Year: 2006

  • Upcoming concerts in Bangalore organized by Advaita

    The following are the upcoming concerts in Bangalore organized by Advaita: 14th Aug 2006 (Monday) 6:30PM – Carnatic Vocal by Smt. Sudha Ragunathan at RV Dental College Auditorium, JP Nagar, Phase 1, Bangalore (Ticket: Rs. 100 available at venue) 15th Aug 2006 (Tuesday) 6:30PM – Special Independence Day music program…

  • R.K.Srikantan’s “Rare Ragas & Compositions” Concert – Part1

    He is 86 years of age and you wonder whether he will be able to perform when you look at his frail frame seated on a chair-like structure. When he starts singing, you wonder if the strong voice is actually coming from this old man. He is none other than…

  • Worldspace Satellite Radio

    I got my Worldspace Satellite Radio subscription activated yesterday. For more details on what Worldspace is and what it offers, please visit the website www.worldspace.in . The primary motivation behind getting it was a 24×7 music channel dedicated to Carnatic music called Shruti, a 24×7 Hindustani classical music channel called…

  • Ramayanam by Sikkil Gurucharan

    I bought Sikkil Gurucharan‘s music album “Ramayanam” , a set of 3 CDs released by Rajalakshmi Audio, Coimbatore last week. It is a beautiful compilation of carnatic songs depicting the story of Lord Rama. There are in all 16 songs and a mangalam with most of the songs having an…

  • Captain as a software engineer

    Got this in an email from one of my colleagues and can’t resist posting it since it is about one of India’s greatest superstars, our very own Captain Vijaykanth. Read on … the spellings used make it all the more enjoyable …

  • Gokulashtami concerts in Bangalore

    Details of the Gokulashtami concert series at Odukkathur Swamigal Mutt, Gangadhar Chetty Road, Near Ulsoor Lake, Bangalore are as follows: 29th July 2006 (Saturday) 6.00 pm: Kadri Gopalnath (Saxophone) – A. Kanyakumari (Violin) – Haridwaramangalam A.K.Palanivel (Thavil) – Sukanya Ramagopal (Ghatam) 30th July 2006 (Sunday) 6.00 pm: U.Shrinivas (Mandolin) –…

  • Concerts in Bangalore today

    Carnatic music concerts in Bangalore today: 1) 5:30PM – Venu, Veena, Violin ensemble directed by H.S.Sudheendra at Sri Ramana Maharishi Academy for the Blind, 3rd Cross, 3rd Phase Jayanagar 2) 6:00PM – Haridasa Sambhrama, Vocal Recital by Sri R.K.Srikantan at RP Ravishankar Auditorium, Sori Vasavi Temple Road, 8th Cross, Malleswaram…

  • For your taste buds

    Apart from the numerous regular South Indian delicacies you can savour in Bangalore, there are some special dishes which don’t seem to be available anywhere else (at least not in the cities I have been to). Here is a sample: 1) Banana chappati 2) Snakeguard pallya (I think they wanted…

  • No pain, no gain

    I visited the gym in ISB once during my stay there as a student and never went again for reasons best known to most one day gymmers. A few days back, I had this wonderful idea from somewhere to start using the office gym. Armed with the required accessories and…

  • Migration to wordpress

    I had been contemplating the move to wordpress for a long time now but had not taken the step for reasons akin to why a mobile phone user with a lot of contacts wouldn’t change his number that easily. But a decision apparently made by a government agency (or misunderstood…

  • Bangalore Gayana Samaja concerts

    Bangalore Gayana Samaja is organizing its 38th music conference from the 13th to the 20th of August 2006. The concerts scheduled for this period are as follows: 13th Aug 2006 Saxaphone: Kadri Gopalnath Violin: A. Kanyakumari Mridangam: V.Praveen Ghatam: Vaikkom Gopalakrishnan Khanjira: A.S.N.Swamy Morsing: B.Rajasekar 14th Aug 2006 Carnatic Vocal:…

  • Sikkil Gurucharan @ Bangalore Gayana Samaja

    Sikkil Gurucharan (SGC) performed at the Bangalore Gayana Samaja auditorium today. The highlights of the beautiful concert were the kannadagowla raga alapana and alapana & kalapana swaram for the main kriti in todi raga. On a day when there were 4 good concerts, all clashing with each other, especially the…

  • Kyun kiya tumne aisa .. kyun

    Thats what the world seemed to ask Zizou after the head-butting. Zidane may have said “Is kyun ka jawaab nahi hai mere paas” but here is a take on might have led him into doing that when the whole world was watching. Matterazi pulls Zidane’s shirt, suddenly smells something and…

  • Concerts this weekend in Bangalore

    Carnatic music concerts scheduled for this weekend in Bangalore are as follows: 15th July 2006 – Saturday 1) 6PM: Carnatic Veena Recital by Nirmala Rajasekar @ Ananya Sabhangana,92/2 ,4th Main, Malleswaram, Bangalore-560003 16th July 2006 – Sunday 1) 5:00 PM – Carnatic Vocal by Sikkil Gurucharan @ Bangalore Gayana Samaja,…

  • I, the tagged one

    Not long ago, two people decided to tag me. So here goes something akin to what everyone who gets tagged seems to do ….. I am thinking how should I go about this tagging thing thrust upon me by Snoop and Baarney I said once to my best friend that…