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Nature hits back with full fury
Uttarakhand devastated; 150 killed, 70,000 stranded

Monsoon fury leaves 150 dead in north India, 70,000 remain strandedThe deluge of Uttarakhand continues with 150 people dead and over 70,000 people stranded due to the ongoing flood situation. Even as Army rescue operations have rescued 4,000 people so far, the situation remains grim.



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  • Kanchan Gupta
     - 22 minutes ago
    The plunder of Singhbhum and its terrible consequences have convinced me only the mafia gains, people lose. I see same in Uttarakhand. 2/2
  • Kanchan Gupta
     - 43 minutes ago
    RT @barbarindian: "Aerial survey" is euphemism for "I want to get on the headlines but not get my feet wet".
  • Kanchan Gupta
     - 44 minutes ago
    @j3510 Oh yes death is also a natural phenomenon. As is the proliferation of mafia behind plunder of nature. @manojkagarwal @Dayamaitreya
  • Kanchan Gupta
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    Profoundly sad. "@db_DelAlpha: Bharat Sevashram Sangha ashrams washed away along with monks in Kedarnath & Gourikund http://t.co/TSPiaiikXu"
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Talk BackTime to award legends who churned out everlasting melodies

By V N Seetharam

The recent passing away of TM Soundararajan, who dominated the Tamil cinema music like a colossus spanning the second half of the 20th Century, has prompted me to reflect deeply about the society which has gained enormously from people who had enriched the lives of listeners of popular music. I cannot recall a single day when the then Radio Ceylon had not broadcasted songs of this and other versatile singers to entertain people of Tamil origin not only in the Sri Lanka but across the Palk Straits.

He had an unforgettable voice which had catapulted the otherwise mediocre Tamil actors to glory. MGR the filmstar-turned politician owed his success to the voice of TMS and even today decades after his passing away, the TV viewers are kept perennially entertained by the clippings of MGR swaying the masses through the voice of Soundararajan. TMS was to Tamil cinema what the incomparable Mohammad Rafi was to the Hindi cinema in the northern India. As much as Rafi's melodies which continue to grip the listeners with a mystic sway and a million emotions of love. Pathos,joy and divinity in their minds TMS too had evoked such lofty emotions in the listeners. After having entertained the nation for decades what these musicians got back was very little. Mohammed Rafi should have been conferred the highest Bharat Ratna and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for his prolific renderings. TMS though falls short of Rafi's versatility is nevertheless a worthy contender for the highest film award namely the said Dadasaheb Phalke citation.

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