Year: 2006

  • TNS is the best !!!!

    In the field of Carnatic music, there are amateurs, there are good artistes, there are top class artists and then there is Sri Madurai T.N.Seshagopalan (TNS). I have been hooked on to his music ever since I first heard him sing a rAgam tAnam pallavi in rAgA dharmavati when I…

  • OST @ Odukkathur Mutt, Bangalore

    I simply do not have words to describe the quality concert I attended yesterday at the Odukkathur Swamigal Mutt, Bangalore. Every artist on stage was an accomplished one and each one had his own unofficial fan club, if you could term it so, in the audience. The concert was a…

  • B-School job interview

    Here is a humorous take on a B-School job interview (adapted from mails I received on job interviews): 1. Why did you apply for this job? A. I have applied for many jobs along with this and you called me now. 2. Why do you want to work for our…

  • Sreevalsan J Menon @ Odukkathur Mutt, Bangalore

    Dr. Sreevalsan J Menon, an agricultural scientist (PhD in the same field) by profession and also a good carnatic classical singer, performed at the Odukkathur Swamigal Mutt in Bangalore yesterday in the Gokulashtami Concert Series. He was accompanied on the violin by Sri S. Varadarajan, on the mridangam by Sri…

  • Sanjay rocks !!!!

    Sanjay always delivers and yesterday was no exception. Almost every concert of his has something new to offer. In a concert organized at the Odukkathur Swamigal Mutt yesterday as a part of the Gokulashtami Concert Series, Sri Sanjay Subrahmanyam was ably accompanied on the violin by Sri Nagai Muralidharan, on…

  • OS Thyagarajan @ Bangalore Gayana Samaja

    It was vintage OST at the Bangalore Gayana Samaja Auditorium yesterday. OST fans who came to the concert would have returned home real satisfied. Here are the details of the concert: Vocal: Sri O.S. Thyagarajan (OST) Violin: Sri H.K.Venkatram Mridangam: Sri V. Praveen Ghatam: Sri Giridhar Udupa List of songs:…

  • Nithyashri Mahadevan @ Odukkathur Mutt, Bangalore

    The number of people who had come to the Odukkathur Swamigal Mutt on Saturday to listen to the day’s concert far outnumbered the ones on any other day. The reason? It was Smt.Nithyashri Mahadevan‘s concert that day. Grand daughter of Smt. D.K.Pattammal (her paternal grandmother), veteran singer and one of…

  • Concerts in Bangalore today

    1) Carnatic Vocal by Sri O.S. Thyagarajan at Bangalore Gayana Samaja, KR Road at 5PM 2) Chitraveena recital by Sri N. Ravikiran at Odukkathur Swamigal Mutt, Gangadhar Chetty Road, Opp Ulsoor Lake at 6PM 3) Workshop on rare kritis on Lord Narasimha by Dr. T.S.Sathyavati at Vani Vidya Kendra, 1st N Block, Rajajinagar…

  • Avani Avittam/Upakarma for year 2006

    FYI (for those who plan to do avani avittam/gayatri japam by themselves) ….. here are some good sites I found on the net: 1) http://www.trsiyengar.com/id24.html 2) http://www.ahobilam.com/ (I used this last year) 3) http://www.kandamangalam.com/Avani%20Avittam%20Audio.aspx 4) www.prapatti.com 5) Old Chennai Online site with audio

  • Malladi Brothers @ Udakkathur Mutt, Bangalore

    It was yet another awesome concert that the audience at Odukkathur Swamigal Mutt in Bangalore got to witness yesterday. Malladi Brothers – Sri Sreerama Prasad and Sri Ravikumar gave a carnatic classical vocal concert accompanied by Sri Mysore Manjunath on the violin, Sri Srimushnam Raja Rao on the mridangam and…

  • Priya Sisters @ Odukkathur Mutt, Bangalore

    Priya Sisters – Smt. Haripriya and Smt. Shanmugapriya performed at the Odukkathur Mutt yesterday accompanied by Sri M.A. Krishnaswamy on the violin, Sri Neyveli Skanda Subramaniam on the mridangam and Smt. Sukanya Ramagopal on the ghatam. The main piece was Sri Muthuswami Dikshitar’s “srI krishnam bhaja mAnasa” in the rAga…

  • Violin Duet @ Odukkathur Mutt, Bangalore

    Lalgudi Sri G.J.R. Krishnan and Lalgudi Smt. Vijayalakshmi performed yesterday in the Gokulashtami concert series at Odukkathur Swamigal Mutt, Bangalore. They were accompanied by Sri Mannargudi Easwaran on the mridangam and Sri B.S. Purushottam on the Khanjira. The list of songs they played is as follows: 1) varnam – husEni…

  • What are kids taught in Mumbai?

    Here is a take on what kids are taught in kindergarten in Mumbai 🙂 (Source: A mail I received today) 

  • T.M.Krishna rules

    Sri T.M.Krishna (TMK), one of my favorite singers, gave a brilliant concert yesterday at the Odukkathur Swamigal Mutt, Bangalore. He was accompanied by Sri H.K.Venkatram on the violin, Sri K. Arun Prakash on the mridangam and Sri M.A. Krishnamurthy on the ghatam. I must say it was one of the…

  • Mandolin Srinivas @ Odukkathur Mutt, Bangalore

    Mandolin U. Srinivas performed to a packed and overflowing auditorium at the Odukathur Mutt in Bangalore yesterday. He was ably accompanied by Sri S.D. Sridharan on the violin, Trichy Sri B. Harikumar on the mridangam and Sri S.V. Ramani on the ghatam. In the 3 hour concert, Sri U.Srinivas once…