Breathless? Not quite, but almost there!

This Saturday saw the 'Cheers to India' Promotion concert stopping over at Mumbai. The trio of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy entertained the Mumbai crowd with a power-packed rendition of their popular bollywood compositions.

Starting with the recent JBJ number, the trio performed hits from their other compositions like DCH, KANK, Hey Baby!... And although it was the penultimate day of the Dandiyas and more importantly the Indo-Aussie T20 tie, the three thousand odd crowd showed why these guys are amongst the more popular composers in Bollywood. Accompanying them were the rookies Anusha Mani and Raman (hey baby fame).I personally enjoy most of their compositions which frankly make for some easy listening. They've sure come a long way from their 'Instant Karma' (The DANCE MASTI series of albums) days and from the time when Shankar used to restrict himself to the Southern industry, singing especially for ARR.

This brings me again to the point of why Mumbaikars still can't seem to be able to have more concerts in their City. Bangalore always tops the choice for international artists when they decide to stopover in India. Whatever, the reasons behind this, this certainly does not augur well for the Mumbai crowd.

Certainly hope that we can have a U2 /Black Eyed Peas... concert soon in Mumbai.

Making a Comeback

This is definitely not the Sourav Ganguly types...Yes, I want to make a comeback to blogger. But not sure how regular I can be be (and also the quality of the stuff that I put on here).

The last year or so has been a very interesting challenge for me. And I can say that I was neither successful nor a failure. My move to Chennai was a big change in lifestyle. Living, food, the language , the weather, meeting people....every aspect of life was a Paradigm shift. (Maybe we can discount the food part cause I'm comfortable with all kindsa food). It was an experience which will be difficult to forget. It was a challenge for me right from the word go...firstly, finding a place to live. It is very difficult for a Bachelor to convince people to let out their houses in Chennai. Folks there are absolutely adamant with letting out houses only to 'Families', 'Vegetarians'...(Hope you get the picture!). And the fact that I knew absolutely no one there didn't help. I spent the better part of the year living with my cousin's roommate after which I finally found a place for myself...(unfortunately by the time I had settled down there, I made the decision to move out :)

However, I should admit that having my cousin there initially helped me a lot. I was introduced to quite a few of his friends and my limited social life in chennai eventually revolved around these few wonderful folks....Weekend lunches at their place, attending Weddings ( two of them tied the knot) etc. Although Chennai is an awesome city with numerous entertainment options, my activities over the year were restricted to watching movies at Satyam (an awesome Old time multiplex), at the beach on a few occassions, a couple of visits to nearby Pondicherry ( on the magnificient East Coast Road) and in-between weekend trips to Bangalore. Besides these occassions, I was bitten by the 'No-Social-Life' Syndrome. (Yes kinda hard to digest).

Well...I guess i can't narrate a year's worth in a single post; but I guess I did just OK. Which is not good cause when you don't really enjoy living in a city, then everyday becomes a compromise. And that's why, I jumped at the first opportunity I got to move to Pune.

Yes...that's where I am now..In the 'Oxford of the East', the 'Punya Nagari'. Although I had to quit a great job, I fell more at home now. And I don't know why! Is it because I'm closer to Mumbai? Is it the food, the weather, the language, the people?...I just don't know. That's how some things are; you just can't explain them.

And I'm hoping that things get better.
More on Pune soon..