Here comes Margazhi
The Tamil month of Margazhi begins today. To me it means Thiruppaavai Thiruvamppaavai, cold, and of course more music. Listening to Thiruppaavai Thiruvamppaavai in the early morning when you’re not fully awake is absolute joy 
. I have observed that whatever tune I hear at that time of the day gets registered in the mind and I keep humming it the whole day.
For a long time we listened to Bombay sisters’ rendition of the compostions. Then when the cassette finally could be no longer played, we bought a new one in which ML Vasanthakumari had sung the verses. Since Bombay sisters’ version of Thiruppaavai Thiruvamppaavai has settled in my memory, I am not able to digest the variations to it in MLV’s version .
I have found Thiruppaavai Thiruvamppaavai to be a good collection of raagas. Many a times, in a concert, when a piece is sung in a raaga that appears in Thiruppaavai Thiruvamppaavai, I’m able to relate to it and identify it.
