From the other perspective...

I opened my eyes... What is this I am seeing!!!I really cannot imagine this...I really cannot...I really cannot...

As I sat there watching helplessly, the reality begun to sink in. I took a look around slowly.
I was locked up in a 6 feet by 3 feet rectangular cell. I could see a huge array of such cells. The cells were meshed...even the bottoms were meshed. I couldn't even stand properly. Of the options I had, I could either stand or sit. Period.

There were so many of others too. As I sat I noticed my legs were very weak. They had attenuated due to continuous lack of usage. As I was trying to think why I hadn't used my legs for long, something warm dripped on me. Was it some shower?

Yuck, it smelled weird. It took sometime for me to realize that it was the outburst of someone's bladder. If you were thinking that I was spared of some feces on me, you are wrong. The place started stinking. But I could do nothing but sit in this hell. I can only expect death now, for nothing could be better...a peaceful painless death.

As I was sitting, I noticed there were females too. Most of them were pregnant. Ahh, I was better off I thought. It should be more than hell for them to be sitting in these cells with babies within them. I could hear a few in labour pain and soon they delivered their babies. Were angels born in hell?

Soon one of the guards came and took away the newly born ones from their helpless moms. Worse, another guard clad in a white, with some medicine in his hand, started injecting the unconceived ladies with some shots. My neighbor told they were being made pregnant the artifical way. The very rules of Nature are totally non-existent here!!!

Unable to bear any of these anymore I started shouting. As I was rebelling, I saw my cell getting opened. I was pulled out by my legs. As I was taken by my legs to somewhere, I could see the dead bodies of my fellow mates hanging without any skin. I also saw the newly born ones, all asleep, getting packaged to elsewhere.

I was brought to a huge plank of wood that reeked of blood smell. There was a gargantuan guard standing there and what did I see in the guard's hand. A white shining knife!!!!!

Ahhh....Death at last...This was what I was waiting for... I expected him to chop of my head so that I can die in just a flash. He slowly took his knife.

Let me take my last breath...I took a long breath with closed eyes.

Crrrrkkkkkkkkkkkkk...

Am I dead...As I opened my eyes, I realised my neck was slit but head not severed. I slowly saw that I was getting drowned in a big drum of water.

As I closed my eyes for the last time, I muttered
"Oh God, even death, after such a torturful life, is the worst anyone can get. Why...Why...Why the hell did you send me here as a Chicken......"

Note 1: This post is NOT yet another crap post of mine. It made a lot of sense to me...to look at the scene from the hen's perspective for a change.

Note 2: I am not advocating vegetarianism or vegan-ism. Just sketching the flow of my mind through the eyes of a chicken.

Amusing anecdotes...

Anecdote #1: Date: Aug 15th, 2006

Venue: The house in Kondapur where a few of us were lazing around.

The story:
I finally decided I'll go to the huge shopping mall in the heart of the city where I had to take delivery of the trousers I had given for alteration.

One of my friends quipped "Dei, don't go there. Don't you know it's independence day today. You are not supposed to go to places of mass gathering as it might be a risk"

Independence, is it real?


Anecdote #2: Date: Aug 18th, 2006

Venue: My cubicle in my office

The story:
Just now got the mail from the party co-ordinator. We are having an annual party tomorrow.
The post script of the mail was amusing. It read

"Please don’t drink and drive and use our transport facility."

What a piece of advice!! But what else can that person also do... If she is going to say don't drink, sure she's going to get fire-mails. But sure this was amusing...

Huh!

It's Rahman for you...

I am loving this YouTube pretty much. I had missed A.R.Rahman's interview in Sun TV which was telecast on I-day. One day later, I am finding it in YouTube, thanks to Rahman fans.

One cannot but wonder how much down to earth this person is...

Watch it out for yourself...

Part-1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OyOqrGvok0

Part-2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8PpIc1940o

Part-3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR9_rWsDlxk

New York Nagaram lyrics...

Was searching for this and bumped on this..
http://arrahmaniac.blogspot.com/2006/08/thanimai-thanimaiyo.html

Enjoy!!!

Jillendru oru Kadhal...

One of the favorite things I like to write about is A.R.Rahman :) It is no wonder that I always go gaga about him, for all the innovations he does in the music industry. The latest release of ARR is Jillendru oru kaadhal (now known as Sillendru Oru Kaadhal)...There are 7 songs in the album... When I first heard the album, a few songs caught on instantly with me. But with repeated hearing, I liked all of them...I'll have to listen more deeply to give a detailed review of each song...Here goes a "teaser-review" of the album...

1. "Majja majja"

This is a sensual song... Shreya does a wonderful job... She's got a sexy voice ;-) This is one song which I didn't like on first hearing... But it has grown on me after a few hearings. I liked the instrumentation of the song pretty much.... The strings were awesome.

Instant love: The line where Shreya sings "Jillllllllunu oru Ginger beer thaa..."

2. "Maricham"

ARR has found yet another new voice in Carolisa and she really rocks. It is high on electronic sound content and it's a tough song to sing, especially the scale at which she sings. The song begins at a rapid pace and tapers off to a slow end. This is has grown on me very well.

Instant Love: The glass breaking sound used at places...Particularly the one used in the beginning few lines of the song.

3. "Munbe vaa"

What a song!!!! I simply love this melody...The song has a nice pace to it and melodious at the same time. And Shreya does great justice to the song with her voice. Naresh iyer is too lucky to get such songs. This song is definitely going to take him places.

One of my definite picks of the album.

Instant Love: "Rangoli" hum by the chorus... Too good!

4. "New York"

I am mad about this song... Sung by Rahman himself... I can't ask for more... A melancholic piece where the protaganist rambles about his loneliness... Vaali has done a splendid job through out the album and this song is clearly the pick in terms of the lyrical content... The images are instantly created in the listener's mind... So beautiful are the words!!!

Another of my picks in the album.

Instant Love: Thalaivar's voice, the strings...

5. "Jillendru oru kaadhal"

A typical Jazz song... I am generally not interested in Jazz... And I didn't like this song when I first heard it... But on a few more hearings, I have started tapping automatically... A jolly number... Tanvi has stretched herself out to sing this one...Nice job.

Instant Love: The cat sounds littered over the song :)

6. "Kummi adi"

Liked this on the very first hearing... A fast, heavy percussion folk song sung at a marriage. Naresh Iyer does a superb job in this song alnong with Swarnalatha... On a side track I am hearing Swarnalatha after a looooong time and she comes back with a bang.

Yet another personal pick

Instant Love: Kunjaramma's voice, the harmony

7. "Machakaari"

Shankar Mahadevan has been used to his full potential... I really can't imagine the way he has sung this... A superb fast paced number...Vasundra Das is equally good too in this song. Her voice is real sexy as well.

Also a pick...

Instant Love: "Nannaana nannanaa" humming of Shankar (he does it with a groan...ossum), the strings and rhythm are different and catchy.

Go...Listen to it now!!!