The Phase 4 of Nana Nani is blessed with very talented people. Many writers, singers, dancers, speakers are scholars in different subjects. Some of them take the initiative to mastermind interesting programmes and present them at the state-of-the-art auditorium in the Club House to the delight of an appreciative audience. One such programme masterminded by the Vijaya-Vasanthi duo ( Popularly known as V2 in the community) was held on 9th July. It was an unusual concept where the programme started with songs invoking gods with relevant commentary preceding the songs by Vijaya and Vasanthi followed by chanting of slokas by Vedic Scholars. The programme ended with some members singing Hindi and Tamil film songs accompanied by a Karaoke facility. The last peppy number witnessed many in the audience, young and old, getting on the stage and dancing, shaking whatever body part they could shake. While all the performers were very good, two singers stood out. Octogenarian Radha Natarajan belting out a popular and difficult song on Muruga by K.B.Sundarambal in her stentorian voice. If you closed the eyes and listened to the song, it was as if Sundarambal singing and not Radha. Meera Kumar, a popular dancer in the community displayed her ability to sing Tamil film songs. It was her first attempt at singing. Her melodious rendering of the song `Vaseegara` from the film `Minnale` made the audience demand an encore from her. The entire programme had the resourceful A/V expert in the community Krishna Kumar, projecting appropriate and interesting visuals to accompany each song in the background.
Congratulations to the VV duo for one more
innovative programme enjoyed thoroughly by the packed audience in the
hall.
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A surprise request from the PRO saw me acting as an
MC at a meeting held on 10th July, to introduce a book titled
`Vivekachudamani` authored by Dr. Mrs. Prabha Anant. Chief Guest was
Dr.Prabhakar of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. The meeting was
attended by a modest gathering. As I mentioned in my vote of thanks both the
scholarly speakers have sown a seed in my mind about going spiritual! For a
person who has been always spirited but never spiritual, it is going to be
challenging!
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