Year: 2007

  • 2007-2008 Chennai (December) Music Season Schedule

    Updated schedule can be accessed from the Concerts in Chennai page at https://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai/

  • Djokovic in action

    Check out Novak Djokovic imitating Nadal, Sharapova, Hewitt, Roddick and others ……

  • Entrepreneurs from Indian B-Schools

    The September issue of Outlook magazine has an article on entrepreneurs from Indian B-Schools (the article can be read here). Among those featured are Nitin Vyakaranam and Suparna Chopra, my batch mates at ISB. Way to go !!!!!! (Thanks to Amit Sharma for the link)

  • Trip to Nallattoor (Nallattur)

    I was looking at the list of Carnatic concerts in Chennai some days back, confused as to which ones to attend the coming Sunday. Just then my mom came and said, “Let me help you with your choice. You are not going to any concert but will be coming with…

  • Chak De India

    Saw this movie a couple of days back and I just cannot stop raving about it. Such a simple story but such a powerful film …. so very well made … just kept me riveted to my seat almost throughout. Certainly a must watch. What a better way to follow…

  • Lec Dem on Oothukkadu Venkata Kavi by Chitravina N. Ravikiran – Part 2

    Part 1 of this post can be accessed here MELODIC (AND RHYTHMIC) CONTRIBUTIONS OF OOTHUKKADU VENKATA KAVI Anchor caraNams: The saptaratnAs have anchor caraNams or secondary refrains within them. The caraNams don’t go back to the pallavi every time they get over. Instead, they return back to one of the…

  • Lec Dem on Oothukkadu Venkata Kavi by Chitravina N. Ravikiran – Part 1

    The place: Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, T. Nagar, Chennai. The occasion: Oothukkadu Venkata Kavi Jayanthi. Chitravina N. Ravikiran and his group of artists made last Sunday morning memorable with a beautiful group rendition (gOshTi gAnam) of the “Saptaratnas” of Oothukkadu Venkata Subbaiyer a.k.a Oothukkadu Venkata Kavi, followed by a very…

  • September 2007 Chennai Concert Schedule

    Schedule of Carnatic music concerts in Chennai for the month of September 2007 (and other months till January 2008) has been updated at https://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai/ Happy listening !!!!

  • Discrimination?

    This is the title of an article written by noted Carnatic singer Vidwan T.M. Krishna (TMK) in his website. The article can be read here. TMK primarily talks about the discrimination against women in Carnatic music and points out that such discrimination exists even today. This is certainly not the…

  • Avani Avittam/Upakarma/Gayathri Japam for year 2007

    Some good sites on the net that give the procedure for Avani Avittam and Gayathri Japam (helpful especially for those who plan to do the same by themselves): 1) http://www.trsiyengar.com/id24.html 2) http://www.ahobilam.com/ 3) http://www.kandamangalam.com/Avani%20Avittam%20Audio.aspx 4) http://www.prapatti.com

  • Face to face with T.K. Murthy

    Shruti, Worldspace Satellite Radio’s 24 hour Carnatic music channel broadcast a 2 hour “face to face” program on 14th Aug 2007 that featured veteran mrudangam maestro Shri T.K. Murthy. I am posting a few excerpts from the same based on the notes I took. The entire conversation was in Tamil…

  • Scary

    There was this article on Rediff yesterday titled “Bangalore: The rising divorce rate in the IT sector” that talked about the divorce cases belonging to those from the IT sector being on the rise and being a significant contributor to the overall number. However what was actually much more scary…

  • Music Academy December Season 2007 Schedule

    Music Academy released its schedule for this year’s music season (Dec 07-Jan 08) some days back. The same has been updated at https://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai/ . Please check the list under the months December 2007 and January 2008.

  • August 2007 Chennai Concert Schedule

    The build-up to the grand finale (December season) seems to have started with so many concerts lined up in August 2007 in Chennai. Check out the updated schedule at https://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai/

  • Trip to Elagiri (Yelagiri)

    *** Giving details of a recent trip to (Y)Elagiri below …. might prove useful for people planning a trip to the place in the future *** Elagiri is a hill station located in Tamil Nadu and is a nice weekend getaway, especially for the Chennai junta. Characteristics: Weather is supposed…