English Countryside

I am back in Europe for a short while again - that is, if you can call UK Europe.

During the recent Easter vacation, I was really in a mood to sit by a train window and watch the countryside roll-by. And well, did exactly the same - travelled along the eastern coast twice in day light. The Lothian-North Umbria borders are particularly beautiful with their high cliffs facing the sea and snow clad mountains in the distance. Then followed the rolling meadows of Midlands and th fat sheep grazing everywhere. However, the southern part is more or less monotonous after a while. Stretches of green and a few horse farms that aren't unpleasant to look at, but thats about it. Oh yeah, courtesy some rain followed by bright sunlight, I saw a complete rainbow for the first time - a complete, bright semicircle :)

A New Genre of Music from Rehman

There's this new movie Ye Maaya Chesave directed by Gowtham Vasudev Menon. The movie and even the background score by Rehman seemed just average when I watched it on my laptop. Might be or might not be the case had I watched it on the big screen.

But after two weeks, both the visuals and the music lingered on. Typical of Rehman's music, the songs grew on me with repeated playing. My personal favourites are Vintunnava and Aaromale - Vintunnava is the usual soft romantic rendition with lots of instrumental music whereas Aaromale has an Elton John feel to it, starting with the guitar beats and melting into Hindustani later on. Even the Hosanna song is a great attempt at fusion music reminding of African music here and there.