i wud appreciate all those pin pointing these stuff to come with up interesting stuff; rather than keeping on stressing the point that group is not as it was previously/initially. no one restricts anyone to share anything related to ARR... no offense meant.. peace....
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 9:07 PM, JOHN JEEVINTH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Siraj u do have a point buddy.. it is true dat the quality of > discussion happening here has come down..the uniqueness of this group > is not there anymore...When I joined this group abt 3-4years back I > got to know lot of things abt ARR which i never knew...and the kind of > reviews and discussion which took place here really kept me glued to > my mail box...but dat does not happen any more...this was how de Orkut > community with Siraj is referring to lost its charm.... > The things which made me visit this group 10-15times a day is now lost > I know i will be reading a Google news on ARR here with full > description... > > Vithur this is nothing against u ... I really appreciate this man he > spends most of the time researching on ARR > > I would like to have the group to be back the way it was ... > Lets not make it as place were we get news abt ARR from various > sources but a place were every single fan comes out and discusses > about The Music,The Magic and The Man... > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, Arun > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Dear Friends, > > Yes its true we are not disscuss much more of ARR, Please stop > posting news > > like NON-ARR or SEMI ARR, lot of things are there friends in music, > in each and > > every song of ARR, Friends we want to sure this Groups want to > disscuss purely ARR. > > ur's > > Arun.S > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 9:29:55 > > Subject: Re: [arr] NO healthy, constructive & meaningful posts on > ARR's music anymore here... [SAD] > > > > > > Thanks Siraj. Lets make our posts interesting. .cheers > > > > > > On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 3:12 AM, Siraj K <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote: > > > > My dear friends, > >  > > Thanks all for considering my email positively (because I didn't get > any bashing from anybody so far). > >  > > But I noticed onething. Everybody is pointing to Vithur only. Why? I > never meant his posts; I meant in general.  Sorry, Vithur (don't > misunderstand me). And few said they're with Vithur; I'm also with > Vithur (since I posted this, does it mean that I'm against Vithur?). > >  > > As somebody stated, though we've google alerts & RSS Feeds facility, > it is easy to get all info here in one place (being posted by Vithur > and others). But I think this is not the place for that purpose. > >  > > If somebody wants to know about other stuffs (like Marmayogi, Robot, > Maniratnam, what Aishwarya & Abhishek are doing, etc...), let them go > and find it from other places. Its not a place to read about the > progress of those movies. We already knew ARR is assoicated with these > movies because of which we don't have to know the progress of the > movie too; we don't want to know who is the producer, what is > his budget, where and when the shooting is getting started? I'm sure > even ARR is not interested about all these Qs. Then why should we > bother? If ARR is doing some research on music for those movies, those > articles can be posted here. If ARR is doing some research on 6th > century music to compose for Marmayogi, we can discuss here "what > could it be? how it could sound? etc..." > >  > > Be frank my friends... We know that there are definitely VERY LESS > about ARR in the recent posts than NON-ARR stuffs (may be 1 or 2 lines > about ARR). > >  > > Sorry for the comparison here... > >  > > Just visit "Ilayaraja - Orkut community" once; you'll understand > what the community is meant for. They're discussing lot about IR's > music and specialities, nook and corner of his music. And visit "Kamal > Hasan's Orkt Community", they discuss a lot about Kamal (leave some > exceptional posts apart) and his movies (for instance, they're > discussing about Dasavatharam right from the movie release and > revealing lot of info everyday). They look really logical and > interesting to know about Kamal & his talent. > >  > > In the same way, we've to discuss about ARR, his music and his > talent and small small stuffs he hides in his music. So that > other fans who have less knowledge on music (like me) will come to > know the talent of ARR. > >  > > Just posting "whether the movie shooting is started or not" neither > helps in understanding ARR's music nor his talent. > >  > > Hey Bergin, you do remember those days (I miss those > days yaar)...!!! I don't want to create an argument among our friends > (Rahmaniacs) . What I want is 'reasonable analysis' and 'worthy contents'. > >  > > Thanks for not bashing me. > >  > > Cheers, > > Siraj > > > >  > > On 8/22/08, Bergin Panimayam <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote: > > Friends, > >  > > First, why should we argue like this for nothing? See the thread it > has gained for no use. All of us here are ARR fans, lets be united. > Siraj, I remember our hostel days in Jamal, then we argue with non-ARR > fans that argue with us. You, me and other Siraj on a side supporting > ARR. > >  > > But all of us here are ARR fans, why to indulge unnecessary > arguement. In fact i didnt want to read all the messages on this topics. > >  > > I very much understand and appreciate your intentions of having a > good and healthy conversation. Did you notice, in the past month or > so, there's not much posting from Gopal or Vijay, very few infact. > That doesnt mean they are out of the forum or Silent... Instead of > arguing, lets start a good healthy discussions. > >  > > One thing, Let us all appreciate Vithur for his efforts to post news > that comes every day. I do have my own Google Alerts, that alerts me > on ARR news every day. But i find it difficult to read 'em all. And > this man is taking efforts to keep the forum informed on news > involving ARR. And let's not forget the charity work he does. Hats off > to you Vithur. > >  > > Let's discuss, if there's a way to popularise ARR to the rest of the > world, how as a fan we can take this to other people around the world > and show we have a man that has sold so many records in just 16 yrs. > Think of what we can do to spread the word. let's all market the brand > ARR to the world as much possible. > >  > > Post articles where ever possible, guys abroad, talk to your > non-indian colleagues about ARR on your casual discussions . And let > them know about his music. That's what we should do and that will help > improve his music sales in US and other countries and will in turn > help ARR to go more closer to Grammy and other awards. > > > >  > > Bergin > >  --- On Fri, 8/22/08, vrvithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote: > > > > From: vrvithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> > > Subject: Re: [arr] NO healthy, constructive & meaningful posts on > ARR's music anymore here... [SAD] > > To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com > > Date: Friday, August 22, 2008, 2:07 AM > > > > > > Thanks abdul Bhai... Would strive to make my posts as interesting as > > possible... > > > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Abdul Manaf <manafcp@ > wrote: > > > > > > Hi vithur > > > i wrote here that i agree with siraj partly. Please dont > > missunderstand me. What i meant is that there were some members here > > who coming with interesting topics. They must come back. For me i > > didnt miss any of ur mail till now. Dont stop. I didnt feel that > > those info are boring, it is very interesting. Keep it up. We are > > with you. > > > > > > Vithur wrote: > > > > I post relevant information only abt ARR... and even > > if I post it from different websites... I post them, only if there is > > some additional info or if something is different... > > > >  > > > > I dont have the expertise to analyse or dissect AR music... > > > > On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 8:27 AM, Abdul Manaf < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > com > wrote: > > > > Hi siraj i agree with you partly. You mentioned that it is > > boring to read articles copy and pasted from other websites. But it > > is very useful to the members who are checking mails through mobile. > > I regularly checking mails in my mobile and iam very thankful to the > > members who are posting articles from various sites especially > > VITHUR. I have been a member in this group since 2002 and reading > > such posts. I believe that this group is more active comparing with > > other forums because of such active members. U mentioned about some > > members here, yes they were posting interesting topics in the last > > some months. Hope they will come back. > > > > Siraj K wrote: > My dear fellow Rahmaniacs, >  > No offense > > > > meant; I don't intend to hurt anybody here; please understand. > It > > has been a long time since we had some healthy, constructive and > > meaningful article / discussions happened in our own ARR's Yahoo > > Group Forum. > > > >> Friends, please don't ask me, " How many posts have you posted? > > How many articles you wrote? And for how many posts have you > > replied? " I 've no answer for this because I'm not so good in music > > to write a review or comment on ARR's music. But as a fan, I do read > > all the posts (healthy & constructive) posted by other fans here.. I'm > > an active SILENT member. > > > >> Where are Chord, Amit, Rawat, and other strong members who > > writes reviews or analyzes ARR's music and songs? > But now a days > > what we get to read in this forum is just " Copy & Paste " from > > various websites and " bits & pieces " about ARR (& many times just > > info related to ARR) from other sources. Many times it happens to get > > same info from various websites (for ex, Kamal's Marmayogi, Mani's > > Mahabharat, Shankar's Robo, Akshay's Blue, Rashid Ali's interviews, > > etc, etc...) We're seeing same info about these on different posts > > atleast 5 times everyday ( same info is repeated over and over; again > > and again - by various fans; many times by the same fan ). Its really > > boring and frustrating to read. > > > >> There are few posts where there is no trace of ARR's name at > > all. > Yahoo Group is becoming like Orkut community where we don't > > see any healthy debate or discussions. > Please guys, old active > > members of Yahoo! fans club, please come again and start the healthy > > discussions. > > > >> It looks we're working hard to reach the message / post count to > > reach 1 million; we don't need that. If we want to reach 1 million, > > we can simply start posting " I LOVE YOU ARR " everyday 10 times; > > soon we'll reach 1 billion or 1 trillion. We need some meaningful > > analysis and constructive debates / reviews on ARR's music. > > > >> Sorry if my mail hurts anybody. > Cheers, Siraj ._,_.___ > > Recent Activity > > *  56 > > New MembersVisit Your Group > > Yahoo! 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