Ringtones
Sometimes , little things mean a lot ( "chhotti chhotti baaton kii hai yaaden badi bhuule nahin biitii hui ek chhotti ghadii -- So Wonderfully captured in two lines by Gulzar in the Song " Maine Tere Liye" from the Movie "Anand" ) .
Its a long commute for me by Train (Singapore MRT) to College.And Cellphones keeps buzzing all around me in those 50 minutes of commute.Whenever a "Saare Jahaan Se Achcha " or a " Kal Ho Na Ho" or a " Uyirin Uyire" ringtone buzzes around me , it sets me back on a mini nostalgic cultural trip . In fact whenever a Tamil / Hindi Ringtone buzzes near me , I have even made acquaintance with those strangers (Usually starting off with " Nice Ringtone , so where are you from ? " ) ......
In fact Ringtones these days have become personal statement about oneself.They say the Ringtone of your phone is an indication of the kind of person you are and your musical preferences (perhaps even lingual preferences). My current Ringtone is the famous Signature Background Score by Illayaraja (Which was supposed to have been inspired from Flash Dance) in "Mouna Raagam" (Tamil Movie of 80's by Maniratnam) .
I am not too sure if our Culture is our most binding factor but it definitely plays a big role in keeping the Indian diaspora together .
Sometimes , little things mean a lot ( "chhotti chhotti baaton kii hai yaaden badi bhuule nahin biitii hui ek chhotti ghadii -- So Wonderfully captured in two lines by Gulzar in the Song " Maine Tere Liye" from the Movie "Anand" ) .
Its a long commute for me by Train (Singapore MRT) to College.And Cellphones keeps buzzing all around me in those 50 minutes of commute.Whenever a "Saare Jahaan Se Achcha " or a " Kal Ho Na Ho" or a " Uyirin Uyire" ringtone buzzes around me , it sets me back on a mini nostalgic cultural trip . In fact whenever a Tamil / Hindi Ringtone buzzes near me , I have even made acquaintance with those strangers (Usually starting off with " Nice Ringtone , so where are you from ? " ) ......
In fact Ringtones these days have become personal statement about oneself.They say the Ringtone of your phone is an indication of the kind of person you are and your musical preferences (perhaps even lingual preferences). My current Ringtone is the famous Signature Background Score by Illayaraja (Which was supposed to have been inspired from Flash Dance) in "Mouna Raagam" (Tamil Movie of 80's by Maniratnam) .
I am not too sure if our Culture is our most binding factor but it definitely plays a big role in keeping the Indian diaspora together .
posted by Cogito at
Thursday, August 26, 2004
6 Comments:
In the .NET Framework, the CultureInfo class from the System.Globalization namespace provides culture-specific information such as the associated language, country/region, calendar, and cultural conventions....
configuration
system.web
globalization
baseculture="in-IN"
dominantculture="us-USA"
bashedupculture="ir-IRQ"
currentCulture="si-SIN"
futureCulture="ch-CHI" (?!?!?)
globalization
system.web
configuration
say what! ;-)
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Anonymous, at 2:46 PM
Same pinch, i had the same BGM right now. I think I have set Rintones for specified persons accordingly 3 years back itself when i got 3310~(kalara thooki vitukalam)Even in uk I am using Main Hoon naa, Mounna Raagam BGM, Punnagai Mannan(Bit song), Germanyin senthein malare, Chellama chellame(for my wife)
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ILA (a) இளா, at 7:13 PM
first....lemme get a cellphone
then...lemme play around with ringtones
later.....form opinions abt it
finally....come back and comment abt it :)
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kaatss, at 2:25 AM
athukulla vidinchidum kaatss
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Srihari SN, at 4:26 PM
hey arun.....dunno the luck of your post and my comment on cellphones and ringtones.....i got a cellphone...rather had to buy one.....last week
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kaatss, at 1:05 PM
Ila, I used to admire the way you used the ringtones.You always had the best ones & the latest.
kaats,Congrats on your new phone.
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Cogito, at 1:54 PM
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