Michael & Ar Rahman

Heard from the tamil radio channel about Michael Jackson & AR Rahman meeting up after Ar Rahman received his Oscars...was good to know they had both worked together and was planning on somthing in the future too. Too bad time did not permit this best of best merge . And with the lesson we had from not appreciating Michael while he was still alive...we better support our very own Ar Rahman by all means and stand by him for further achievements in the music industry.

Got this info below from the internet ...you can browse for more interesting facts about this two great entertainers .

"A R Rahman met Michael Jackson after the Oscars in Los Angeles and Michael asked him to compose a unity anthem for him... Michael's planned new album would have had a huge Indian feel to it... Michael was reportedly working with Adnan Sami, which was to include Indian musical instruments like the sarangi, tabla, and dholak," said an insider close to Rahman.
The unity anthem wasn't the first time the pair would have worked together, as they collaborated earlier on a track titled Ekam satyam.

Jackson was secretly also studying Hinduism in the last years.
"Michael reportedly learned how to meditate and he was a vegetarian. When he was presented statues of Hindu deities Ganesha and Nataraja, Michael knew who they were. He was also very anxious to meet Mother Teresa before her death. He had a great interest in all things India for some time," said Rajan Zed, the president of the Universal Society of Hinduism.

So...THIS IS IT ?

Ohh Michael...why ?

Its been a SAD day....the first thing i heard as i turned the radio on in my car as we were going to work this morning....was the confirmation of Michael Jackson's death ???....ANd Nantha n i looked at each other n went ... WHAT !!!!!!!?? and there came the truth from everywhere...internet...cousin....friends...and the hardest part was to listen to all his songs being played on almost all radio channels....it wasnt just songs...it was my childhood memories being played.....made me realise how big a part of my childhood was tied to Michael Jackson !!! when kids now demand ....going to movies....shopping complexes....video games....theme parks and so on....all i needed was Michael Jackson at home in my humble cassette player....!!! I danced to his songs for hours....we memorized the lyrics which we got frm the back of the paper which is inserted in the cover of the cassette...yeah thats how we got the lyrics....and not from internets !

But to me....its had been so sad not just that he had died young or sudden or anything....its more about how he suffered all his life....isnt it an irony of life that a person who had earned 750 million and had several million fans to love ...was actually LONELY ?? So to all those who think money or fame can buy happiness ....please think twice...

in an interview of him as a child....he mentioned this " I only sing what i mean....if i dont mean it i will not sing it"....and he looked only about 8 years old there....isnt that an amazing statement from a child.....so can we say that he meant it when he sang...

" If you want to make this world a better place then take a look at yourself And make the change !"

and in another more recent interview when he was asked about sharing his room with boys ...with so much sadness in his eyes he says..." Whats wrong in sharing your love with children....? Dont you share with kids you love....even if they are not your own...? ".......my goodness that was soooo sad....

He also mentioned that he had struggled a lot as a child...and when he was asked .." Did ur father beat you?".....he paused for a second....forced a faint smile and nodded saying...."yes he did" now thats SAD :(

So....to me..this world is pretty cruel where...people do anything for attention and money...they dont mind killing even a star like Michael Jackson by ALL means !

I am not EVEN arguing about whether he really did those things he was accused of or not....i am just saying we are no one to judge anyone...and sometimes....somehow...human beings have the ability too see beyond a person's physical appearance....and be able to identify a pure soul...to me...thats what i see in him....i cant see anything evil behind that genuine smile....the painful smile despite being constantly humiliated by this INSANE world...

i guess GOD finally felt it was enough !!! May he rest in peace !

LOVE YOU MICHAEL !! The world had not had enough of you ! Wish you would come back !

LIFE ADDED ...

Hi...i have successfully added 30 extra minutes into my daily life...isnt that great ...now i get to enjoy my good long hot shower ...pray in peace....and have a chat over breakfast....and wow what a difference it makes to the whole day....i feel more energy since i am not wasting it on rushing and worrying bout being late....hmm yes....i am waking up half hour earlier than usual. So i go to bed at 12 midnite.....and wake up at 6.30...yes !

And it feels great to stand at my balcony....with the chill wind...watching the ever creative sunrise.....love it !!! it makes all the difference in keeping focused the whole day ....let it be work or personal...

But i hope i dont get back to my old timing.....ive heard that it takes 21days to make something a habit....so i have 19 days to go.....err of course minus the weekends la....hehehe..

BUt hey....it does make a difference when u wake up before the sun....! try it !

What to live without....

This question on Oprah got me thinking the whole day..." What would you dare live without for seven days ? "....

I saw hundreds of answers to that in her facebook...some said.... phone, electric , tv , books , meat , and even kids...hahaha...yeah i thought it was interesting to be reminded that there are things which we can live without. We are so addicted to some things that we have actually made ourselves slaves to these things...why not try taking control for once and see how it goes...?

What about a clock....we are so glued to timing ourselves based on the clock...that we have forgotten how to use the natural clock of our mind which usually is more accurate than any branded clocks in the world....have u experienced waking up just 5 seconds before the alarm goes off...!!! i have experienced this so many times...and it amuses me everytime to see how accurate the mind is...but we rush to the bathroom....come out n look at the clock to see how long we have got to dress up....then we look again...to see how long we have to enjoy breakfast....then we look again as we enter the car...we look as we enter the office....we look again when its lunch time...and it goes on and on till we go to bed.....now are we simply living around the clock ...to beat time !!! Isnt life simply more then beating the clock !

Ok i am going to try not looking at the clock from tomorrow morning and see how i feel....wish me luck !!!!!!

How do you cry ?

Yeah....how do you cry...? R u puzzled...as the question usually is " Why do you cry?"....but i am not making a mistake here....i am asking " How do you cry?"....

At the end of Part II , Shantaram theres a line ...

" Sometimes we cry with everything but tears "

Wow ! what a thought...and how true it is...yes...a lot of things happens when people start crying with other then tears...Hellen Keller being deaf and blind chose not to cry with tears but to chase the unquenchable hope to escape her difficult days and became internationally famous at the age of ten, and remained to be the most inspiring human being ! DEAF N BLIND....take a min to imagine it....is it not difficult even to picture it...? yes it is...but she learned language so well that she graduated with a BA in English...and she has written books ...how do u explain a blue sky to someone who cant see it and cant hear ur explainations....how could she relate colors in her writings....? How do u explain sweet music to some one who cant hear it...?....Now i dunno if i marvel the ability of Helen Keller or the teacher, Anne Sullivan who was able to get these ideas and facts into the darkness of her silent mind ...

"before my teacher came to me i did not know that i am" . " I lived in a world that was no-world, My mind was in a state of anarchy in which meaningless sensations rioted"

....says Keller in her book, The World I Live In.

"MY darkness had been filled with the light of intelligence and , Behold, the outer daylight world was stumbling and groping in social blindness"

She devoted most of her adult life to work for the blind, was a strong advocate for the blind and deaf visiting over 35 countries and publishing 14 books about her experiences which was translated to more than 50 languages.

She also said ....

" Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and i learn, whatever state i may be in, therein to be content"

" Technically we know how to prevent blindness...but socially we do not know how. Socially we are still ignorant"

So...thats how Hellen Keller cried...!

Anyone in search for inspiration should read her autobiography....

And there are endless list of people who have cried with everything but tears...Mandela cried by fighting against apartheid...Martin Luther King cried by committing to a struggle to end racial segregation...Mother Theresa cried by lending her hand out to all those who needed a touch of love....and there are thousands of people around the world crying in some little ways to make this world a better place....

So...how do i cry...?

I am no Theresa nor Hellen Keller....but in my own little ways ....i have chose to cry not with tears but.....with love...a little act of love no matter how small towards anything and anyone in the world stirs the stillness into reverbrations of multiplied love ....

Hmm....well HOW DO YOU CRY ?

A new beginning indeed !

The Quran says "Be conscious of God and speak always the truth"....and this is what i will do today says Obama in the beginning of the speech in Cairo University , Egypt....just when i was thinking myself that anything he says must come from his heart as he doesnt have any notes or references ...and not a single '' errrmm.....er er...hmm"...or whatsover in between the entire 50 mins speech...i think one can only be that confident and clear of what they are saying if it comes from his heart and mind....otherwise its quite impossible. He sounds so genuine and determined.

Though the speech was intended for Muslim issues...whatever delivered was a wake up call to all religion and races of the world.

For example when he quoted another verse from Quran :

"Whoever kills an innocent is as if he killed whole mankind , whoever saves one person is as if he has saved all mankind"now doesnt this apply to human beings regardless of what religion they are...

He was fair with his ideas when it came to Israel and Palestinian issues....he did not take on anyones side but firmly pointed out this :

" the simple truth is Violence is a dead end, Hamas must recognize Israels right to exist and at the same time Israels must stop expanding the settlements"

And he calls the Jews , Muslim and Christians to join in prayer for Jerusalem.

I was thinking.....is it that simple...? No...not at all.....but at the same time....did anyone before Obama dare to even make an effort ?...No either....so how do we know its impossible...Gandhi achieved the impossible in his first attempt of non violence in fighting for rights....when people thought it was impossible.....

Of course people are asking questions like...." would one speech make any difference"?..."Will there be a new beginning as Obama dreams to have"? but this is what i feel....

Anything aimed towards Peace...cannot go wrong for even just one person turning to peace is indeed a new beginning ...So having Obama all for peace...already marks a new beginning....and as citizens of the world we all carry the responsibilities and should in the least tiniest way contribute to this one man's dream to make a better world....lets pray for the best...!

Obama quoted this towards the end of his speech...

From the Holy Bible :

"BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS FOR THEY WILL BE CALLED SONS OF GOD"

Obama is definitely one :)