when we perform for a great Cause! Details to follow!

Looking forward to the next one on the 22nd at NIOT, Vellachery.    

Welcome 2013

Wishing you all aVery Happy New Year once again and a big THANK YOU to all of you who had greeted me in person, over phone right from 0000 hrs and over email & through social medias in facebook, Orkut and Twitter. 

The New Year Eve was indeed a great one as i got my new album "The Conversation - 16 meets 60" and had my first concert of this year at 0040 hrs that too with my dear mAmoos Embar Kannan on the 1st January, 2013, thanks to Carnatica, at The Music Academy, blessed to have the opportunity to meet Music stalwarts and take their blessings!

I had a Bhajan project to do music composition / arrangements for Sri. Desigan Pillay from Johannesburg and it went well with good appreciation from him. I need now to finalise and send the tracks for his doing the mastering after adding his vocal lines! 

Had a great concert at Thiruvaiyaru on the 29th Jan'13 and had the blessing of Saint Thyagaraja!  

Surprised to get a call from Sashikiran anna to be a part of his new venture and hope i stand up to the expectation and with in a time frame! Yes My XII Board practical exams are on from today, 5th Feb'13 and hope i can play a good part in this new venture!   

Geared up now for the forthcoming shows of SATHYABODHI on 9TH FEB'13 at Express Avenue Mall, Chennai at IIOT, Velachery on 22nd Feb'13 and for "CrossRoads" concert for Nayaki with my mAmoos on 23rd Feb'13. Looking forward to seeing you all in these concerts! 

Most important gearing up for my BOARD EXAMS as well amidst these concerts!   

New DVD Launch Invite!

Wishing every one a Very Happy New Year!

Pleased to invite you all for this DVD Launch!

 

A great concert i will be remembering for a long time! Thanks to Venkat anna, Swami anna and Hari anna for a wonderful enhancement and encouragement!

Merry Christmas! Looking forward to December 31, 2012!

I am very eager and looking forward to the D - Day! Yes! The much awaited Video Album release of my concert performed with Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt ji performed on the 31st December 2011! Yes it is a long wait but indeed really worth the wait! Look forward to more information on the release details in this page in the next few days!

At this point of time, I am very pleased to inform you all that the long awaited album's Audio version on the internet with Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt ji is available in the following link: 

http://tinyurl.com/cfbc99v 

which you may download on payment as per the instructions in the link.

I am also happy to inform you that Gitaa Cassettes have come out with a single track in Nokia as a Tribute to Pandit Ravishankar Ji of with the Vaishnava Janato track of the album "The Conversation" which is available on payment, in the link: http://tinyurl.com/bsf6e6j

I am also happy that i will be performing on the 26th, 27th, 30th and 31st of this month and hope to see many of you in these concerts. For details please do check for details in Concert Schedules. 

Great December 2012!

It has been a wonderful December with lots of good things happening! Yes after the concert on the 1st for KBS Inculcation it was a wonderful concerts for Thrimoorthy Sangeetha Sabha and also the one at Lord Ayyappa Temple, Mahalingapuram. These were really good experience and the one in IIT, Chennai was indeed fabulous in many ways!

Yes i sincerely did not expect a grand reception like the one we received with a Grand big banner as a back drop with my name in it! Also it was great teaming up with Pranav Diwakar, a Flautiste in the making, my friend, and a grand team of Venkat anna on violin, Sumesh anna on Mrudhangam, Hari anna on Gatam, Sridhar anna on drums, Bala anna on Nadaswaram, Amma on vocals, Pradeep uncle on Tabla, Suri uncle on Bass guitar and Arasu uncle with his team on Audios from Karthick Audios and my dear dad as a conductor! It was simply lovely and i look forward to more shows like this!

Well, most interesting thing was that i opened up my vocal chords on that day and it was indeed a pleasant good experience! I enjoyed very much and look forward to jamming up with my vocal chords as well in future! Thanks to my parents who have been persuading this for a long time and this had to happen during this concert!

The one on the December 15th at Parthasarathy Swami Sabha was indeed a great experience!

While i have performed in many forums it was indeed a surprise to see great vidwans and vidhushis like  Sri. S. R. Janakiraman, Smt. E. Gayathri, Sri. Unnikrishnan, Sri Vanoli Anna, to name a few and many of my team's well wishers as well in the audience! Great experience indeed and hope to have these kind of experiences more often! Also it was nice of them to have appreciated me after the concert and i am really blessed and honoured! 

Welcome December 2012!

At the outset i thought this was a music season with less concerts but at the end now it is also filled with 10 concerts, probably more private concerts than public ones this year! Since we do take every concert seriously no matter whether it is private or public (we do give a copy of unedited recording to the organisers of private concerts) there is no compromise on quality delivered so its again hectic with Half Yearly exams around! 

A perfect relaxed start on the 1st december with Team KBS Inculcation's program for a student's 60th  Birthday and really was happy to see my parents and nadaswaram Bala anna doing a great job making good rasikas / artists in particular, on Keyboard! I am so delighted that i am also playing a small roll in this mammoth venture!

Here is the link play list of the video link of this program and i am sure you all will appreciate this!

Pls log on to http://concertschedules.blogspot.in/ to see my public concerts and hope to see some of you there to bless me.

As usual, I am trying my best to do justice to both studies and with Almighty's Grace hope to gome good well in both!

Memorable November 2012 indeed!

A wonderful month indeed as this was a month in which my Mother Smt. K. Lalitha and also myself got awards! It is indeed a great moment as this is the first experience for me of this kind! While my Mother was recognised on the 3rd November as one of the 10 wonderful Women who had contributed themselves as a proud mothers with their children in limelight, i was awarded the Youth Achievement Award by Rotary Club of Madras Esplande on the 22nd November, 2012!

It was also a great month as i had the first opportunity to perform with Sri. Abhishek Raghuram anna, who is one of teh leading Musicians today and was indeed a great experience to perform along with Ananth R. Krishnan anna on Mrudhangam and Srisundarkumar anna on the Kanjeera. Sincere thanks to Abhishek anna for the thought and special thanks to Bharat Sangeeth Utsav, Coimbatore team led by Sashikiran uncle for this. The concert, as told by Abhishek anna and team on stage and the huge audience who had turned up, was a great presentation and i learnt lots and lots on this performance! Looking forward to teaming up like this more often!

Pooja days with concerts!

Had a wonderful Pooja days this year with a good Pooja done on the morning of Saraswathi Pooja i.e. 23rd Oct'12 with my friend coming home in time to join us and so was our KBSI - KBS Inculcation membrs, where we have members being guided to bring their musical thoughts on keyboard, Bharath and Murali with their mom! We did our pooja for all the books and instruments inside our house and proceeded to do pooja for all our vehicles when these people joined us! It was fun all through out and happy they also enjoyed being with us!   

In the evening it was indeed a concert in a devine atmosphere at the Sri Mahaswami Vidhya Mandhir School in Rajakilpakkam where we were surprised to see live kind of Statues of Maha Periyava!   Godess Kamakshi Temple is indeed great here in the school premises. The school is a resident school for the under privileged and they have around 175 students learning vedas! 

Presently they have till 8th std, if i am remember right and has both State and CBSE streams with the choice for them to take it up. The hall in which we performed was great with right ambience and had gave a presentation blessed by Kanchi Maha Periyava! Thanks to Karaikal Venkat anna on violin, R. Sankaranarayanan anna on Mrudhangam and Hariharasubramainam anna on Ghatam. We also need to express our sincere thanks to Mr. Gopal who handled the audio. Hope to come and perform here more often!

The concert on 24th October, 2012 on the Vijayadasami day was indeed special particularly for my appa as it is a place where actually my appa started creating / continue his Carnatic music interest! Yes it is the house of his very dear friend in Diwakar uncle and he was so overwhelmed that his son was performing and he was on the stage position putting Thalam! He has seen almost all the leading musicians / artists of this great and to get a good report / opinion from the great 87 year old Musicologist and dear uncle Sri Seshadri and when he said,"I have made it Sathya", my father was so moved and appreciated me for this great effort! I thank my enhancement team for thh day in K. J. Dileep anna and Chidambaram Saisankar anna, who was actually teaming with me for the first time! This was also attended by another 92 year old senior musician and also blessed our team after staying right through the concert! What an experience audience with years of listening to good music from great musicians at their best always! They also sat for our concert and appreciated our efforts! Indeed inspiring me, increasing my confidence and make me happy that i can go forward in my efforts with good hopes! 

Back to normal life - concerts and school!

After the surgery and post surgery treatments i got myself recouped by around 17th October in time for my first commitment of concerts! God was so great that i did not have any concert except one scheduled on 6th Oct'12 with Abhishek Raghuram ji! Yes i really missed it and i tried my best to be fit for it but did not want to go against Medical  advice! AR ji was nice to comfort me saying opportunities are plenty to come by! 

We had back to back concerts on 17th 18th and had to leave by a Tempo Traveller to Tirunelveli for a concert on 19th Oct'12. It was indeed a great experience with the vehicle broke down at the Samayapuram Check post (luckily) and had to spend almost 4 hrs to get another vehicle as we also wanted to take care of the vehicle we went in! As reached the venue we immediately made a sound check and had a small nap for 30 mts and were ready on stage for the concert!   After the concert we drove back immediately as many of our artists had work the next morning and reached Chennai around 10am after changing vehicle again in Trichy! It was indeed a great experience and kudos to our team for having performed a wonderful energy filled concert at Tirunelveli in spite of hectic travel. 

I started attending school on the Vijayadasami day after a month two days as our holidays in September began on the 23rd! As i was just trying to catch up with studies again a set of Holidays! Wow interesting but feeling little gittery with regard to coping with studies! Any way God is there and will make me manage this as well!   

Blissful October 2012

Firstly i would like to thank one and all for all the wishes and blessings sent to me through sms, emails, Facebook, phone calls and personal visits during the period i had undergone a surgery on the October 03, 2012 for Mucosal PolyP. I am fully recovered thanks to Dr. Mohan Kameswaran of Madras ENT Research Foundation and team and have started my routine after a good break of rest! I also owe my sincere thanks to Dr. Padma Subramaniam aunty and Vennai B. Kannan uncle for the guiding us to this doctor and helping us in all ways!

October started off with a Holiday after my exams and now ends also with a Holiday, thanks to "Neelam". While its nice to have rains and holidays, it does hurts when we understand it also brings in pains to many!

What a start with an oppurtunity to perform in Dr. Padma Subramaniam's Nrithyodaya's dance production, "Gandhi Mahan Kadhai" of sri. Kothamangalam Subbu's literary work which saw a sea of people coming into Narada Gana Sabha and the fact was many including my father could not get a place to sit and had to watch the program standing in a corner,  while many could not even find a place to stand and were left outside the hall only to listen to the Orchestra! What a production and it was indeed a great moment for me as my mother Smt. Lalitha Krishnababu was also singing along with me for this production! Thanks Nrithyodaya and this production also coincided with the celebrations of 60 years of Padma aunty into dance. I also had my Raman Athimber for this event and my very great well wisher Sri. Dinesh Naidoo with his friends from South Africa and i liked the way they said, "Sathya we were blessed and lucky to have got an entry in to the hall, forget that we did get just a small space to stand and watch the program all through! An unforgettable evening indeed!

Here above you see me with Veenai B. Kannan uncle on 02.10.2012 night and on the right in the hospital room just before leaving for the operation on 03.10.2012 early morning at 7am!

Wonderful September 2012!

It has been really hectic September with quarterly exams, concerts and rehearsals, by the grace of The Almighty have come to the end of this month! Then why do i say Wonderful September! Well its because of some unusual pleasant happenings which make this month very special! Two good concert presentation in Vinayakar temples during Chathurthi celebrations and two different concert presentations and reactions from audience on the 21st and 23rd Septemebr'12!

During the concert  on the 21st Sep i started performing a bhajan and an elderly lady who was amazed by our team's performance walked up to me after the bhajan, took a Dollar embedded with Sai Baba from her Mangal Soothra and presented to me saying, "Baba directs me to handover this dollor to you" and the scene became very emotional indeed! What a blessing! Credits to all the vidwans who performed with me on stage, Sri. S P Ananthapadmanabha on violin, sri Thillaisthnam R Suriyanarayanan on mrudhangam, Sri Pradeep on Tabla, and Karthick Audio - PA system provider!

On the 23rd Sep at the Korattur Cultural Academy - KCA concert which was fairly well attended as informed by the office bearers, I was handed over a Thirukural book by a rasika during the concert and was appreciated by a journalist/musician from a leading Tamil daily after the concert, for our rendition of Bhairavi, Sahana, Kalayani krithis and the Maand Thillana! Again the credits also goes to the team which performed with me namely Sri K.j. Dileep on violin, Sri Suri Suriyanarayananon Mrudhangam and sri Harihara Subramanian on ghatam and morsing & the PA system provided in the auditorium. In this case credits also goes to the well learned/ mannered audience of KCA! Special mention toTeam KCA which spontaneously offered to hold my 1000th concert, whenever it happens, this being one among 900+.

Whenever we have a thought over the uncertainty of a upcoming musician's life, me being one among many, The Almighty guides us with these kind of good symptoms and directs us accordingly! We once again seek the Grace of The Almighty and wishes of all our well wishers to take us forward in our journey of enchanting LIFE! Om Gurubhyo Namaha!

wonderful concerts at Vinayagar Temples!

concert on 13.09.2012 

concert on 19.09.2012

I should thank Lord Vinayaka for having me perform in Bala Vinayakar Temple, Warren Road, Myalapore on the September 13, 2012 and in Senthil Valampuri Vinayagar Temple, Senthil Nagar near Thirumullaivayil on the Vinayagar Chathurthi day this year on the September 19th, 2012 and it was a good experience. I had performed with the team of Karaikal Venkatasubramani anna on violin, Kumbakonam Swaminathan anna on Mrudhangam, Pradeep uncle on Tabla and Rajagopal uncle on special effects. I really enjoy the concerts here as it is well attended by audience who come with some expectations and if only we can understand and present to their liking it would be a great day and it was one of those great day for our team! I was worried as it was raining heavily after the start of the concert (and so was the organising members!) but with the Grace of Lord Vinayaka we could continue in spite of rain and the audience also stayed till the end! The rain stopped after around 40 mts and it rained "cats & dogs" after we reached home! Miracle indeed that none of us got struck anywhere in the rain!

The concert on Vinayagar Chathurthi Temple on the September 19, 2012 was with the team of SP Ananthapadmanabha on Violin, Arjun Ganesh anna on Mrudhangam and Sundar uncle on Tabla. Senthil Nagar, Thirumullaivayil, even though i understand its in city limits now, it was indeed a typical Village ambience and allow as set with an excellent PA system too! From Ambattur main road in to  Senthil Nagar it was more of travelling in MOTO car race i.e. travelling in pits amidst some roads laid! Thank God it did not rain as we could not have reached the venue without any adventure! It was indeed a trekking experience into the venue as they had dug and kept just few Road locations for usage!  The concert went on for almost 2 hrs and every one enjoyed the same including the artists on stage and the audience! It was so moving that the organisers informed that they would be inviting us as many times as possible as the audience have given them a good feedback of our concert.  

SATHYABODHI in Podhigai

It was indeed a very close to the heart project of mine which was really given great colors by the team of Mr. Paul Jacob on Bass Guitar, Mr. Donnan Murray, Nadaswaram Adyar D. Balasubramani anna, Mrudhangam Sumesh Narayanan anna, Ghatam & Morsing Hariharasubramanian anna and my parents. This along with Podhigai's  Sri. Bharathi uncle's team has made this project a grand one i should say! Here are the links and i am sure you will also enjoy it!

Vandhey    Matharam

Wishing every one a very Happy Independence Day!

I am happy that our "SATHYABODHI" a new venture with Sri. Paul Jacob, Sri. Donan Murray, Sri. Sumesh S Narayanan, Sri. Harihara Subramanian, Sri. Nadas Bala and my parents will be featured n DD Podhigai on August 15, 2012 from 8:30 - 9 am. I am also delighted that Issaimazhalai Ramjhi uncle has given me an opportunity to be in his special programme which is being telecast in Jaya TV from 830 - 930 am same morning!

Please do watch the shows, time permitting and please forward your valuable opinion, suggestions and comments.

Jai Hind!

STACCATO - CHENNAI'S BAND INDIA'S PRIDE!

I have great pride in informing this news of Chennai's Music Band STACCATO is heading to London to perform during OLYMPICS 2012. I am personally thrilled because i have my cousin Vikram Sarathy and friends Sruthi Sagar, Bala, Shaillu, Praveenkumar annas and Vandhana akka as Core Members of this team and i wish them ALL THE VERY BEST for their great trip to make our Country Proud! I am sure all my well wishers will also join me in wishing this Team STACCATO!

Here is the news from Kalaignar Seidhigal and our sincere thanks to them for this coverage!

 

Here is the link for the news in The Hindu -

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/article3570168.ece

Blessed oppurtunity at Tattvaloka on June 25, 2012

Pranams to His Holiness Sringeri Acharya! What a great blessing we got yesterday - June 25, 2012! In fact on receiving the invite describing the events listed during His Holiness Sringeri Acharya's visit to Meenakshi College and Srigeri Math, Krupasankari Chapter, my mother was saying that it would be nice if i got an oppurtunity to perform in some center during this vist and we got a call the same day from TATTVALOKA through Smt. Vidhya asking if we will be in a position to perform on the 25th June'12 at Tattvaloka!

What a great blessing and i am truly indebted to my Amma for the great thought she had and to The Grace of the Almighty and kind blessings of Acharya to have made it happen so soon! I tried to get his blessings in Krupasankari chapter and today it was indeed a great blessings to have seen him so near and take his Asheervadams! God is great and if some body does not have faith in this, please take this as a proof! Thanks amma once again for the excellent videos! In fact many have been asking me to post videos like this and i am sure every one will enjoy these videos! 

A concert i will remember for the blessings of Maha Periyava!

Once again the importance of divine ambiance was felt here in this concert at Maha Periyava's Padhugai temple, PS Sivaswami Salai, near Nilgiris, Mylapore on the June 5th 2012!

Yes it was purely his blessings as this interesting incident will let you know! I tried Tyagaraja krithi - Manasa Sriramunidhaya in Mararanjani but right from the alapana used Ga1 instead of Ga2 throught my presentation of the krithi as well! After completing the krithi i realized the mistake when Karaikal Venkat anna informed me that he was used to play this krithi in Mararanjani and that i had executed the song in Jangaradhwani! I felt bad but also thanked Periyava for his blessings to have at the least, maintained the mistake and i also thank Venkat anna for the great support!

Here is the video link, thanks as usual to my dear MOM!

Congrats Swami Anna for the Wedding and becoming "Grade A" Artiste of AIR!

It was so nice of Kumbakonam Swaminathan anna to have invited me to perform for his wedding reception held in Chennai on the May 28, 2012. In fact he asked me before printing his reception card but i could not confirm my participation as i was not sure of my return date from the South Africa tour under ICCR in Dr. Padma Subramaniam group.

I thanked God for making me reach Chennai in time to be present for this concert as he is indeed very dear to me and i also think the same feeling is there with him too! It was indeed a concert i enjoyed joining with my "MAMOOS"!

Congrats Swami anna and we, our family and friends wish you a "Very Happy Married Life". I am sure you are seeing the fruit of it as i now also congratulate for becoming Grade A artist of AIR! Where is the party?