This morning when I was trying to view my Airtel bill, I managed to open www.airtel.com but to my surprise, I saw that it was redirected to vodafone site. For a second I thought has Airtel been brought over by Vodafone ?
but the truth was it was a DNS ( Domain Naming System) entry that points
www.airtel.com --- > http://www.vodafone.es/particulares/.
I did some googling to find if I was the only one but I saw few guys did notice this. The actual website of Airtel being www.airtel.in.
I brought this to the notice of Airtel Customer Care, I only hope they will take some action.
This is one of the few songs which I have listened to 100's of times..
Awesome lyrics... and the music is amazing.. this one is from Gaalipata..
you can listen to the songs here
http://majamaadi.com/gaalipata.html ( Lyrics in kannada are also available in the same website so i dont want to duplicate.)
This is how the lyrics goes.
minchagi neenu baralu nintalleee malegaala
becchage nee jotegiralu kutallieee chaligaala
virahada bege sudalu yedeyalli besige gala inelli nanage uligaala !
minchagi neenu baralu nintalleee malegaala
becchage nee jotegiralu kutallieee chaligaala
naa ninna kanasige chandadaranu chandabaaki needalu bandebaruvenu :-P
naa nera hrudayada varadigaranu ninna kanda kshenadali maate marivenu :-)
kshmesinu nee kinnari nudisale nudisale ninnanu heli keli modale churu paapi naanu :)
minchagi neenu baralu nintalleee malegala
becchage nee jotegiralu kutallieee chaligaala
ninna manada kavite saala padeda naanu saalagara
kanna toradu dochikondaa nenupugalige palugara
nanade eee vedane ninage na nedanu heli keli modale churu kalla naanu :-)
minchagi neenu baralu nintalleee malegala
becchage nee jotegiralu kutallieee chaligaala
virahada bege sudalu yedeyalli besige gala inelli nanage uligaala !
The next song goes like this.
onde samane nee usiru pisuguduva tirada mauna!
tumbi tuluko kangalali karagutide kanisa banna!
yadaya jopadiya olage kaalidade kulutide olavu!
manada karmugilina tudige malebillinante novu !
koneirada ekantave olavu.
onde samane nee usiru pisuguduva tirada mauna!
tumbi tuluko kangalali karagutide kanisa banna !
jeeva kaleva amrutake olavendu hesarida bahude ?
prana ulisuoo kailige preeti endu enna bahudu ?
hongasana chadaradalli mullina hasige ali maligi
yatanege mugulnage baralu kanna hani summane holagi
avalanne japisuvude olavu.
jeeva kaleva amrutake olavendu hesarida bahude ?
prana ulisuva kailige preeti endu enna bahude ?
nalku padadagideyali miditagala banisa bahude ?
murru swarada haadinali hrudayavanu haridida bahude.
ukki baruva kanta dalli naralutide nalume gaana.
bikkalisuvaedaolage nagutalide madidha kavana !
ontitanada guruve olave.
Here I come after almost month and half.. lost in the midst of a small journey which is never wanting to end. To wait is the most worst thing that I can think of in life but several times we can't really help and waiting is the only way out. Here I wait for my VISA to fly back to UK.
I have had a wonderful Tour of India starting from my Sister's marriage back in November, followed by Pondicherry bash with Engg classmate. The pondicherry blog can be found here journey-with-oceans.blogspot.com .
From there to Ranebennur for Vijay marriage and then visiting Hampi was a pleasure with my good old friend Raghu, my Guru for the journey of life so far. It was very relaxing and I also felt very proud of the Vijayanagara Samraja (Empire). Hampi trip especially came as a big relief as I was stressed out a bit trying to co-ordinate with my Manager and the travel department with no real results.
It didn't stop there, more events followed one of the most memorable event was meeting with school friends it was as long as 10 years that I got to see each one of them, also had a chance to meet up with Diploma mates the same week.
To follow it was a totally unplanned trip when we drove to Mysore but then landed in Ooty that very night and then enjoyed the train to Coonor and the Tea Estates and Madhumalai Safari.
It was a nice end to the new year 2007 when I went out with my parents to a movie followed by a dinner, for a change I spent this New year with my family.
As New year started it was a mixed expression, I was supposed to return to UK on 2nd of JAN 2008 but couldn't keep up my word to the customer as my VISA was still under processing but was happy to spend more time with family with the extended holidays and also lakshmi was to travel to India that very week which made it even more happier it would have been nice if pradeep also could have made it.
Time just passed by thick and fast and continues to do so for now..
Autumn
I was trying to find the meaning of autumn and itz origin..
The word 'autumn' is derived from the French word "automne".
Everyone must have heard about Autumn, I had never seen Autumn back home in Bangalore.
Autumn is a transition in the season from Summer to Winter and the beauty of the transition is very enjoyable. During this time, trees shed their leaves, with the leaves changing to a reddish or yellowish hue before falling off. The transition period is wonderful to watch, especially because here in the UK, it is full of Gardens and Trees all around.
Even the nights become more colder and Days become shorter, the Days start around 8AM and end by 4PM in here around this time.
Most of the trees would be without leaves by end of Autumn and sit there waiting for the next summer to arrive when they can really enjoy with the greener leaves again but before that could happen, they have to survive the chillness and the snow. We might enjoy the snow and cold weather but may be these trees wouldn't, they have sacrificed their leaves for the sake of the winter. :-)
- Infinite
Small Dreams but when realised make you feel happier.
To watch a football match in the Stadium was a dream and it was realised in style when we ( Manju and me ) had been to watch a Barclays Premier League Match between West Ham United and Boltan Wandarers at the Upton Park.
We were very excited as this was the first time we would see a Premier League match live in the stadium, we managed to reach early so that we wouldn't loose a single minute. It wasn't hard to find the place as there were thousands of people heading towards the stadium.
People in here love the game to a large extent. The stadium has a total capacity of about 35,000. Although this match was a Category B match, all the tickets were sold out, atleast that is what we were told.
As we entered the stadium, it was wonderful, lush green outfield, a thick bed of grass layed in the middle, we wished we could go there and jump on it for a while.
it was just 15 minutes for the kick off, Manju and me were wondering if all tickets were not sold out and may be they were bluffing but ten minutes later all the seats were occupied and then the fun started.
It was a buzzing atmosphere when the players came onto the field, followed by the Club anthem. We didn't know the club anthem, we only managed to move our lips and singing our own anthem.
It was time for kick off and all eyes on the players moving quickly Left and Right to and fro to the goal post.
There were a few guys sitting on my left side, I thought they should be coaching the team coz every time someone looses posession he would yell and say on what they should have done instead, I wonder if he had every played football.
Back to the match, we were just praying atleast we get to see a Goal and then came the moment when a flying right-foot volley from George McCartney of West Ham opened the scoring. It came after sustained pressure from the hosts that saw a clearance off the line from the Bolton Defenders.
The Crowd went wild... screaming enjoying appreciating applauding and we joined the party, a few minutes later it was half time.
As we didn't get tickets next to each other we swaped seats in the second half so that we could have a different view of the match.
The second half was more of a dismay for West ham and luck didn't favour the hosts as there were several goals on target saved and several shots off the target and many a times lost the posession when it mattered. Bolton tried very hard but couldn't manage a goal so far, however they did manage to hit the Bar once.
5 minutes to the Full- time it was still 1-0 and West ham had a upper hand and from no where there was one more Bolton attack and this time to the horror of the crowd it was Nolan ( bolton ) who equalises with a neat finish from close range after the ball was lofted into the area and flicked on by Michalik ( Bolton ) . There was nothing that Robert Green ( West ham ;s Goal Keeper ) could do about it.
Crowd went quiet and there was silence all around the park, some left the stadium after the misery Goal which otherwise would hv fetched Westham their all important 3 points but now they just have 1 point from the Draw.
But we were very pleased as we did see couple of Goals and I forgot to mention there were also couple of yellow cards during the match as well so in all we did manage to see everything except for a penalty kick.
It was a satisfying evening as our Dream came true of watching a Football match.
and in the end let me thank Manju coz without his persuasion and efforts I wouldn't have had made it to the Boleyn Ground.. thatz the name of the Stadium..
there is more coming until next time, itz me signing off..
This month's blog is dedicated to the one of the most versatile singer of South India who holds a Guinness record for singing the most number of songs, dont just see the Quantity, see the Quality of the songs, he is known for his incredible vocal range, deep rich voice, and mastery of style.
He has done playback singing for various genres of Indian music, and he has been highly sought after by many of India's film music composers. He makes his listeners understand the full meaning of the songs that he sings even thought it is peotic, he is none other than S.P Balasubrahmanyam also known as Balu in Telugu industry and SPB, he has been singing for many different languagues Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam Oriya and the list keep going.
He has won several awards in the journey and some noticable ones are Padmashree and Doctorate and about 5-6 National awards, too little for the singer he is.
Anything said about this great Singer is very less, he is one of the Greatest Singer ever in the Indian Industry and will remain for the generation to come by.
It isn't easy to pick the best of SPB's collection, you may end up with 1000's of pages trying to pick the best ones..
Some more sources for you to enjoy SPB's collection
http://spbindia.blogspot.com/2007/09/naguva-nayana-pallavi-anu-pallavi.html
http://covairavee.blogspot.com/2006/06/spb-telugu-songs-2.html
http://www.tamilsongs.net/page/build/singer/S.P.B
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/telugu/m/singer.8752
These are just a few of Hundreds that I like of SPB
Kannada
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Aaduvenu Nimagagi Kunidaaduvenu - Krishna Nee Kunidaaga
Aakaashadinda - Chandanada Gombe
Aakaasa Deepavu Neenu - Pawana Ganga
Aalaya Mrugaalaya - Mrugaalaya
Ago Ago Kogile - Prema
Aleyo Ale - Ravimaama
Ambaraveri Ambaraveri - Rasika
Arambha Premadarambha - Mane Devru
Ba Araginiye Ba - Digvijaya
Baare Santhege Hogana Ba - Ninunakkare Haalu Sakkare
Bandeya Baalina - Avala Hejje
Belli Rathadali Soorya Thanda - Indrajit
Bisiladarenu Maleyadarenu - Benkiya Bale
Bramhange Thale Kettu - Maari Kannu Hori Myage
Neera bittu nelada mele doni sagadu - Hombisilu
noorondu nenapu edeyaaladinda - Bandhana
kanasaloo neene manasaloo neene - Bayalu Daari
Nanna jeeva neenu - Geetha
Jotheyali - Geetha
neene saakida gini - Manasa Sarovara
Bale bale chandada chedulli hennu - Amruthavarshini
Cheluve Baanallu Neene - Banallu Neene Buviyallu Neene
elliruve manava kaaduva roopasiye - bayalu daari
snehada kadalalli nenapina doniyali - shubhamangala
Tamil
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Kannal Pesum - Mozhi
Aagaayam - Something Something Unakkum Enakkum
Megangal Ennai - Amarkalam
Sanththam Illathathani - Amarkalam
Telugu
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Naaloo Nuvvundali
Allibilli Kathala Raave - Chettukinda Pleader
Anando Brahma - Shiva
Botany Klas Undi - Shiva
Chinnari Ponnari - Swathi Muthyam
Ghal Ghal Ghal Ghal - Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana
Andaalalo - Jagadeka Veerudu Atiloka Sundari
Gaama Gaama - Naa Autograph
Priyatamaa - Jagadeka Veerudu Atiloka Sundari
Subhalekha - Kondaveeti Donga
Yamaho - Jagadeka Veerudu Atiloka Sundari
Chinnanaati Chelikade - Yagnam
Bandhrachalam Kondalki - Gangleader
Pani Sa Sa Sa - Gangleader
Vana Vana - Gangleader
Prema Mantram - Sreenu C/O Anu
Itz been fantastic for the Reds this weekends, For Man-United in Football, For Kimi & Ferrari in F1, For India in 20 - 20, So was it for me.
Man-Utd having started the season in a timid fashion winning 1-0 earlier in the season, broke the shackles to come victorious in their Away match against Aston Villa 4-1. Wayne Rooney took his goal tally to six in the last five matches, Rooney recently scroed his first Goal for England in the last 3 years, awful lot of time for the striker. It wasn't easy coming back 0-1 as Man-U conceeded their first goal in 600+ minutes on the field to Aston Villa.
It was another day of Drama, unexpected things on the Brasilian Formula one Circuit. Kimi has a bleek chance of winning the Championship as it was not just that he had to Win the Race but also Alonso and Hamilton had to loose in a big way, but belive me it happened, with Hamilton's luck running out and Alonso unable to keep up the pace with the ferrari, finally Kimi Raikonnen, also called as the Ice-man won the World Championship for 2007 after coming close twice in the last 4-5 seasons, It is the Dream come true for Kimi and his Fans, like me :-)
It was unbelievable for a moment, I was screaming shouting and enjoying at home.
In Cricket it was time for Young Indian team to show their worth against the mightly Australians especially after the T-20 World cup victory. They stood the kind of expectations and did it again, some sort of respite after losing the one day series.
Caption of the time
“Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.”
