i've been regularly reading some Rahman, Ilayaraja & Harris Jeyaraj fan groups in Orkut over the last couple of months. earlier i used to notice some hardcore fans of each composer abusing other composers. LIke some Ilayaraja fans abusing ARR n some HJ fans abusing ARR & so on. And ARR fans used to respond to those.
But after Rahman's recent appeal to his fans to stay away from degrading other composers and their compositions on the web, i see a positive effect cutting across all fan groups. everyone is talking about peace, love & respect for other composers. nice to see fans respecting each other. never before have i seen such unity among music fans. there always used to be "whos the best" kind of debates in fan clubs. now its all like "ARR is great. IR is great. lets respect both" kind of talk. Rahman's message of love & peace has had a great impact - what you guys say? only hope this sense of unity lasts forever.
