Tamil music had already reached its pinnacle with some extraordinary compositions by stalwarts like M. S. Viswanathan and Maestro Ilaiyaraaja. Their music continued to resonate with young and old minds and hearts alike. There was no visible vacuum, nor was there any obvious space waiting to be filled by a new music composer. Then cameContinue reading “My Tribute to A. R. Rahman”
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Was publishing a book part of my destiny?
I was seven years old in 1982 when my father—an engineer by profession who retired as a Divisional Engineer from Mumbai Telephones (MTNL), and an amateur astrologer known among friends and relatives for his startlingly accurate predictions—looked at my palm and said, “You will have a career that requires a lot of signing of documents.”Continue reading “Was publishing a book part of my destiny?”
The saddest day in my life
I happened to meet one of the most successful movie makers of India once, and I posed a genuine question that I had been having on my mind for a long time. After watching some great world movies, I was wondering why India – in spite of having so much talent – cannot make aContinue reading “The saddest day in my life”
I am glad in a way…
I have been maintaining and writing my blogs on my personal website https://www.askenni.com since the year 2004 – that is 20 years since. And after the advent of LinkedIn (in 2003), Facebook (in 2004), YouTube (in 2005), Twitter (in 2006), Instagram (in 2010) and Threads (in 2023) – I have been posting or sharing contentContinue reading “I am glad in a way…”