cricket; chinmayi; corporates

weekends and cricket match relays on tv are deadly combinations.Doing nothing and enjoying others sweat it out,is great fun.As it happened they really sweated it out yesterday.Match was well poised and interesting and the tension was gripping.
Chinmayi on tv in the pothigai programme was refreshing.She spoke as she does at home,and appeared also casual.She has said her future is going to be on bridging the divide between hindustani and carnatic music in the classical format in a kutchery.she got interested in film music listening to "netru illada matram" from pudiya mugam movie and "e rama e kya hua" from rangeela.It is great to see chinmayi that you know from her 6th standard as your daughter's friend blossoming into a confident girl appearing on the tv and magazines.Her voice continues to be amazing.She has given a audio clip in her blog where she sings in hindi to a singalese folk song.
Corporates had various stories about the july 26th mumbai downpour.LIC top brass were stranded for over 12 hours that eve as they were getting back to the city from Borivli.Staff cars withstood the brunt of the fury of 91 cm rain and did not buckle under;neither did the officials marooned inside and kept captive throughout the night!