Aakarsh

A nice composition by @aharinirao & Saikat Basu. open.spotify.com/track/3EpQx1QC…

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trying to order a physical Aadhar card? Trying to log into myAadhar website but it says I have to go to myAadhar website and order the card there. Can someone help me understand if this is ridiculousness of Indian govt websites? or is there anything I am missing here?

Hyderabad has footpaths but doesn’t have footpaths. Till date I have not seen one proper footpath (of international standard).

ISB Road’s litter, dangling telephone wires, and poorly patched dug-up roads risk Hyderabad’s clean city image and safety! 🛣️ @GHMCOnline, can we fix this with regular sweeps, underground cabling, and proper road repairs? Let’s shine globally! #CleanHyderabad

"The silence of CEOs in the face of Donald Trump's tariff chaos is one of the biggest failures of leadership in corporate history. They are strategically not speaking out lest the White House retaliates? It's like worrying about a punch to the stomach after your throat's been cut".

@sevarkodiii Never heard it before. Just heard it. Yes, like a throwback.

In a span of last one year Kanmani- Manjummel Boys Indha Maan, Kodai Kala- Meiyazhagan Nee pottu vacha, indha veedu namaku-Lubber Pandhu Otha Rooba, Ilamai Idho, En Jodi Manjakuruvi- GBU Ref plus inspired Kaadhal Fail- NEEK GOAT la Sorgame endralum, Kadhalin deepam

@sevarkodiii No. What meant - these songs are using his music style (of 80s) as a reference point instead of directly using Ilaiyaraaja song (with or without permissions). They are evoking nostalgia through a new song in that music style or mould instead of directly using his old song.

@kamalaakarsh Both are Ilaiyaraaja's tracks? Listening to these for the first time.

@sevarkodiii And this - youtu.be/zz7pfgByyDE?si…

@sevarkodiii One more - youtu.be/hurkqu-kpWE?si…

@sevarkodiii A slightly different pattern is playing in Telugu. Either there are remixes of his songs (with legal permissions) or there are these hat tip tributes to raja’s music instead of directly using the songs… to evoke same nostalgia.

@sevarkodiii I have a slightly different take on this. That these blockbusters (or big producers, directors, actors) are using his music only to evoke nostalgia… which is a little lazy signalling of cultural references. I would be more happy if they directly tapped into his current music.

@kisho1398 Thanks

@kamalaakarsh Had forgotten the name of the song in Akka kuruvi. Found it in the playlist. Nandri nanba 😊

There are many post-2000 albums of #Ilaiyaraaja missing on Spotify. I compiled about 50 such songs (that I like) in a YouTube playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=… Special thanks to one Kirubanithi S Lakshmi & a few others who uploaded them to YouTube.

@pnamblat No idea but liked the song

@kamalaakarsh Thanks for this . I was literally searching for oru maniviyaai last week and ended up posting the youtube link... Has a nalinakanthi raga vibe but may not be in it..

@HailBeeGee Thank you

@kamalaakarsh Wow, great list, @kamalaakarsh I listen to some of these regularly, but I regret that I haven't heard some others that much

@Mrmemehead Thank you

@kamalaakarsh Thanks for the compilation!

@DilsoftRaja Until someone builds a software or AI which maps & converts Spotify playlists into Apple Music playlists. The only reason I stuck to Spotify is that I started playlists there earlier & now it’s time-consuming to build from scratch on Apple. & search on Apple is horrendously bad.

@kamalaakarsh Why people are stuck with Spotify.. which is nothing but donkey poop which stinks ( poor quality). Better use Apple Music.

@Raaga_Suresh Excellent compilations on that YouTube handle.

@kamalaakarsh Yes. Kirubanithi Lakshmi has uploaded many songs.

@_Drunkenmunk You uploaded so many rare beautiful pieces sir (not only in this playlist, but in general). Thank you so much.

@kamalaakarsh Nice

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