LOOKING BACK ... A. MEMOIR!

                                   Ponniyin Selvan Movie Review  I t is a pride for every Tamilian to read the history of the Cholas who ruled almost 1000 years back, whose footprints are everywhere to be seen today not only within South India where they ruled but their kingdom went far across the globe. Every temple like Brihadeeswara Siva Temple at Tanjore which became their capital built during their period still are monuments for us to marvel at the architecture and cultural heritage of Cholas with   their governance, taxation and panchayat raj and maritime trade across seas a model for the modern India. Kalki Writer Ponniyin Selvan the historical with fiction the 5-book volume a masterpiece of Kalki Krishnamoorthy about the Chola rule created history written as a novel in the 50s which came weekly in the journal Kalk i for almost 5 years. The novel made the entire genera...

  A R Rahman in action at Chicago concert 20Aug 2022 I normally do not attend live concerts the last one before this was about 6 years back in California Asha Bhosle live. Last week attended Rahman live at Chicago Highland Park the venue being close to our home. I was initially scared as Highland Park is where mass shooting occurred recently. The venue however had airport level security and felt relieved reaching there. Ravinia Festival Chicago Entrance   Ravinia Festival is the oldest music festival since 1904 an annual event that presents outstanding performances by the world’s greatest artists . The Non-Profit maintains student orchestras in elementary schools without music programs of their own—serve 75,000 people each year in Lake and Cook Counties in Chicagoland. The crowd was massive but mostly it was desi crowd but since Rahman is Oscar and Grammy winner there were lot of Americans also. Rental Chair was available for lawn ticket goers like me, and I got one and sat...