ಅದಲು ಬದಲು

ಕನಸು ನನಸಾಗಲಿ ಎನ್ನುವರೊಳು
ನನಸು ಕನಸಾಗಲಿ ಎನ್ನುವರೆಸ್ಟೋ
ಕಹಿ ಸಿಹಿಯಾಗಲಿ ಎನ್ನುವರೊಳು
ಸಿಹಿ ಕಹಿಯಾಗಲಿ ಎನ್ನುವರೆಸ್ಟೋ
ಜೀವನದ ಅದಲು ಬದಲುಗಳೊಳು
ನಿನಗಾಹುದು ಹಿತ
ಅದಲೊ ಬದಲೋ...


……Shilpa

ಹಾಗೆ ಒಮ್ಮೊಮ್ಮೆ

ಸುಮ್ಮನೆ ಕುಳಿತಿರಲು ಬೆಚ್ಚನೆಯ ಹೊದಿಕೆಯೊಳಗೆ
ಕಿವಿಗಳು ಇಂಪಾಗಿರಲು ಗಾನ ಲಹರಿಯೊಳಗೆ
ನಲಿಯುತಿಹುದು ಮುಂಗುರುಳು ತಂಪಾದ ಗಾಳಿಯೊಳಗೆ
ಇದೆಲ್ಲಾ ಇದ್ದ ಮೇಲೆ ಸುಮ್ಮನಿರುವುದೆ ಮನಸು ?

ತೇಲುತಿರುವುದು ಮನಸ್ಸು ಕನಸುಗಳೊಳಗೆ .... :)

……Shilpa

Should I bother ?

From many days I was feeling to write about something which is very important in ones life as they grow on. The topic on which I wanted to write about was "Critics".

I often hear from people saying

• If I share my opinion what they may think, they may throw bad comments, they may laugh
• Few have very good talents but scared to showcase in public assuming people might not like it
• Few say everyone used to like my performance but I have stopped performing because people didn't like my last performance
• I am scared to loose, I cant listen to any negative words

Most of the people are scared of critics. I was no exception. But I have managed to come out of it to a great extent. This change didn't happen in a day. It takes time in understanding which critics to accept and value and which critics to ignore. 

For example, consider when I write an article on a topic and post it in my blog, a person who reads it first, comes and tells to me  that the article is very bad. Later many people come and tell to me that the article is very good. If I was worried too much about the comment thrown by the first person and removed the article from my blog I would have lost the interests of rest of the people who liked it. What doesn't liked by one may be liked  from someone else. You should be satisfied of your work, that's the greatest feeling one can have.

As one grows to great height managing critics become very crucial. Think about film stars, politicians, cricketers, business people, whatever they do people have a comment on to it. If they care too much on every action they cannot survive. If one is scared about critics he/she is the looser, it will not benefit in any way.

Finally a one liner about this "Value valid critics from Right people and ignore rest"

                                                                                                                    ……Shilpa

LUCIA, The Movie

I have often come across debates over movies while planning for a movie or during usual conversations. During these conversations I would generally feel bad if anybody comments about kannada movies. Though there are lot of flaws in kannada movies or the quality of the movies, I always tend to support kannada movies. But at the end reality speaks. Though there are very few exceptions, it’s always the majority that catch the eyes. But it still does not change the fact that kannada movies can be made better in future.

Some of the questions that would arise are: why is it so? Why many remakes? Why are the stories not good? Why is there lack of talents? Why are good movies not making success? Why do people comment negatively? And many more Whys..  We get angry when someone comments on kannada movies, but when the question comes about changing it by making better movies, many of us step back for various reasons and come to a conclusion that, it’s better to accept things the way it is than changing.

The main reason behind accepting things without changing or fighting against it is mainly due to lack of confidence, interest and dedication. If we have confidence, interest and dedication, we can definitely achieve our goals. And this is proved by LUCIA, The Movie Team.  

The makers of LUCIA have come out with their innovative and unique ideas that have now raised the standard of our regional movies. Plenty of reviews are available online and I will be happy to put down a few facts here.

• LUCIA- A Catchy title
• LUCIA is produced by Audience
• LUCIA has been produced with a budget of 51Lakhs
• LUCIA Cinematography has been done using Canon 5D DSLR Camera by Siddhartha Nuni
• LUCIA is a unique story line
• Through LUCIA artist Neenasam Satish has turned into a Hero and talented actress Sruthi Hariharan has been introduced.
• Through LUCIA Software Engineer Poornachandra Tejaswi has turned into a Music director
• Singer search was initiated for the LUCIA movie song “Thin Beda Kammi”
• LUCIA has introduced talented singers Naveen Sajju, Rakshith Nagarle, Bappi Blossom, Arun M C, Ananya Bhat, Udith Haritas., Sangeetha Rajeev, Dr.Nitin Acharya and Sparsha R K. 
• Orchestra singer Naveen Sajju has turned into a playback singer
• Audience has got LUCIA on-line distribution rights via hometalkies
• LUCIA has won best Audience Award at LIFF
• LUCIA movie team gave an opportunity to people to watch premier show through an on-line singing contest via Karoake garage.
• LUCIA has English sub-titles.
• For the first time I see Director of the movie clarifying doubts about LUCIA to the people on a live streaming in you-tube.
• LUCIA in Oscar’s race. 

Now you can watch this movie online by clicking on the below video.

 

 

I would like to congratulate Mr Pawan Kumar and his team for making a daring attempt. Wish all success to “The” Audience films. I am eagerly waiting to see many more good innovations from Audience film production house. All the best. 

 I would strongly suggest everyone to go and watch LUCIA to experience the difference. 

 Well if you don’t understand kannada, you can still watch it and enjoy it. I mentioned this in the facts, it has English Subtitles.

……Shilpa

3 Books at 1 Go!

Recently I finished reading Shiva Trilogy’s final book “The Vayuputras”. I enjoyed my journey while reading the 3 books of Shiva Trilogy. Unlike other novels which I had read earlier these books are very different. The reason for this is may be because I am not a frequent reader; I never explored different kinds of  books myself, I always relied on the feedback from friends or books in library. Anyways thanks to my friend Bhavya Reddy for referring this masterpiece.

For those who are unaware of this Trilogy, it is all about God Shiva. If you think it’s the same as we have heard stories about God Shiva, you are wrong. These books say much more than that. How a normal person become a God to the people? Is it by his capability? Or Is it by blind belief of people? Or Is it combination of both? Indian history is Interesting, Can a book be written in this way too was the first few thoughts appeared in my mind when I started reading first book of Shiva Trilogy. You start connecting history while going through this book. This book is a combination of Love, Belief, War, Angry, Jealous, Selfishness, and Sacrifice. The love towards Shiva’s soul(Sati) has been wonderfully expressed. While reading the lines about Shiva’s love towards Sati a girl wish for a husband like Shiva! I was very emotional while reading the conclusion of the Trilogy, but I won’t reveal the reason behind it. You better read it out, you may feel the same. Thanks to Author Amish for this wonderful package.

After this I felt the urge to read more books on Indian history, I explored for a while and found Chanakya’s chant by Aswin. This book was awesome. Do you like Politics or Do you hate Politics? This books suits completely for both.

I took back myself from reading after I read Chanakya’s chant because I was overloaded with many things. Now I am back on form.

Day before yesterday at 5.50 PM sharp I opened flipkart website and quickly clicked on Best Selling Fiction and Non Fictions section. I felt like ordering yet another history related book and found a book named Jaya by Devdutt. I clicked on BUY NOW button, when I did so it took me to cart which said Delivery charges 50 Rs :O It’s very common that girl’s like to order things online with No delivery charges :D.

I thought if I buy one more book there won’t be any delivery charge because something similar had happened earlier. But it didn’t work out and I was in hurry to catch my cab at 6PM. I told to myself “Anyways I am in form now, let me order two more books now itself and save further delivery charges ;) ”.  So went back to best sellers section and randomly picked “Life is what you make it” and Can love happen twice”. That’s how the name 3 Books at 1 Go!

Flipkart is very fast. Next day 11AM sharp I received the order. Thanks FlipKart :)

                                                                                                                    ……Shilpa

ಕನಸು

I have tried to narrate a scene in this post. Thought of giving a different try. Here it goes.

ನನ್ನ ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಹೊಗಬೆಡ, pleaseee. ಬಿಕ್ಕಳಿಸಿ ಅಳುತಿರುವ ಶಬ್ದ ಕೇಳಿ ಬೆಚ್ಚಿಬಿದ್ದು ಎದ್ದ ಮೋಹನ. ನಿದ್ದೆ ಕಣ್ಣಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಏನಿದು ಎಂದು ಅರಿಯುವಸ್ಟರಲ್ಲಿ ತಿಳಿಯಿತು ಪಕ್ಕದ ಮಂಚದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಲಗಿದ್ದ ಪವನ್ ನ ಅಳು ಎಂದು.

 

ಮೋಹನ ಪವನ್ ಬಳಿ ಹೋಗಿ ಅವನನ್ನು ಎಬ್ಬಿಸಲು ಪ್ರಯತ್ನಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ.

 

ಮೋಹನ: ಲೆ ಪವನ್ ಎದ್ದೆಳೊ, ಲೆ ಪವನ್.

ಪವನ್: ಬಿಕ್ಕಿ ಬಿಕ್ಕಿ ಅಳುತ್ತಲೇ ಎದ್ದ ಪವನ್, ವಾಸ್ತವವನ್ನು ಅರಿಯಲು ಕೆಲವು ನಿಮಿಶಗಳು ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾನೆ.

ಮೋಹನ: ತೊಗೊ ನೀರು ಕುಡಿ. ಕನಸು ಬಿತ್ತಾ?

ಪವನ್: ಹಾ. ವಿಚಿತ್ರ ಕನಸು.

ಮೋಹನ: ಸರಿ ಈಗ ಸಮಾದಾನವಾಗಿ ಮಲಕ್ಕೋ.

ಪವನ್: ಹಾ.

 

ಬೆಳಿಗ್ಗೆ.

 

ಮೋಹನ: ಪವನ್, ಅದೇನು ಕನಸು. ಅಸ್ಟು ಅಳ್ತಿದ್ದೆ.

ಪವನ್: ಆ ಬೂಕ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿ ಬರ್ದಿದೀನಿ ಓದು.

ಮೋಹನ: ಏನೋ ಸೂಪರ್ fast ಇದೀಯಾ ನೀನು. ಇಸ್ಟು ಬೇಗ ಕನಸನ್ನ booknalli ಬರೆದಿದೀಯಾ ?

ಪವನ್: ನಿನಗೆ ಗೋತಲ್ವಾ, ವಿಭಿನ್ನ ಕನಸುಗಳನ್ನ ಬರೆಡಿದೋ ಅಭ್ಯಾಸ ನನಗಿದೆ ಅಂತ.

ಮೋಹನ: ಹಾ ಗೊತ್ತು ಗೊತ್ತು. ಲಾಸ್ಟ್ ಟೈಮ್ ಯಾವ್ದೋ ದೆವ್ವದ ಕನಸ್ಸು ಬರ್ದಿದ್ಯಲ್ಲಾ.

ಪವನ್: ಹಾ.

ಮೋಹನ: ಇದು ಯಾವ್ ತರ ಕನಸ್ಸೋ?

ಪವನ್: ನೀನೇ ಓದೋ, ಗೋತಾಗುತ್ತೆ.

ಮೋಹನ: ಸರಿ.

 

ಮೋಹನ ಪವನ್ ಬರೆದಿರುವ ಕನಸ್ಸನ್ನು ಓದಲು ಪ್ರಾರಂಭಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ.

 

ಕಿತ್ತು ತಿನ್ನುವ ನೋವನು ಎದುರಿಸುತ ಕುಳಿತಿರುವೆನು ನನ್ನ ಕೋಣೆಯಲಿ, ಬದುಕಿನಲಿ ಬೆಳಕಿಲ್ಲದ ಮೇಲೆ ನನ್ನ ಕೊಣೆಗೇಕೆ ಬೆಳಕು?  ಇದೆ ನನ್ನ ಪ್ರಪಂಚ, ನನ್ನ ಕತ್ತಲೆಯ ಕೋಣೆ. ಎಸ್ಟೇ ಕತ್ತಲಿದ್ದರು ಕಾಣುತಿದೆ ಅವಳ ನೆನಪು ಗೂಡೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ವಯ್ಯಾರಿಸುತ, ಗಟ್ಟಿಯಾಗಿ ಮುಚ್ಚುತಿರುವೆ ಕಣ್ಣುಗಳನು ಅದರಿಂದ ಮುಕ್ತನಾಗಲು.., ಮುಚ್ಚಿದ ಕಣ್ಣೊಳಗೂ ಕಾಡುತಿಹಳು, ಅವಳೊಂದು ಮಾಯೆಯೇ ಸರಿ. ಸಾಯಲು ಮನಸಿಲ್ಲ, ಬದುಕಲು ಬಿಡುತಿಲ್ಲ, ಇದುವೆಯ ಪ್ರೀತಿ ? ಈಗಾಗಿರುವೆನು ಅವಳು ನನ್ನ ಜೊತೆಗಿರಲಾಗದೆoಬ ಸತ್ಯ ತಿಳಿದ ಕ್ಷಣದಿಂದ.

 

ಅವಳ ಕರೆಯ ಕೊನೆಯ ರಿಂಗಣ ನನ್ನ ಬದುಕಿನ ಕುಶಿಯನ್ನು  ಕೊನೆಯಾಗಿಸುವುದೆಂಬ ಆಲೋಚನೆಯಾಗಲಿ ಉಹೆಯಾಗಲಿ ಕೊಂಚವೂ ಇರಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಅವಳು ಹೇಳಿದ್ದು ಕೆಲವೇ ಸಾಲುಗಳು, ಆದರೆ ಅದರ ಭಾವರ್ತಗಳು ಕರಗಿಸಲಾಗದಸ್ಟು ಕಟಿಣ. ಅವಳ ಕೊನೆಯ ಮಾತುಗಳು ಈಗಿತ್ತು. "ನಿನ್ನ ಜೀವನದಲ್ಲಿ ನಾ ಬಂದು ತಪ್ಪು ಮಾಡಿದೆ, ನಿನ್ನ ಕುಶಿಯನ್ನು ಕದ್ದುಬಿಟ್ಟೆ, ಕೊನೆವರೆಗೂ ಇರುವೆನೆಂದು ಹೇಳಿ ಮಾತು ತಪ್ಪುತಿರುವೆನು, ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಬೇಡ ನನ್ನ, ಬದಲಿಗೆ ಮರೆತುಬಿಡು ನನ್ನ.”

 

ಬಿಡಬೆಡ ಹಿಡಿದ ಕೈಗಳನು ನನ್ನ ಒಂದು ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಯ ಉತ್ತರಿಸುವ ಮುನ್ನ, ನಾ ಮಾತು ತಪ್ಪುವುದಿಲ್ಲ ಇದು ನನ್ನ ಕೊನೆಯ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ.

 

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ಸುರಿಸುವ ನಿನಗೆ ಇದು ಸುಲಬ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ ಇರಲೂಬಹುದು…

ಮರೆತುಬಿಡು ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಿದ ನಿನಗೆ

ನನ್ನದೊಂದೇ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ, ಅದು ಈಗಿದೆ " ಮರೆಯಲು ಹೇಗೆಂದು ತಿಳಿಸಿ ಮರೆಯಾಗುವೆಯ ? "

 

ಇದಕೆ ಉತ್ತರ ಅವಳ ಕರೆಯ ಸಂಪರ್ಕ ಕಡಿತವಾದ ದ್ವನಿ. ನಾ ಮತ್ತೆ ಕರೆ ಮಾಡಲು ಪ್ರಯತ್ನಿಸಿದಾಗ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿದ ಉತ್ತರ "ನೀವು ಕರೆ ಮಾಡಿದ ಚಂದಾದಾರರು ಫೋನ್ ಸ್ವಿಚ್ ಆಫ್ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ."

 

ಉತ್ತರಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಕಾಯುತಿರುವೆನು ಈ ನನ್ನ ಕತ್ತಲ ಕೋಣೆಯಲಿ. ನಾ ಒಬ್ಬ ಮೂರ್ಕನೆ ? ನಾ ಒಬ್ಬ ರೋಮೀಯೋ ? ನಾ ಒಬ್ಬ ಕೆಲಸಕ್ಕೆ ಬಾರದವನೆ ? ನಾ ಒಬ್ಬ ಮನುಜನೇ? ನಾ ಯಾರಾ ಕಣ್ಣಿಗೂ ಕಾಣದ ಅಸಹಾಯಕನೇ ?

 

ಮೋಹನ: ಹೇ ಸೂಪರ್ ಕಣೋ. ಯಾರೋ ಈ ಹುಡುಗಿ ?

ಪವನ್: ಗೊತಿಲ್ಲ. ಕನಸ್ಸಿನಲ್ಲಿ face ಗೋತಾಗಿಲ್ಲ.

ಮೋಹನ: Benzene strcutureನ ಕನಸ್ಸಲ್ಲೇ ಅಂತೇ ಕನ್ಡುಇಡಿದಿದ್ದು. ಅದೇ ತರ ನೀನು ಏನಾದ್ರೂ ಕನ್ಡುಇಡೀಲಿ ಎಂದು ಆಶಿಸುವ ಮೋಹನ.

 

ಪವನ್ ಮತ್ತು ಮೋಹನ ಇಬ್ಬರು ನಗುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು.

 

 

Dreams are good as long as they are just dreams, if they tend to get real, life gets worse because it shadows the curiosity of tomorrow. Let’s wish for all kinds of dreamzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

                                                                                                                    ……Shilpa

INDIAN ETV Kannada reality show

After BIGG BOSS ETV Kannada reality show, all were curious to know whether it is going to be BIGG BOSS 2 or any other reality show. Later an advertisement started appearing on ETV Kannada channel, and the name said it as INDIAN with a tagline as an impossible journey. It also started showing up VTs [Video tape] of contestants. Except two contestants all looks like Western and still the name says INDIAN! It’s always not good to draw conclusion at the beginning, yet this conclusion has got strong after watching the launch of this reality show yesterday. The very first episode looked very similar to MTV Rowdies show and Suvarna’s Pyate mandi kadig bandru and also it has given a strong feeling that it will continue to be similar.

 

If we ask different people “Who is an Indian?” It will be very common that answers might be “The one who follow Indian culture and value them is an Indian”. “The one who are patriotic about the land and die for it is an Indian”. “The one who believes with peace and love we can win anything is an Indian”. “The one who believes in united we are is an Indian”. “The one who never lets their land down is an Indian”. In what context ETV Channel has named this reality show as “Indian”, is it just because they travel across 7 states? If that is the case it’s not convincing. This is a personal opinion of mine based on the first look. Let us wait and watch how it goes. If this reality show proves my opinion as wrong I would be happy to come and delete this article.

                                                                                                                    ……Shilpa

Support women

Sketched by Swathi Medavaram

Today in our Company there was an event organised by Dhriti Community. It was an Interactive session with Beth Devin. It was about “Climbing the Corporate Ladder – Challenges and Opportunities for Women.”  It was organised more like a question and answer format. We were curiously waiting for the event to start. Beth entered the venue. She is a pretty woman with a beautiful smile. An intro about Beth was presented by Singer Sangeetha Gururaj who is also an employee of our company. While introducing Beth, we got to know that Beth carries thirty years of technology experience and she is CIO at SVB. For a moment I was surprised, because in technology industry it is very rear to see a woman in the top level/position and another reason being she looks so young.

Beth was answering the questions asked, in the processes of answering she shared her journey of life, challenges faced, decisions she made. She also mentioned that she was lucky and got wonderful support from her husband.

Support is all a woman need to grow up. People talk about gender equality is considered, women rights are concerned, etc. yet there is a lack of support for woman in her career growth. Many people are still in the opinion that a woman should be educated just to get a pass certificate and nothing more than that. If a woman gives confidence that she can manage both her work life as well as her personal life, does not she be given hearty support? In that matter I suggest not to the support the men/women who are completely involved in career and not concentrating on personal life.

Behind a successful man there is always a woman, why can’t “Behind a successful woman there be a man always”?

                                                                                                                    ……Shilpa

Chicken: My love

My favourite dish is Chicken. I just love it madly. Even if chicken is served everyday I would just hog and enjoy it to the maximum. I don't know what exactly is embedded in chicken that is tastes so good. I feel pity on vegetarians that they are missing such an awesome taste which they would have never imagined. 

Vegetarians verse Non vegetarians fights are very common in this world. I have had best fun while debating on this issue.

If a vegetarian says "You are killing a living bird for your food", I used to reply back saying "All plants are living beings, just because it cant speak you cannot harm them, Stop eating from today". 

If a vegetarian says "You are having egg through which you are avoiding a new life", I used to reply back saying "You guys are having food of calf, that is milk, you guys are reason for hunger"

There was no end for debates. May be my love towards chicken was bringing those words. If one understands the famous theory "Survival of this fittest" there wouldn't be any such fights.

Now don't be surprise after reading the lines below. Just wish me luck.

Sometimes one should give a try controlling their extreme likes because too much attachment is too bad :)

So here I am making my new resolution to reduce my love towards chicken. Let this resolution be a reason to explore tastes of veg!

                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                    ……Shilpa

Independence day is nearing. Shall we celebrate ?

Those were the days when entire school children practice drill, dance, March fast for an occasion, with lot of enthusiasm goes to the rehearsal, with fear wait for the results, happiness when we hear that our performance got selected for The Occasion of India. That’s 15^th of August, The proud occasion of Indian Independence day.

Painted by Swathi Medavaram

The day used to be so colourful, everywhere we could see flags, Indian map shaped badges, white uniforms, saffron white and green combination costumes, happy Independence Day slogans, tri colour bands and many more. Stadium used to so colourful with lot of people from different culture gather at one place which describes the unity in diversity quote. Families, couples, friends gather to celebrate the festival. Reflection of pomp pomp’s help by school children, ice cream candy stalls, guava stalls, cucumber stalls to flavour the yummy tastes of people.

The flag host, followed by March fast, speech by District Commissioner, followed by performances from children, prize distribution. Each one used to enjoy the day to the maximum.

As Independence Day is nearing, I thought of writing this, while doing this I went back to Independence Day celebrations during my school days which used to be as above.

The mind which used to enjoy the celebrations is thinking differently, it is asking itself that, do we need to celebrate Independence Day going forward.

India got Independence on August 15^th, 1947. It was a proud day for entire Indians. There was a reason to celebrate it every year in memories of the honest efforts, freedom struggles, dedicated sous, and patriotic the people.

But today, is the situation same? A lot of question keep haunting the younger generation. And the biggest question is “Are we Independent”.

Are we independent to see the world? A cry from a girl infant from the womb.

Are we independent from bribe? A cry from poor and middle class people.

Are we independent to lead a safe life? A cry from females

Are we independent to eradicate casteism? A cry from Generation Youth.

Are we independent to form a party without money? A cry from a start-up leader

Are we independent to choose a course of our own choice? A cry from a student.

Are we independent from terrorism fear? A cry from an individual.

Are we independent to choose a partner of our own choice? A cry from loving souls.

Are we independent from population growth? A cry from an economist.

Are we independent from hunger? A cry from poor people
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Are people free from unreachable desires?

And many more.

Photography by Sanketh Gurushankar Reddy

The only question which stays is “ARE WE INDEPENDENT?” Do we need to celebrate Independence Day?

                                                                                                                             ……Shilpa

Shankar Mahadevan Academy | Learn Indian Music Online

Music…. Is there anyone who doesn’t like music of their own choice? Music is a perfect friend and a powerful medicine.

When I was young my mom used to join me to some music class. But for my fate, either the music teacher used to get transferred or teacher was not regular or I was not regular. Somehow I couldn’t make it to learn. And moreover I was not interested to learn singing at that age. Plus I don’t like to learn traditional music. Each one has their own likes and dislikes. Likewise even my liking was different. I just want to learn how to sing movie songs perfectly.

A year back, I took interest in learning music. I started searching music classes. I used find out contact numbers in internet or ask friends etc. While enquiring I was asking for a class which lets to learn only movie songs. To this question of mine, the response was always negative and few people used to give philosophy too. Well I appreciate their concern though I was not convinced.

Few months back, I found there is a category called Sugama Sangeeth which is all about songs but not movie songs. Still took interest to enquire. Found Saadhana music Academy,Bangalore which offers a course on Sugama Sangeeth. For my fate I couldn’t join because of the timings.

Decided to stop music related search, and enquiries……………….

Recently one fine day I don’t know what made me do this “I opened google.com and I entered online music classes. I didn’t have any hope.” To my surprise, I saw a link which said “Shankar Mahadevan Academy | Learn Indian Music Online”

I quickly clicked on the link. I was exploring the website for some time and I found a course of my choice. There was a Hindi movie songs course. I was so happy. Eureka !!!!!

Once again the quote proved “Never loose hopes”

I was little worried about this course initially. I sent my queries to the support system info@shankarmahadevanacademy.com. I thought as other support systems, this would take long time to respond back. But this support system is just awesome. They clarified all my queries quickly.

Shankar Mahadevan, this name was enough to believe in this academy, this name gave me confidence to enrol for the course.

And I did enrol and started my journey in Shankar Mahadevan Academy. I am really enjoying the music course.

The reason for writing this is mainly to let people know that there is an online music class for those who couldn’t learn music due to time constraints, place constraints etc. Don’t miss this opportunity.

To those who are interested in singing they can visit http://www.shankarmahadevanacademy.com/

                                                                                                                             ……Shilpa

Salary !! How much do you get ?

Whenever I go to my Dad's village[My native] and meet some people I will be asked 4 standard questions.

Person: What is your name ?

Me: Shilpa.

Person: Nice. What are you doing ?

Me: Working.

Person: Really ? As what ?

Me: Engineer.

Person: How much is your Salary ?

This last question has led to a lot of confusions/Anger/Funny incidents. 

When this question was asked for the first time, I answered as "Sorry, we are not suppose to tell our salary according to our company rules". This was during early days of my job, where we learnt not to tell our salaries. But after replying like that, I was laughing because I don't know what that person might be thinking ? 

They might think

1. This girl has lot of attitude.

2. She gets huge salary that she doesnot want to tell.

3. She gets very less salary that she wants to hide it.

Uff, Really not sure how to reply for this..

And these days they will have options for the same question.

Person: How much is the Salary ? You might get 50000/80000 right ? 

I will be laughing inside, we know in reality how much we get. I am really not sure why people has such opinion that IT guys get huge salary..

These days I have kept my reply simple saying "I can have a normal living with my salary, so much I will get".

                                                                                                                                                ……Shilpa

Opportunities may not come again

When I was in Second PUC I used to attend tutions in Jaynagar, Bangalore. In the building where tutions were conducted  there was a movie/serial audio recording studio. One day our tutions got over early and we were chit chatting. A group of girls were running downstairs. Looking at this, we inquired whats happening downstairs. We got to know that a call from audio recording studio had come regarding a girl's voice was required for one episode and there was auditions going on for it and it was said that anyone can give a try. We were just curious to see auditions. So we went into the recording room. Dark, Sound proof room it was. Little bit of fear plus curiosity. Auditions started. They displayed a video on a big LCD screen and a dialogue page was given. Participants has to see the video and tell dialogue accordingly.. 

Photography by Sanketh Gurushankar Reddy

Participant #1 went to give auditions.

>> Rejected

Participant #2 went to give auditions.

>> Rejected

Participant #3 went to give auditions.

>> Rejected

Participant #4 went to give auditions.

>> Rejected

Participant #5 went to give auditions.

>> Rejected

 All got rejected. Only I and my two other friends were left. A person turned towards  us and said "can you people try." We replied saying "we just came to see auditions". That person replied saying "anyways you people have come, just give a try."

My friends agreed to try. But they got rejected. Only I was left. Heart beats started raising. Took dialogue sheet in hand, Looked into the screen. Started dubbing. Completed. 

A person said this matches. A little bit of pride and a smile on my face :) They gave me another sheet and asked me to dub for it. It was around 5 minute conversation. Did it.Success :)

Well this dubbing was for a famous kannada serial Mangalya.. A mega serial actually ;)

Told this to my parents and close friends about it. Felt happy.

The next day as usual was going to tuitions. When I was climbing the stairs a person called me

Person: Excuse me. 

Me: I turned. 

Person: You are the one who gave voice yesterday right ?

Me: Yes.

Person: Your voice is good. Can you give your voice for dubbing regularly ?

I got tensed. I really don't know why. I replied to him saying "Sorry. I have lot of other work" and I left the place as quick as possible without even waiting for a response from him.

When I think of this conversation I keep laughing at myself thinking why did I speak like that ? A billion dollar question. :D

The reason why I am saying this is because when opportunities come to your door step, one should take time, think and then decide. Not like how I did :) If I had taken time and decided when a person offered  part time recording job, today you would have listened my voice in TV ;)

                                                                                                                           ……Shilpa

No Conclusion! Just a thought…

Yesterday there was a get together in my home. We were having lunch and Kannadada Kotyadipathi[kaun banega crorepati] program was running on TV. Everyone was busy chatting + enjoying food, but I was seeing the VT [Video tape about contestant] of the contestant. A silence emerged and people started answering for the questions displayed on TV.  Anchor started chatting with contestant and at some point of time contestant said “My wife is my life”.

For this statement a comment came from a person who had gathered at my home saying “Just because camera is there he is telling “My wife is life…etc.” In reality who knows what is truth. “

For that I replied saying papa he is. He is physically challenged. I saw his VT. I guess he means it.

For my statement a comment came from a person saying “Oh that’s why he is saying wife is life and all. Because she will do everything to him know. If he was fine this statement would not have come.”

I was speechless for a moment. I did not know what to respond back. I kept myself out of this topic.

Photography by Sanketh Gurushankar Reddy 

Just imagine due to some bad time if something happens and you turn out to be a physically challenged.

Is it your weakness that you need a person?

Is it REAL love that you need a person?

Is it selfishness that you need a person?

Is it pain that you need a person to share your sadness?

Life gets changed in a second. Hell lot of sadness... Hate Sympathy at that moment... Still feel like getting some help…  It is a stage to conclude whether to live or die… It’s really painful for any individual to undergo this kind of situation.

A part of the soul says don’t be a burden on anybody. Why should one suffer because of me? Another part of the soul says how I can live alone, I need a person.  It’s a fight between split souls. It’s a point where no conclusion can be drawn.

Do you have an opinion on it?

If I ask the above question myself, I feel it is always better to get courage and fight alone in such situations. It is easy to say. But…………………….. That’s all I can say.

Smile

Photography by Sanketh Gurushankar Reddy 

Smile has a lot of meaning

A wishing smile
A happy sign
A painful joy
A joyful pain
A selfish tweak
A jealousy curve
A lousy smile
A lauding touch
A candid laugh
A blushing cheek
A photo cheese
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List never ends, cause Smile has a lot of meaning!

Oh dear Smile.. Just stick on to my lips.
Oh dear Smile.. Do not leave me alone.. Cause I just love you.

Madness

Wanna Scream loud..
Wanna Cry loud..
Wanna laugh loud..
Wanna Sing loud..

Who am I ?

I am a soul without which you are nothing..
I am darkness which leads you to light..
I am a stranger from which our friendship starts..

Confused ?

Try to walk in an unseen road.. You will definitely find an answer.

More confused ?

So am I.................................

Was simply thinking what to write next.. Scratched this. Please bear it!

Letter to the Editor [Deccan Herald]: Pondering down the lane

Recently I wrote a letter to the editor of Deccan Herald news paper stated as below. But I did not get any response back from Deccan Herald. 

Pondering down the lane

While driving in the city, a few questions constantly haunt me.

1.   We pay fines for not wearing our helmet, for not wearing the seat belt, over speeding, not carrying our license documents and many more such reasons. Basically, for breaking rules. We see the traffic police busy collecting fines from commuters every day. This has become a usual routine - police catch people and people pay fine. By doing this, are people really refraining from breaking rules? Is there a monitoring system which is tracking this data? Is imposing fine a real solution?

2.     Traffic rules are meant for the safety of the commuters but what is the use of traffic rules if the roads are themselves not safe at all. There are roads that are heavily damaged and they remain in the same condition for months/years. Whom should the public impose fine upon?

3.     Driving in the city has become really frustrating. Few people are seen fighting in the middle of the road. The reason being that their vehicle was scratched by another. Few people start abusing others for changing the lane suddenly. Few people start abusing if someone is not able to start his/her vehicle when the traffic signal light has turned green and in many more such instances. Many mistakes are made unknowingly or due to fear or because of the lack of driving practice. I feel there is a need in updating the procedure of issuing the driving license and making it tough enough to enable better driving skills.

Regards,

Shilpa Chandrappa

Bangalore.

From past two days this issue is taken seriously by the regional media and getting  light on it. And today I see the roads getting repaired after the  discussion of this issue in news channels. Feeling really happy because I wrote a letter regarding the same.