
K Balakumar
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K Balakumar
@kbalakumar
Ex-Editor News Today. Humour Writer. Now freelancer, gun for hire on TN, Sports, Films. Written for CricketNext, Yahoo and TechRadar.
Chennai Katılım Şubat 2009
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Wrote a long-form piece on why it is in the fitness of things to award Sangita Kalanidhi to KJ Yesudas, and why he was the one who really took Carnatic music to new social spheres and not the likes of, ahem, TMK. (The award is usually announced in March)
swarajyamag.com/culture/why-th…
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@anantha Was reading something on F1 and Senna and chanced upon this Lotus today #Coincidence

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@taparam Yup, one of the dependable sites for archival research purposes.
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@kbalakumar The best place to look for Salil da's multi-use tunes is salilda.com salilda.com/filmsongs/othe… Brilliant site, have spent hours on it.
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@taparam Sir, does this Kannada song by Salil da have a version in any other language?
youtu.be/ZJslP59QJoI?si…

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@zeneraalstuff I dunno much about the film. But wiki says this Kannada movie was remade as Minoo. I don't remember this song's version in any other language. Need to search.
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This Salil Chowdhury melody in KJY voice is an evergreen one
youtu.be/ZJslP59QJoI?si…

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Peak Lyricism@yoonshabnami
if you had to recommend one kannada song to someone which song would you choose?
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The D in D-Day stands for Day. Yes!
blue@bluewmist
What is a completely useless piece of information that you will never forget for some reason?
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@dagalti கொஞ்சம் wait பண்ணுங்க, Gas book ஆகலைனா, புகை சமயகட்டும் சேத்துக்கலாம்.
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A honorable second for me is one.
Not that my veneration for this song is less, just that my veneration for Jotheyalli is more.
My Mridangam rule for Raja is that if there is a mridangam piece in the song, it is a guaranteed masterpiece from Raja.
youtu.be/mK1ak5B9tXo?si…

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Peak Lyricism@yoonshabnami
if you had to recommend one kannada song to someone which song would you choose?
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Is there a French translation of this book available? Asking for knowledge purposes.
R.Rajiv Gandhi ✨-தமிழ்நாட்டை தலைகுனிய விடமாட்டேன்.@rajiv_dmk
எம் இளந் தலைவர் அவர்களை சந்தித்து நன்றி சொல்லி வாழ்த்து பெற்றேன்!!!💜
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Can never work (in my case, writing) if the music is on.
Ken Follett@KMFollett
I never play music while I’m writing. That’s not because it distracts me. On the contrary, I’m so deep into the imaginary world that I just don’t hear the music. How about you? Do you listen to music while you work?
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@dagalti Two top-notch, but not cliched, film references. As usual.
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@sunda_m For the newspaper, he is irrelevant to the larger story it is reporting.
Of course, for those of us in this platform, it is vital info. But that is a totally different tale.
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@kbalakumar Sir
That embedded part itself is not being reported.
For those not on this platform but believe whatever TNM spouts... are not told that the EX-TNM is embedded.
I know kids who believe that portal to be some resistance fighters.
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#TangentialPost
Whenever I see the usage 'keep mum' in a news headline, I'm
reminded of the incident when HT had a news item on Gulzarilal Nanda, "Nanda decides to keep mum”.
The headline was cut out, pasted on a postcard and returned to the sub-editor by the cricket commentator Pearson Surita who’d added the postscript: “Dad furious”.

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@sunda_m Natural only, no?
If this Madarassi guy hadn't embedded himself in the Dravidian camp, I don't think many of us would have gone at him so vehemently. Or at least, I wouldn't have.
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@sunda_m Expected only. Unwritten code in the business. Never rat on another journo unless he or she is from rival publication/party in which case just double down on him or her.
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@kbalakumar Seems like TNIE kept mum on the person who is supposed to have called and messages.
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