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History 101: Remembering Childhood Grand KTMB Diesel Locomotives

Class 93 China Locomotive Train KTMB Public Transport

KTMB operates a number of locomotives manufactured by different manufacturers & countries and one of the most modern ones would be the slick 19 units of Class 93, Electric Intercity and Komuter trains manufactured by CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive, China. It is capable of achieving speeds up to 180 kilometres per hour although my recent experience had the train running at a moderately slow speed. Image source: Wikipedia.

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Tags: 1980s, Childhood, English, History, Japanese, KTMB, Locomotive, Public Transport, Train, Transportation, Travelling

My Favourite 1980s English Song: Everybody Wants To Rule The World By Tears For Fears 1985

1980s Everybody Want to Rule the World Tears for Fears Song

I rate the 1985 song, Everybody Wants To Rule The World as my top ten songs from the 1980s that I can hear all day long. I said this before in one of my posts and I will say it again – the 1980s was a golden year for both the English & Tamil music industry with some of the evergreen songs being composed by great musicians around the world. Image source: Youtube

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Nostalgic Tamil Song 101: Vaasam Illaa Malar Idhu by T. Rajendar 1980

Oru Thalai Raagam Tamil T. Rajendar

Oru Thalai Raagam is a 1980 Tamil romance film written, music composed, lyrics written and directed by T. Rajendar. Poster source: Amazon.

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Tags: 1980s, Lyrics, Movies, MS Viswanathan, Oru Thalai Raagam, Simbu, SP Bala, T. Rajendar, Tamil, Tamil Song

Nostalgic Tamil Song 101: Classic Kadhal Oviyam by Ilaiyaraaja 1981

Alaigal Oyivathillai Tamil Karthik Radha Song Bharathiraja

I thought it is best to start the year with a Tamil classic from the early 1980s which has some of the best soundtracks by Illayarajaa. Image source: Amazon

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Tamil Song 101: Kamal’s Ponmaanai Theduthey Classic

kamal haasan music song tamil

(The many faces of the great man in multiple roles all these years and he still making headlines even now. Image source: http://www.bollywoodlife.com)

In terms of acting, after the great Sivaji Ganesan, we were lucky to have Kamal Haasan taking up the lead when it comes to powerful acting. And over the years, he has not let us down with powerful storyline and acting (still remember this?).

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Tags: 1980s, Acting, Actor, Ilaiyaraaja, Kamal, Kamal Haasan, Sivaji Ganesan, Tamil, Tamil cinema, Vijay