Author: Ramkumar R

  • R. Vedavalli @ BTM Cultural Academy, Bangalore

    “Sangeetha Kalanidhi” Smt R. Vedavalli sang to a packed house on Saturday at Sri Ramana Maharishi Academy for the Blind, 3rd Cross, 3rd Phase, J.P.Nagar, Bangalore. The concert was organized by BTM Cultural Academy. Strict adherence to tradition, step-by-step build up of raga alapanas with all important patterns covered were…

  • R. Vedavalli – The Living Legend

    “Sangeetha Kalanidhi” Smt R. Vedavalli (refered to as RV henceforth) is considered to be a living legend. In a career in Carnatic Classical music spanning over five decades, she has enthralled audiences in India and abroad with her staunch adherence to tradition, deep understanding of and vast knowledge about Carnatic…

  • Diary of an MBA

    Diary of an MBA ….. a hilarious mail I received from a batchmate of mine recently …. couldn’t restrain from posting: Dear Diary, I can’t hold myself down. My FIRST day on the job!! And I like it already. “Assistant Junior Deputy to the Vice Chairman – Manufacturing”. My dad…

  • Hilarious blog

    Ford Prefect‘s was the hilarious blog I used to visit a lot till some time back. I do read his blog even now but there is one more that I have been frequenting these days – Great Bong’s blog @ http://greatbong.net . I have been hooked to this blog ever…

  • Rudest city in the world?

    A survey done by the magazine Readers Digest has resulted in amchi Mumbai being termed as the rudest city in the world, when it comes to common courtesy. Sao Paulo and New York have been found to lie at the other end of the spectrum. Click here to read more.…

  • Sikkil Gurucharan @ Music Academy

    Sikkil Gurucharan performed at the Music Academy Mini Hall in Chennai on Sunday in a 4 hour long Carnatic Classical Vocal Concert organized by Sarvani Sangeetha Sabha. He was accompanied by S. Varadarajan on the violin, K.V. Prasad on the mridangam and Vaikkom Gopalakrishnan on the ghatam. The (partial) list…

  • A busy weekend

    Went to Chennai this weekend to spend some time with my parents who had come there but ended up spending most of the time with friends. Met with a few ISB batchmates in Chennai on Saturday. It all started with the 4:15PM show of the Tom Cruise starrer MI-3. The…

  • I am connected

    We have an internet connection at home now and that too one that works real quick. Setting up our home is almost complete except for getting the washing machine to work. Ramki and Kost, my apartment mates went to see the movie Omen yesterday. I couldn’t accompany them as I…

  • More concerts in Bangalore

    Details of some more concerts scheduled to happen in Bangalore. The venue for all these concerts is Mangala Mantapa, NMKRV Women’s College, 22nd Cross, Jayanagar 3rd Block unless specified otherwise. 15th July 2006 – Sudha Raghunathan (Carnatic Vocal) 27th July 2006 – R.K.Srikantan (Thematic concert – rare kritis in rare…

  • A memorable concert

    Sanjay Subramanyam sang at Mangala Mantapa, NMKRV Women’s College, Jayanagar, Bangalore on Saturday, 10th June 2006. He was accompanied by Nagai Muralidharan on the violin, Guruvayur Dorai on the mridangam and Rajasekharan on the Morsing. Sanjay always delivers but what was special about this concert was the top class artists…

  • Upcoming concerts in Bangalore

    Details of some upcoming concerts in Bangalore: Organizer: Suswaralaya College of Music, Kalashrithakalpaka & Ananya Cultural Academy (#12, 28th Cross, Geetha Colony, 4th Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore-560011; Ph: 26545655, 26633623 Mobile: 94480-59595 Email: suswaralaya@yahoo.com) Venue: Ananya Sabhangana,92/2 ,4th Main, Malleswaram, Bangalore-560003 11th June 2006 (Sunday), 10AM Vocal: K.N.Roopa Violin: Mathur Srinidhi…

  • M.S. Sheela @ HN Kalakshetra, Bangalore

    M.S.Sheela gave a carnatic vocal concert at Dr. HN Kalakshetra, National College, 7th Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore yesterday. In contrast to her previous concert on Sunday at the Bangalore Gayana Samaja, the auditorium here was sparsely populated, may be because it was a working day and/or because not many people might…

  • M.S.Sheela @ Bangalore Gayana Samaja

    M.S.Sheela sang to an almost packed auditorium at the Bangalore Gayana Samaja, K.R.Road, Bangalore on Sunday, 4th June 2006. The main highlights of her performance were the detailed kalyani and kiravani raga alapanas. Here is the song list: Artists: Vocal: M.S. Sheela Violin: C.N.Chandrasekhar Mridangam: H.S.Sudheendra Ghatam: Sukanya Ramagopal Morsing:…

  • Sanjay @ Bangalore Gayana Samaja

    Percussive Arts Centre celebrated “Talavadhyotsav”, its music concert fest last week at the Bangalore Gayana Samaja auditorium in K.R. Road, Bangalore. I came to know about the fest only on Friday and hence managed to attend Sanjay Subramanyam‘s vocal concert that day. Sanjay, as usual, performed really well. The kamboji…

  • Fa-Naa …. naa …. naaa

    The perfect example of how a movie could be spoilt despite having a good star cast is Fanaa. Saw the movie at PVR, Bangalore two days back. Though Aamir Khan and Kajol try their best to infuse life into a otherwise dead movie, their efforts bear no fruit. As my…