AR Rahman Jai Ho Concert 2010 @ Fairfax

I just saw the ARR Jai Ho concert 2010 at Fairfax, VA yesterday evening.

The day he announced he was coming back on a concert tour in dc, i knew i had to be there. I was there when the last time he visited, i think 2007, it was too much fun that night.

I kept delaying buying tickets, and eventually bought expensive tickets to the show. I reached the show 10 minutes late thanks to the traffic at the entrance of the college. Anyway I hate to miss even a single minute of the show, but what can i do........

The show was much more polished, very well organized (choreography, tempo, dances, graphics, backdrops, everything......).

Loved
1. Contortionists who simply stood in one hand.
2. The other aerial acrobats
3. Loved MJ tribute, oh never expected to see that............
4. Loved "Mehendi hai rachne wali", "Only You", "Khwaja mere khawaja".
5. Loved the young kid (Mcnala or wat his name was from the promos).


Fan gripes
1. No Sivamani (not that the other guy didnt do an excellent job, but still sivamani.........).
2. No Sukhwinder Singh (His heartful renditions were missed this time)
3. No Songs from (Yuvraaj, Ghazini, Raavan), why????
4. Hello Mr. Puchkottu (or watever from Iruvar), It was great, It was for a diehard arr buff like me(I listen to tamil rahman songs as well, without understanding a single word of tamil) but you have many more gems especially (Aaromale , god that song is out of this world).

Some sanskrit

I just realised i have been postponing some of my exam dates every now and then. And then the best way to tackle it is, just do it. Yep, Nike ran that logo and has inspired a generation. The words are simple but profound. "Just do it", heard from the creator that he was inspired from a convicted felon in colorado, who was getting executed and just asked the guards to "Let's do it".

Well i just ran into some sanskrit which was going through my head for long. Like some of the lines were so easy and had deep profound meaning underlying those lines. And the one that really used to inspire, and has inspired me for long has been this..........

अलसस्य कुतो विद्या अविद्यस्य कुतो धनम् ।
अधनस्य कुतो मित्रम् अमित्रस्य कुतस्सुखम् ॥

alasasya kuto vidyaa avidyasya kuto dhanam |
adhanasya kuto mitram asmitrasya kutassukhaM ||

In other words, if you are a lazy, you will not be able to get knowledge and education. Without an education it is difficult to earn money. If you do not have money, you will not have many friends. And if you don't have many friends you cannot be happy.

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So where does the above take me. I remember in class X, XI, XII, i use to study like crazy and again back in syracuse university. Posted long study hours every day and was pretty focussed on things on hand. I need to get that discipline and dedication back in my life. I still can't believe i use to sleep less than 5 hours everyday and was studying more than 12 hours of my own during that IIT entrance craze..... I wish i didn't go for that physics tuition, it just killed my appetite for any physics in my life.

Somerset Maugham "The Painted Veil" I got to reread this book. There was a very bizarre line about love in the novel. I may be wrong here it read something like " Love is a very selfish act, when you impose yourself on to the other person, and hope that the other person is okay with everything that is thrown at her", something like this. I know the movie was different then the novel. I had a very different view of the world he created through the words in his novel, the movie was spoiling all those imaginations and i had to literally stop the movie midway.

Interesting Quotes

I often read articles here and there and run into some very meaningful quotes.

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Inspirational Quotes
1. “Barriers don’t exist when one decides to reach a goal in life”