I know its a little late to write but wat to do Deepavali is a big festival and dint get time to write at all.Anyways i went to coorg last weekend and it was awesome.We left bangalore exactly at 5AM(yeah i woke up realllllly early).And then as usual as Som was driving and Ani was clicking photos as much as possible.Bangalore is so beautiful in the morning.I dont remember when was the last time i saw Bangalore so beautiful.No vehicles on the road and chill breeze.WOW!!it was heaven.That was more than enough to put me to sleep.But then Ani was clicking photos so the damn flask kept waking me up(not that i was complaining coz the sky was beautiful).Anyways the only time i woke up was when we reached Indra dhanush(trust me till date i thought that place was called Indraprasta..no idea why).Ate my fav pongal there(its yummmyyyy).and then Slept again in the car(yeah yeah i sleep a lot when im travelling...im borrrrinnnggg).I woke up again in Madikeri...Man i miss that place already.IT was a nice morning(yeah we were there by 10).DRove again from Madikeri to Bagamandala.
Bagamandala is a place where 3 rivers are supposed to meet but only two meet (no idea why actually).Had a nice COllllddd chill dip in the river and then headed towards the temple there.It looks like twin brother of dhramastala temple.seriously its just the same.Only difference is the idols worshipped there...The place is very clean and maintained well (actually it was built recently and i think people have not got the time yet to spoil it*grin*).Hmm after that next stop 8kms later at talacauvery.
Talacauvery the place is just pure magic.Its on top of a hill and its like u are in heaven.The place is so peaceful and again SO SO NEAT!!!There is greenary everywhere and its a paradise for people who love nature.And again a dip in the cold and dirty water(cauvery sankrama just got over so the dirt still there inside kalyani) and then went to finish pooja.I had the purest form of cauvery water.Yeah its very very tasty and sweet.During the entire trip it was raining!!!yeah yeah full mungaru male flash back.
The entire place was covered with fog within minutes we reached there.It was completely beautiful!!!Man and the weather there is soooooo kooollll best time to go to coorg now!!!!
After this i went to aiyya house.This is Som's grandfather's house.Our entire family was there to celebrate the unity.We cooked together had so much fun together.Now wat hpnd in the house its gonna come next.Until then stay locked!!!
Man i can never get out of the radio mood naah!!!
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Thursday, October 23, 2008
23rd October
Another nice day to begin with.For a change i woke up early and dint sleep off back again (yeah that last 5 mins sleep of mine can go on for hours ).Anyways came to office at 2.Today has been a pretty boring day.i had no mood of doing the show today at all.One reason is that there were too many ads today on our station and that was driving me crazy.(like anyone would care alwa..thats the revenue we have).
I dint speak much on air coz i had no time to talk at all.Thats when this small boy called Rahul called me.Since i dint have to talk on air i thought i could spend time talking to him.He's a 12 year old boy who goes to tution and is back home exactly at 5 just to listen to my show (now u can see me smile showing my teeth also).He called me for a request and since i was not recording for requests yet i said i could call him back if he gave me a number.Thats when i heard the one rupee coin booth sound he wanted to say something but then the line got disconnected.I dint realise for my timepass i was talking to a boy who was talking to me through payphone.God knows how much money he would have spent talking to me and i could not even record his voice.I can still remember the disappointment in his voice.
Yeah it made me feel very very guilty(There are so many people who call and msg me and then i wil not be able each and everyone on air thats the reason i always give myself and it is the truth.Today i answered all the calls i got just in a slight hope that maybe one call will be of that small boy Rahul(yeah my fav name too) and i could play his request.
I waited and answered all the calls but then alas no such luck today for me.Today has been a good day for me in a way coz i recieved close to 1000 msgs for Ulta seedha fataafat (again another game where im giving cash this diwali).No good news is able to cheer me up.
By writing this im just trying to get that guilt out but also a slight hope that maybe since im accepting this he might just call.No idea when he will be able to get in touch with me again.I shall wait.
One more thing for today i've realised how much people spend just to talk to RJ's and i dont think we all realise it until just one 12 year old comes into our life naah.
I dint speak much on air coz i had no time to talk at all.Thats when this small boy called Rahul called me.Since i dint have to talk on air i thought i could spend time talking to him.He's a 12 year old boy who goes to tution and is back home exactly at 5 just to listen to my show (now u can see me smile showing my teeth also).He called me for a request and since i was not recording for requests yet i said i could call him back if he gave me a number.Thats when i heard the one rupee coin booth sound he wanted to say something but then the line got disconnected.I dint realise for my timepass i was talking to a boy who was talking to me through payphone.God knows how much money he would have spent talking to me and i could not even record his voice.I can still remember the disappointment in his voice.
Yeah it made me feel very very guilty(There are so many people who call and msg me and then i wil not be able each and everyone on air thats the reason i always give myself and it is the truth.Today i answered all the calls i got just in a slight hope that maybe one call will be of that small boy Rahul(yeah my fav name too) and i could play his request.
I waited and answered all the calls but then alas no such luck today for me.Today has been a good day for me in a way coz i recieved close to 1000 msgs for Ulta seedha fataafat (again another game where im giving cash this diwali).No good news is able to cheer me up.
By writing this im just trying to get that guilt out but also a slight hope that maybe since im accepting this he might just call.No idea when he will be able to get in touch with me again.I shall wait.
One more thing for today i've realised how much people spend just to talk to RJ's and i dont think we all realise it until just one 12 year old comes into our life naah.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Talking in singular is BADDDDDDD
Hello all today the 17th of october is a hectic day for me.Since morning only working [no time to rest dammnnn :-( but no complaints].I had a show for AMW trucks in the morning.It was a press conference [and about 30 people in a hall for 5000 people lolz :-)] and then siddarth [my nephew,my life] was also at home so was very eager to meet him and be with him for sometime.So watever energy i had went for this.Today i had no mood to work [no energy naah thats y *grin*]but u know the beauty of my work is that when ur down all the love showered by my friends [listeners] will give me extra energy to do my work much much better.
Now i came to studio and as usual first reply to all the fan mails i get and at that time i came across one mail.It was a girl who is ardent radio listener[meaning she listens to other radio stations also *frown*]who loves the way i am on radio but basically she loves the wat Prithvi speaks.She has one complaint that she hates it when i speak to people in singular.Meaning i say yen beku ninge or yaarige dedicate maadthiddiya!!
She wants me to address everyone like they are elders.She thinks if i speak to them in singular then its not classy or its not refined kannada.She thinks speaking to them in singular will be disrespecful and everyone needs to be addressed with dignity.I have been on Radio One for the last 2.5 years and in the last two months this is the 2nd mail i have received with such a complaint.Im completely confused!!!
I think when i can talk to my friends like that why cant i talk to listeners that way.Why should i be so formal with them.I mean there are a lot of people who call and mail me and tell me they like the way i speak coz im not formal [Basically im angry and frustrated here *angry face*].I agree when i speak to elders i should not be this way but common how can i speak to a 12 year old or a 27 year old like they are my grandmoms.I have a lot of listeners who have become very close to me and tell their secrets and problems to me.They think that i am one in their circle and talk to me like a friend.I am from a circle of friends and family who love one another for the person they are.And i have never thought of being formal with anyone especially the people whom i care the most [that includes my listeners too].But this mail has changed everything.
I know the entire city is listening to me and i have to be perfect but then i never thought the language i spoke to get people to like me itself is turning its back.Now i have become this person who does not know how to speak in public and yeah after reading all this i have become very very conscious of wat i speak and how i speak.Thats true yaar when i speak to a person on air i always have this thing in the back of my mind.No singular and i end up mixing a lot of things [yeah sometimes even i fumble].Now u guys tell me wat im doing is right or wrong.If u think talking to someone in singular [That does not include elders 40 years and above] is wrong then i will stop doing that and become so called refined [even though i hate doing that].If u think its not wrong then [*happy grin*]ill mail this to the girl and give her proof that not everyone thinks the same.
Now i came to studio and as usual first reply to all the fan mails i get and at that time i came across one mail.It was a girl who is ardent radio listener[meaning she listens to other radio stations also *frown*]who loves the way i am on radio but basically she loves the wat Prithvi speaks.She has one complaint that she hates it when i speak to people in singular.Meaning i say yen beku ninge or yaarige dedicate maadthiddiya!!
She wants me to address everyone like they are elders.She thinks if i speak to them in singular then its not classy or its not refined kannada.She thinks speaking to them in singular will be disrespecful and everyone needs to be addressed with dignity.I have been on Radio One for the last 2.5 years and in the last two months this is the 2nd mail i have received with such a complaint.Im completely confused!!!
I think when i can talk to my friends like that why cant i talk to listeners that way.Why should i be so formal with them.I mean there are a lot of people who call and mail me and tell me they like the way i speak coz im not formal [Basically im angry and frustrated here *angry face*].I agree when i speak to elders i should not be this way but common how can i speak to a 12 year old or a 27 year old like they are my grandmoms.I have a lot of listeners who have become very close to me and tell their secrets and problems to me.They think that i am one in their circle and talk to me like a friend.I am from a circle of friends and family who love one another for the person they are.And i have never thought of being formal with anyone especially the people whom i care the most [that includes my listeners too].But this mail has changed everything.
I know the entire city is listening to me and i have to be perfect but then i never thought the language i spoke to get people to like me itself is turning its back.Now i have become this person who does not know how to speak in public and yeah after reading all this i have become very very conscious of wat i speak and how i speak.Thats true yaar when i speak to a person on air i always have this thing in the back of my mind.No singular and i end up mixing a lot of things [yeah sometimes even i fumble].Now u guys tell me wat im doing is right or wrong.If u think talking to someone in singular [That does not include elders 40 years and above] is wrong then i will stop doing that and become so called refined [even though i hate doing that].If u think its not wrong then [*happy grin*]ill mail this to the girl and give her proof that not everyone thinks the same.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
15th October 2008 NIce Day
It was a great day altogether.All my contests went well including Goldwinner One lakh fataafat and i had so much of response it was overwelming.The contestants could not answer simple questions like what is fish farming called (answer given was fishing and i was laughing so much when i heard that ) and also which state is associated with the garba form of dance(answer given was karnataka .Gosh dint expect that ).Anyways it is so easy to win one lakh but wat to do when someone is nervous they forget EVERYTHING.
Anyways i was having fun on the show as usual and i think even my friends (thats my listeners by the way ) got to know i was in a good mood.Came Fataafat 8 @ 8 ( My very famous request show *grin* ) exactlty at 8 o clock and believe it or not every single person who came on air started complimenting me (i was reallyyyyyy happy ) and started dedicating songs to me.I was thrilled and it actuallu showed in my voice (yeah i was veryyyyyy happy)
And then excatly at 8 40 came a stinker msg from one listener of mine who religiously sends atleast one msg EVERY single day.It said this:
ONE PALLAVI THIS IS ONLY FOR U OK! U PICK UP EVERY OTHER SMS WHICH BRINGS U A COMPLIMENT BUT U NEVER PICK UP MINE WHEN I COMPLIMENT U ON SO MANY THINGS. ITS REALLY VERY BAD OF U N U HAVE HURT A TRUE LISTENER OF UR SHOW. KNOW SOMETHING, I STEAL TIME OUT OF MY PACKED SCHEDULE OF TAKING CARE OF MY KIDS N LISN TO UR SHOW, BUT U HAVE NEVER SHOWN ANY COURTESY. I HAVE BEEN SMSING U SO MANY TIMES. I GUESS THIS IS MY WORST EVER SMS TO U.
The minute i read it i was thinking why did this happen to me on this nice day.In a way she was right coz there are so many people that make their time to listen to my show and send a msg and make me a part of their life.But then i dint expect a msg like this on the day when i was so happy.This one msg made me realise how close we can get to someone.She has come over to our studio a lot of times.Her two children are very very sweet.Her elder daughter is around 5 i think and she will always imitate me and i find that so cuteee.But then she was so frustrated that i had not called her and put her on air for the last two weeks.
After playing my last song i was thinking of calling her but then all these thoughts were running in my mind.Is she ever gonna talk to me?Why is she so angry that a person who loves me so much can send such a stinker?
For the first time i could hear my own heart beat when i dialled her number.She answered and her voice was shivering.That time i knew she was almost about to cry.She considered me her good friend and she kept sending msgs every single day and i dint show any concern.That was her complaint.I dint know wat to tell her.I had 100 thoughts but then none were coming out of my mouth.How do i explain to her wat was the real problem!!!
I let her talk watever she wanted to.I wanted that frustration out of her system before i could justify.A tear ot two rolled out of her eye when she was talking to me (which made me so guilty).But then i had to take all wat she was giving me.Ultimately once she was done i explained how difficult it is for me every single day to pick just one msg from 100's of msgs that i get.MOre than explaining things to her at one time i felt i was trying to justify myself to her (i was scared wat if she will stop listening to me).At the end of the conversation ( which lasted almost 15 mins and Anjaan was getting really irritated that i was still in the studio during his show) she was happy and i apologised to her saying i will for sure call her and keep in touch with her and her family.Then she said something very nice."A person who is very close to me and whom i listen to every single minute without missing anything if she will not show any concern then it will hurt naah"
This one sentence made me realise how much radio has reached people.Just 2 years ago i had selected people in my life and now people have selected me to be a part of their life and they also just like my friends will be hurt if i dont shower the same attention and love.
So all my friends i promise no matter wat everyone of u will be a integral part of my life.And thanx so much for making me a part of ur life :-)
Anyways i was having fun on the show as usual and i think even my friends (thats my listeners by the way ) got to know i was in a good mood.Came Fataafat 8 @ 8 ( My very famous request show *grin* ) exactlty at 8 o clock and believe it or not every single person who came on air started complimenting me (i was reallyyyyyy happy ) and started dedicating songs to me.I was thrilled and it actuallu showed in my voice (yeah i was veryyyyyy happy)
And then excatly at 8 40 came a stinker msg from one listener of mine who religiously sends atleast one msg EVERY single day.It said this:
ONE PALLAVI THIS IS ONLY FOR U OK! U PICK UP EVERY OTHER SMS WHICH BRINGS U A COMPLIMENT BUT U NEVER PICK UP MINE WHEN I COMPLIMENT U ON SO MANY THINGS. ITS REALLY VERY BAD OF U N U HAVE HURT A TRUE LISTENER OF UR SHOW. KNOW SOMETHING, I STEAL TIME OUT OF MY PACKED SCHEDULE OF TAKING CARE OF MY KIDS N LISN TO UR SHOW, BUT U HAVE NEVER SHOWN ANY COURTESY. I HAVE BEEN SMSING U SO MANY TIMES. I GUESS THIS IS MY WORST EVER SMS TO U.
The minute i read it i was thinking why did this happen to me on this nice day.In a way she was right coz there are so many people that make their time to listen to my show and send a msg and make me a part of their life.But then i dint expect a msg like this on the day when i was so happy.This one msg made me realise how close we can get to someone.She has come over to our studio a lot of times.Her two children are very very sweet.Her elder daughter is around 5 i think and she will always imitate me and i find that so cuteee.But then she was so frustrated that i had not called her and put her on air for the last two weeks.
After playing my last song i was thinking of calling her but then all these thoughts were running in my mind.Is she ever gonna talk to me?Why is she so angry that a person who loves me so much can send such a stinker?
For the first time i could hear my own heart beat when i dialled her number.She answered and her voice was shivering.That time i knew she was almost about to cry.She considered me her good friend and she kept sending msgs every single day and i dint show any concern.That was her complaint.I dint know wat to tell her.I had 100 thoughts but then none were coming out of my mouth.How do i explain to her wat was the real problem!!!
I let her talk watever she wanted to.I wanted that frustration out of her system before i could justify.A tear ot two rolled out of her eye when she was talking to me (which made me so guilty).But then i had to take all wat she was giving me.Ultimately once she was done i explained how difficult it is for me every single day to pick just one msg from 100's of msgs that i get.MOre than explaining things to her at one time i felt i was trying to justify myself to her (i was scared wat if she will stop listening to me).At the end of the conversation ( which lasted almost 15 mins and Anjaan was getting really irritated that i was still in the studio during his show) she was happy and i apologised to her saying i will for sure call her and keep in touch with her and her family.Then she said something very nice."A person who is very close to me and whom i listen to every single minute without missing anything if she will not show any concern then it will hurt naah"
This one sentence made me realise how much radio has reached people.Just 2 years ago i had selected people in my life and now people have selected me to be a part of their life and they also just like my friends will be hurt if i dont shower the same attention and love.
So all my friends i promise no matter wat everyone of u will be a integral part of my life.And thanx so much for making me a part of ur life :-)
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Kannada
U know the most interesting thing happened to me on air today.Even though we play only hindi songs a lot of people who speak kannada love to listen to it coz along with kannada music they need their daily dose of bollywood too.Our main aim was to capture those people who love kannada language and love hindi music [example ME :-)].BUt today when i was going through messages that i recieved one msg read
FATAFAT WHY DONT YOU'LL TALK IN ENGLISH OR HINDI? ALWAYS KANADA?ITS A BOLLYWOOD STATION,FOR GOD'S SAKE
Thats right our kannada people want us to talk in english or hindi it was very surprising.I know the number and the person very well coz i have put him on air before and he speaks kannada very well but then never have i faced anything like this.Every single day we get mails saying that kannada is dying and no one is talking it and no one wants to speak this beautiful language coz according to them its not their status.I love my language and i know i will always have high respect for it.Its very surprsing to see that college going kids now dont want to speak our language nor do they want to listen to it.Dont know wat bangalore will become by the time i have children.
FATAFAT WHY DONT YOU'LL TALK IN ENGLISH OR HINDI? ALWAYS KANADA?ITS A BOLLYWOOD STATION,FOR GOD'S SAKE
Thats right our kannada people want us to talk in english or hindi it was very surprising.I know the number and the person very well coz i have put him on air before and he speaks kannada very well but then never have i faced anything like this.Every single day we get mails saying that kannada is dying and no one is talking it and no one wants to speak this beautiful language coz according to them its not their status.I love my language and i know i will always have high respect for it.Its very surprsing to see that college going kids now dont want to speak our language nor do they want to listen to it.Dont know wat bangalore will become by the time i have children.
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