Correction

A music festival was held to honor Illayaraja, a great Tamil composer.  Musicians from all over India came to perform his greatest hits. Shreya Ghoshal, a nationally acclaimed singer, came to sing the song, "Kaatril endhan geetham."  Shreya has a talent of having impeccable pronunciation when she sings in languages she doesn't understand...like Tamil.

While most of the song was flawless, she made an error in the chorus.  Instead of singing the line "Kaanaatha ontrai thEduthey." she sang, "Kaanatha ontrai thOduthe." As the line falls in the chorus, the line was repeated incorrectly each time she sang it.




Shreya must have realized something was wrong.  She caught the error and the final time she sang the chorus, she corrected herself and gestured to Illayaraja.  The audience went wild and started clapping while Shreya laughed to herself as she completed the song.

Illayaraja after the song was over, referred to a popular Tamil saying.  I'll give you the gist of it.


People say that there are many reasons for why one can change to be a better person.  I argue that there are really just two reasons.  One reason is when one changes for someone else or something else.  The other is when one realizes one's mistake and aspires to change for only the sake of wanting to be better.  The latter is the more respectable of the two options.  Because unless you actually want to be a better person, you will always find yourself slipping back into the routine of who you were.  Like Shreya, we should all try and correct our own mistakes.  By ourselves and for ourselves.

If you want to see the scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjGKa9-dGS0