very interesting & very delighted to know. i did not imagine that chinese vocal cords and tonsils would produce sanskrit sounds !
I recall reading about a French boy who started to speak very late (late mile stones) and to every ones surprise he did not speak the native french but he spoke english ! Upon investigation it was learnt that the mother worked in english speaking environment in an export company in france while she was pregnant.
Congratulations Sai madan maohan Kumar.. You have proved what a dedicated person could achieve. Although Sanskrit seems to be a foreign language to the Indian?? !! We are indeed ashamed.... But very proud to know that a foreigner could master the music as well as language. Keep it up.. Good Luck & Cheers! Dipesh Sheth Ahmedabad 25th August,2005
In an age where South Indians themselves do not sit and listen to carnatic vocals, let alone learn and practise, this is truly amazing. Mohan should be appreciated and rendered all help possible from us. I wish him all success
RE:Fantastic
by Thirumalai on Aug 26, 2005 12:30 AM Permalink
There are quite a few ethnic chinese in malaysia and this guy looks to be one too(and kindly look into his name)! SO HE IS NOT A MALAY!!!
RE:Malaysian
by Kaushik on Aug 25, 2005 05:45 PM Permalink
In case you didn't know, the Malaysian population is ethnically broken up in the following way:
60% Malays 30% Chinese 10% Indians (these are originally tamilians who were brought in as bonded workers in the late 19th century)
Judging by his features, he IS of chinese origin. Malays have darker skin and their eyes are not as thin as that of chinese.
RE:Malaysian
by Jormund Elver on Aug 25, 2005 10:38 PM Permalink
To start with, the features are spelt mOngoloid, and not mangaloid as the person who made the above comment seems to believe.
Second, anyone who has had the opportunity to travel to Malaysia or Singapore KNOWS VERY CLEARLY that Malays are a different ethnic group from the Chinese - these people are the indigenous peoples of the Malay peninsula.
On the other hand, people of Chinese origin, as this singer is, are called Chinese (or Chinese from Malaysia, since their nationality is Malaysian!)
It merely displays your ignorance that you are not able to make a simple distinction between ethnicity (which is what the writer is referring to), and nationality, which is completely different.
So next time please do YOUR homework before you write something so stupid - or if this is indicative of your IQ, please don't write such arrant nonsense (or anything else for that matter!)
