Year: 2007

  • Tribute to T.Mukta @ Musiri Chamber Concerts, Chennai

    Tribute to Smt. T. Mukta Venue: Musiri Chamber Concerts, 28/2, Musiri Subramaniam Road, Mylapore Date: 25 Mar 2007 Vocal: Vid. Nirmala Sundararajan & Vid. Subhashini Parthasarathy Violin: Vid. Poorna Siva Mrudangam: Vid. Melakkaveri K. Balaji List of songs: 1) gnAnAnanda mayam (slOkam) – hamsadwani – vEdAnta dEsikan 2) rAmA IvELa…

  • Sanjay Subrahmanyan @ Karpagam Gardens, Chennai

    Venue: Karpaga Vinayagar Temple, Karpagam Gardens, Chennai Date: 24 Mar 2007 Organizer: Karpaga Gardens Sat Sangh Vocal: Sri Sanjay Subrahmanyan Violin: Sri S. Varadarajan Mrudangam: Sri Neyveli B. Venkatesh Ghatam: Sri N. Guruprasad List of songs: 1) ninnE kOri (varnam) – kAnadA – Adi – tiruvOtriyUr tyAgayyA (O) 2) vAraNa…

  • Prema Rangarajan @ Saraswati Vaggeyakara Trust, Chennai

    Venue: Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall, TTK Road, Alwarpet Date: 23 Mar 2007 Organizer: Saraswati Vaggeyakara Trust Theme: Sri Muthuswami Dikshitar Kritis Vocal: Vid. Prema Rangarajan Violin: Vid. Padma Shankar Mrudangam: Vid. Melakkaveri Balaji Ghatam: Vid. N. Guruprasad List of songs: 1) vinAyaka vighnanAshaka – vEgavAhini – rUpakam – muthuswAmi…

  • T.M.Krishna @ Russian Cultural Center, Chennai

    Venue: Russian Cultural Center, Kasturi Ranga Road, Chennai Date: 21 Mar 2007 Vocal: Sri T.M. Krishna (TMK) Violin: Sri Vittal Ramamurthy Mrudangam: Sri K.V. Prasad Ghatam: Sri S. Karthick Tambura: Sri Rithvik Raja List of songs: 1) tera tIyaga rAdA – gowLipantu – Adi – thyAgarAja (S) 2) sujana jIvana…

  • The Joys of Customer Care

    A subscriber talking to his mobile phone service provider’s customer care dept. The conversation is in Punjabi …..  hilarious especially towards the end Here is one about Youtube’s customer care itself The one that takes the cake is the conversation below

  • T.N.S.Krishna @ Sringeri Bharati Vidyashram, Chennai

    Venue: Sringeri Bharati Vidyashram Date: 19 Mar 2007 Vocal: Sri T.N.S. Krishna (TNSK) Violin: Sri Pudukkottai Ambika Prasad Mrudangam: Sri B. Sivaraman Ghatam: Sri N. Guruprasad List of songs: 1) gnAnAnanda mayam (slOkam) – hamsadwani – vEdAnta dEsikan 2) jalajAkshA (varnam) – hamsadwani – Adi – mAnmbuchAvaDi venkaTa subbaiyer (S)…

  • Parur Violin Quartet @ Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai

    Venue: Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 16 Mar 2007 Organizer: Narada Gana Sabha (Golden Jubilee Year) Violin: Parur Sri M.S. Anantaraman,  Sri M.A. Krishnaswami, Sri M.A. Sundaresan & Sri M.S. Anantakrishnan Mrudangam: Sri Srimushnam Raja Rao Ghatam: Sri Madippakkam Murali List of songs: 1) inta chAlamu…

  • Suguna Varadachari @ Shanmukhapriya, Chennai

    Venue: Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 15 Mar 2007 Organizer: Shamukhapriya Vocal: Smt. Suguna Varadachari  Violin: Sri Sanjeev Mrudangam: Sri Vellore Ramabhadran Khanjira: Sri B.S. Purushothaman List of songs: 1) vanajAkshi (varnam) – kalyANi – Adi – rAmanAthapuram srInivAsa iyengAr 2) mErusamAna – mAyAmALavagowLa – Adi…

  • Smt. T. Mukta is no more

    (Photo courtesy: The Hindu) Tears flowed from my eyes as I read about the passing away of Smt. T. Mukta today. I have never met the great musician but the music of the Brinda-Mukta duo has always impressed me in such a great manner that I cannot express in words.…

  • Madurai G.S. Mani @ Sringeri Mutt, Chennai

    Venue: Sringeri Jagadguru Pravachana Mandiram, Sringeri Mutt Road, R.A.Puram , Chennai Date: 10 Mar 2007 Organizer: Raja Annamalaipuram Bhakta Jana Sabha Vocal: Sri Madurai G.S. Mani Violin: Sri Sikkil Bhaskaran Mrudangam: Sri Madrimangalam Swaminathan List of songs: 1) inta chAlamu (varnam) – bEgaDa – Adi – vINai kuppaiyer (O) 2)…

  • T.N.Seshagopalan @ Sringeri Mutt, Chennai

    Venue: Sringeri Jagadguru Pravachana Mandiram, Sringeri Mutt Road, R.A.Puram , Chennai Date: 09 Mar 2007 Organizer: Raja Annamalaipuram Bhakta Jana Sabha Vocal: Sri T.N.Seshagopalan Violin: Sri Shertalai Sivakumar Mrudangam: Sri Guruvayur Dorai Khanjira: Sri Neyveli B. Venkatesh Tambura: Sri Vaidyanathan List of songs: 1) satguru swAmiki – rItigowLa – Adi…

  • The Joy of Sleeping (during the day)

    Long long ago when I was studying engineering, I had to travel more than 30 kms from home to reach college changing at least 2 DTC (Delhi Transport Corporation) buses. The fact that I used to board buses close to the point where they started always ensured that I got…

  • Funny article on placements at a B-School

    At this time of the year when articles on B-School placements generate significant interest,  this one really takes the cake … got this link from a friend ….. the guy who wrote this has screwed up the names of the companies like anything (Click to read the article). Here is…

  • Happy Holi !!!!!!

      Wishing you all a Happy Holi !!!!!   Leaving you with one of my favorite snaps from my ISB batch’s Holi celebrations …… love the expression on the child’s face …… arreeey … miyaaan … soorma bhopali … kaun hain yeh log …. yeh baapu ne kaise logon ke…

  • Priya Sisters @ Ananthapadmanabhaswamy Temple, Chennai

    Venue: Sri Ananthapadmanabhaswamy Temple, Adyar, Chennai Date: 01 Mar 2007 Vocal: Priya Sisters – Smt. Haripriya & Smt. Shanmukhapriya Violin: Sri M.A. Krishnaswami Mrudangam: Sri Patri Satish Kumar Khanjira: Sri B. Sree Sundar Kumar List of songs: 1) jalajAksha (varnam) – hamsadwani – Adi – mAnmbuchAvaDi venkaTa subbaiyer (O) 2)…