Dear Murali The scanned article is avaiable in our flickr. Check it out there . http://www.flickr.com/photos/arrahmanfans/2436609786/
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 8:29 PM, murali ramakrishnan < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > dear vithur, > > thanks for posting this news.will check for the magazine and read. friends > my memories going back > to 1998 march nakkeeran issue where they had said lot of nonsense about > rahman. > as many of us felt bad and thought how can he create such a story against > a good human being and a truly INDIAN. > > later he was interviewed by cartoonist madan for ananda vikatan to ask > about this? anna spoke lot about > his dad and the criticism by nakkeeran and later it was realised by > everyone that it was a stunt > by the magazine. > > Now the magazine has published a news where many of us not known. > > this incident shows that who ever criticize more on anna and talk stupid > about him, later realises and > feel sorry for what they did to him. > > it shows anna's true character and teaches us a lesson that forgive people > and they will realise > one day. > > proud to be ur brothers and sisters. > > God Bless u anna and ur family. > > Murali > > > ------------------------------ > To: [email protected] > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:31:40 +0530 > Subject: [arr] Nakheeran Article on ARR 's service to Fellow Musicians > > Nakheeran Issue Dated April 23, 2008 > > *Saregama Padha nee - Sattamilladha Udhavi ( A help rendered without > publicity) * > ** > A.R. Rahman has done a service without making any publicity. Film cirlces > are buzzing about this help done by Rahman. There is a society formed > amongst the Tamil Film Cinema circle. It is a very old society. When it was > started, all musicians from Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, andhra were > members of it. At one stage, it got disintegrated, and people from other > states other than Tamilnadu got seperated. And so, only musicians from Tamil > Nadu stayed in the end. > > There were people who had Music Knowledge and experience, but as people > became old, the society couldnt function as before, and slowly stopped > functioning. All the musicians also became debt ridden. > > Amongst those musicians, 100 people above 50 years were selected, Rahman > had given them Rs 25,000 each. By doing this, Rahman has not only supported > the musicians, but also music. When asked some musicians, they replied , " > Without His permission, we cannot give a public interview on this, which > would be like tarnshing the service done by Rahman". Thus saying they > stopped giving the interview. > > When contaced the Chennai Light Musicians Leader Raghuraj chakravarthy, he > said , " Senior Musicians, that too people who have dedicated themselves for > music have been suffering in life. Knowing this, and being unable to bear > this pain, He has supported them, which is a very proud effort. We could > have arranged a very big function for this. But, if we would have done like > that, the very purpose of he doing this would not have been served. He has > done this without any propaganda which is a very big deed". > > " Rahman felt very bad, when he heard about about these musicians, who > have been hit badly in their lives. He wanted to help them in some way or > the other. So, he decided to initially assist 100 people, ( people who are > old enough), and thus putting faith on his close associate he dediced the > list of people to be helped. He drew a cheque of Rs 25,000 /- on each and > every person out of that 100 list. He called the people concerned and > distributed to them. He had done this so that the monies will reach the > right people, at the right time, with the right amount. He had clearly told > them, not to publicise this, and had even requested about this. > > ( Scanned Article in Tamil will be uploaded in flicr soon) > > > > > -- > regards, > Vithur > > Whatever God wants to give, no one can deny; Whatever God wants to deny, > no one can give. Be happy always > > > > ------------------------------ > CoolHotmail : Your crazy personality deserves a unique email identity like > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Choose from this and hundreds other unique email ids > now Try it! <http://www.coolhotmail.com/> > > > -- regards, Vithur Whatever God wants to give, no one can deny; Whatever God wants to deny, no one can give. Be happy always
