Author: Ramkumar R

  • Dasavatharam

    I am speechless. Hats off to Kamal Hassan. This film must be watched for all the hard work he has put in, if not for anything else. All avatars have been portrayed well, though I felt at least one of them didn’t fit into the story at all. Special effects…

  • Sarkar Raj

    RGV delivers. Positives include good performances by almost the entire star cast, a stellar performance by who else but Amitabh Bachchan, some great dialogs and the sudden twists in the story, at least some of which lead to the unexpected. There are some things I personally didn’t like but they…

  • Want directions?

    Got this in my email today. The traffic police have launched a live traffic portal to help users find optimal routes between places, locate bus/train stops and routes and car pool. Please click on the city names below to access the corresponding portals: Chennai Delhi Bangalore Hyderabad Pune

  • ISB Information Sessions

    This one is for prospective ISB (Indian School of Business) applicants. This year, the admissions department plans to conduct over 50 information sessions across India. Details of the same and the procedure for registration are available at http://www.isb.edu/pgp/AdmissionEvents.Shtml?menuid=109 The list of venues and dates are given below for convenience. City…

  • Sensuality in Music – Lec Dem by T.M. Krishna

    Vidwan T.M. Krishna (TMK) presented a lec dem on “Sensuality in (Indian) Music” for Karthik Fine Arts’ Natyakala conference on 22nd Dec 2007 at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore, Chennai. He was accompanied by Vid Amritha Murali on the violin and Vid K. Arun Prakash on the mrudangam. Here is…

  • Thyagaraja & His Vinta Ragas

    This was the title given to Dr. Prameela Gurumurthy’s music and discourse session held at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chennai on 3rd May 2008. Dr. Prameela was accompanied by Vid Anuthama Subramaniam on the violin and Vid Neyveli Narayanan on the mrudangam. The following songs were sung: 1) nAda tanumanisham…

  • TNS Harikatha on Valmiki Ramayanam

    Vidwan T.N. Seshagopalan (TNS) presented a five day harikatha on Valmiki Ramayanam at Hamsadhwani last month. I must say that it was a wonderful experience watching the genius at work! The speciality of the harikatha was that it was scholarly and not bookish like some discourses tend to be. Instead…

  • Concert of rarely sung Thyagaraja Kritis

    Sri R. Krishnamurthy presented a concert of rarely sung Thyagaraja compositions under the aegis of Naada Inbam at Raga Sudha Hall, Mylapore on 28th March 2008. He was accompanied by Vid S.P. Ananthapadmanabha on the violin and Vid Erode Nagaraj on the mrudangam. The following songs were sung: 1) nAdabrahmA…

  • Image of the day !

    Somewhere, something went terribly wrong !

  • Interview with Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman – Kalaignar TV

    Last month, Kalaignar TV broadcast an interview with renowned mrudangam maestro and one of the all time greats in the field, Umayalpuram Sri K. Sivaraman (UKS). Here are some excerpts from the interview. The interview was in Tamil. Any errors that might have happened during the translation are entirely mine.…

  • TNS – The phenomenon

    There are quite a few Carnatic singers whose music I love to listen to. But if there is one Carnatic singer who has inspired me the most and has never ceased to amaze me with his vidwath, it is Sri T.N. Seshagopalan (TNS) I had not been able to attend…

  • Jodhaa Akbar – A must watch

    Just brilliant. No two words about it. There are so many things to keep raving about. For the moment, I am happily lost in A.R. Rahman’s music, syncing it up with the video and admiring all the nuances that I can currently comprehend.

  • Lec Dem on Tamil Padams

    The mother-daughter duo of Dr. Nirmala Sundararajan and Dr. Subhashini Parthasarathy gave a very informative lec dem on Tamil padams on the morning of 31st Dec 2007 as a part of Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha’s music festival. Dr Subhashini began the session by reading out the write up they had…

  • ISB in Global Top 20 !!!!!

    I was greeted by some very exciting news when I woke up this morning. Indian School of Business (ISB), my alma mater, has been ranked 20th in the latest Financial Times global ranking of full-time MBA programs. Three things make this a very significant achievement: This is the first time…

  • Sanjayism & Rahmania

    Two hours of vintage Sanjay Subrahmanyan, live and a few hours of A.R. Rahman ….  I probably couldn’t have asked for anything better after wrapping up office work today. I had missed quite a few Sanjay concerts this season and was eagerly waiting for today’s fare. What made it all…