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When I ring the bell at Sunitha Sarathy's apartment, Masha answers the call. Masha is a golden retriever with the girth of a hippopotamus, and the sight of this huge dog puts me on the back foot. “She is incredibly friendly,” the singer says of her barking and seemingly fearsome pet. True, Masha is indeed wagging her tail.
Sunitha is as much a surprise as Masha. Having seen her as the stern-faced judge who dissected performances with a scalpel on ‘Sangeetha Mahayudham', a children's music reality show on Sun TV, I am not prepared for her natural amiability. “I looked solemn concentrating on the performances with a knitted brow, and many viewers began to see me as unfriendly,” Sunitha explains. “Whatever I did, I did in the best interests of the children.”
Having sung for a commercial jingle at age four and appearing on stage at age six, Sunitha could in fact be forgiven if she held others — even children — up to high music standards. She sees herself as a perfectionist and this quality, she says, has done her more harm than good. For one, it has made her extremely self-critical and often prevents her from readily venturing into unfamiliar music territories.
Her resume is the envy of many — around 200 film songs in various languages, performances as singer-keyboardist-percussionist across a wide spectrum of Western music genres including classical, jazz, soul and R&B, neo-soul and quiet storm, and a prolific output of gospel songs — yet she wants to wait for a while before starting work on her first album.
Living under the same roof as an accomplished musician who is given to calling a wrong note a wrong note, is probably one of the reasons for this diffidence: her mother Susheela Sarathy, who has been the pianist and conductor of leading Madras choirs — at present, she manages those at Santhome Church and Lazarus Church — is her bitterest critic. “Even now, she can be scathing in her review of my performances,” says the daughter.
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Her resume is the envy of many — around 200 film songs in various languages, performances as singer-keyboardist-percussionist across a wide spectrum of Western music genres including classical, jazz, soul and R&B, neo-soul and quiet storm,
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To the Blessed Virgin Prayer for England
O Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God and our most gentle Queen and Mother, look down in mercy upon England thy "Dowry" and upon us all who greatly hope and trust in thee.
By thee it was that Jesus our Saviour and our hope was given unto the world; and He has given thee to us that we might hope still more.
Plead for us thy children, whom thou didst receive and accept at the foot of the cross.
O sorrowful Mother! intercede for our separated brethren, that with us in the one true fold they may be united to the supreme Shepherd, the Vicar of thy Son.
Pray for us all, dear Mother, that by faith fruitful in good works we may all deserve to see and praise God, together with thee, in our heavenly home.
Amen.
Couple's PrayerO God, our heavenly Father, protect and bless us. Deepen and strengthen our love for each other day by day.
Grant that by thy mercy, neither of us may ever say one unkind word to the other. Forgive and correct our faults, and make us constantly to forgive one another should one of us unconsciously hurt the other.
Make us and keep us sound and well in body, alert in mind, tender in heart, and devout in spirit. O Lord, grant us each to rise to the other's best. Then, we pray thee, add to our common life such virtues as only thou canst give.
And so, O Father, consecrate our life and love completely to thy worship, and to the service of all about us, especially those whom thou hast appointed us to serve, that we may always stand before thee in happiness and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.