Writings, Rambles and Rants

If you can, put on a pair of headphones and listen to FAREWELL LIFE - Arn Anderson on loop while reading this.  Fear, one of the most heightened emotions that the human mind can exhibit. It brings to the forefront a sense of anxiety and nervousness at times when we least expect it to exist. Fear of the darkness gave us Fire; Fear of the sun and the rains gave us shelter and Fear of being alone gave us companionship. Have we ever stopped to wonder what our world would look like if only one person roamed the plains and the deserts, the mountains and the valleys, the prairies and the tundra?  For all our lives thus far, we have made sure that someone stayed on with us or beside us, through our journeys and our strife. We were born looking into the eyes of our mothers and wailing at the top of our voices. We cried so our mothers would take note of our loneliness and pick us up in her arms. We looked at peoples faces and smiled, wondering if they would smile back at us. The moment ...

  This particular album came out in the year 2002; I was probably about thirteen years old and in class 8. I wasn’t very well versed with ARR’s pieces back in the day just because there were loads of western influences when I began to learn about music. I was introduced to the wizardry that was tamil music only during my under-graduation period and I quickly caught up with what had happened over the many years I had gone without enjoying all of the new nuances that were introduced. I heard this song and was flabbergasted by the sheer brilliance of the programming that went into the song. “Vaan Nila” from Kaadhal virus: Karthik’s ode to ARR. Today is the 3 rd of January 2021, the song still amazes me no matter the years that have gone by. New York has forever been a city where artists roam around freely, jamming about at jazz bars. I have never been to the Big Apple but from what I reckon, it has been this extremely flamboyant city that never ceases to amaze or amuse travellers. ...