Shakila (No, this is not a typo) is performing Waka Waka (Tamil Version) at the opening ceremony of World Tamil Conference. There are rumours that she has trimmed down to match Shakira’s agility and learnt quite a few dance moves. The lyrics, however, has been leaked all over the interwebs. Here is how it goes:Saminathanaee hae hae, Okka Makka hae hae. And we bet the Vuvuzelas are being replaced by Nadaswarams
Rohan is forced to work in his father’s steel factory and study engineering against his wishes – not the life he had been dreaming of for the past eight years! And so Rohan does his best to create his own future out of his given circumstances and pursue his ambition of being a writer.
The year 1906 was a significant year in the life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, a young lawyer, 37 years of age, in South Africa. He arrived in 1893 and his transformation began through a multitude of events culminating in some significant changes he decided to make to his life style. His first test was during the Bambatha uprising in 1906.
The Natya Shastra was created in the beginning of Treta Yug by Brahma on the request of Indra and other devas as an object of diversion (Kridaniyaka). As the lower castes (Shudras) were not entitled to listen to the four Vedas (Sama, Yajur, Rig and Atharav), Brahma created the Natya Shastra as the fifth Veda which was open to all, irrespective of caste and creed.
This is a more reflective music than the joyous abandon of Qawwali; tabla and dholak provide the shifting, cyclical heartbeats that underpin Parveen’s song, shadowed by harmonium and bansuri flute. Parveen’s gloriously honeyed voice is a warm, agile instrument, suffused with sadness and joy, strength and fragility in equal measure.
