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Came to know today morning that the Indian government has apparently asked ISPs in India to block a few sites and *.blogspot.com where my blog resides seems to be one of the unfortunate ones on that list. Read more on this in Greatbong's blog here. As a result, I am forced to move to wordpress.com, a move I have been contemplating for some time now. The URL of my wordpress blog will be https://ramsabode.wordpress.com .... just replace blogspot with wordpress in the present blog's URL. All my previous posts on blogspot should be available there, though the formatting I had done in many of the earlier posts is now missing. There are also a few mis-aligned snaps here and there. Please bear with me while I set them right. Please link to the new blog of mine and continue reading/commenting on my posts. Signing off with the hope that government doesn't start targeting wordpress next. I can't go along hopping from one place to another for long. posted by Ram at 9:15 AM 0 comments
Bangalore Gayana Samaja is organizing its 38th music conference from the 13th to the 20th of Augus 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: Bombay Jayashri Ramnath Violin: Mysore Srikanth Mridangam: Satish Kumar Khanjira: Rajagopalan 15th Aug 2006 Carnatic Vocal: Madurai T.N.Seshagopalan (my all time favorite) Violin: H.K.Venkatram Mridangam: Umayalapuram K. Sivaraman Khanjira: N.Amruth 16th Aug 2006 Veena-violin jugalbandi: Jayanthi & Kumaresh Mridangam: Arjun Kumar Ghatam: Sukanya Ramagopal 17th Aug 2006 Carnatic Vocal: R.K.Padmanabha Violin: Mysore Manjunath Mridangam: C. Cheluvaraju Ghatam: G.S.Ramanujan 18th Aug 2006 Carnatic Vocal: T.M.Krishna (one of my favorite vocalists of the present generation) Violin: R.K.Sriramkumar Mridangam: Palghat Raghu Ghatam: Giridhar Udupa 19th Aug 2006 Carnatic Vocal: T.V.Sankaranarayanan Violin: Mysore M. Nagaraj Mridangam: Srimushnam V. Raja Rao Morsing: Vyasa Vittala 20th Aug 2006 Bharatnatyam: Sridhar & Anuradha The season ticket for the complete conference is Rs. 150 for non-members and Rs. 120 for members. Alternatively, once can buy tickets for the individual concerts for Rs. 30. All concerts are from 6PM to 9PM. Most of the concerts are by artistes who are very well known in the field. The accompanists are also class artists themselves. For example, some of the best senior mridangists are playing in this music conference (Umayalapuram K. Sivaraman, Palghat Raghu, Srimushnam Raja Rao). Eagerly looking forward to these concerts. posted by Ram at 7:45 PM 1 comments
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 ones by Gurucharan and T.M.Krishna, I am more than happy that I came to listen to this concert, though there is a bit of sadness on missing the lecture demonstration by T.M.Krishna. Anyways, I am really happy that there are two more T.M.Krishna concerts scheduled this month and the next in Bangalore and I will try to attend them at any cost. Here are the details of the SGC concert: Vocal: Sikkil Gurucharan Violin: Charulata Ramanujam Mridangam: H.S.Sudheendra Ghatam: Srisyla List of songs: 1) viribOni (varnam) - bhairavi - kanda ata - pachimiriyam adiyappA 2) sidhi vinAyakam - mOhana kalyAni - Adi - harikEsanallUr muthiAh bhAgavathar 3) murugA murugA - sAvEri - misra chApu - periasAmi thUran 4) kamalAmbAm bhajarE - kalyAni - Adi - muthuswAmi dIkshitar (sung on special request from a female fan :-) ) 5) sogasujUda - kannadagowla - rUpakam - thyAgarAja 6) pAhi pAhi - malayamArutam - Adi (tisra gati) - prAnEsha vittala dAsa 7) chEtasrI - dwijAvanti - rUpakam - muthuswAmi dIkshitar 8) mAmayUra - bilahari - Adi - mazhavai chidambara bhArati 9) gajavadanA - tOdi - Adi - kumara rAja ettEndra 10) gOpAlam - viruttam in rAgas sumanEsa ranjani, sindhu bhairavi & behAg nanyAku badavanO - behAg - kanda chApu - purandaradAsa 11) manamE kanamum - bImplAs - Adi - pApanAsam sivan 12) thillAna - hamsAnandi - Adi - srImushnam rAjA rAo 13) pavamAna - sowrAshtram - Adi - thyAgarAja posted by Ram at 9:44 PM 0 comments
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 asks: "Zizou tum bhi ..... yeh duniya mein sab log chlormint kyun khaate hain?" The head-butting happens ... Zidane heard muttering to the fallen Matterazi: "Dobara mat poochna" posted by Ram at 1:36 AM 2 comments
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, K.R. Road. Accompanying artistes are Charulata Ramanujam (Violin) and H.S. Sudheendra (Mridangam) 2) 5:30PM - Lecture Demonstration on Sangeetha Sampradaya Pradarshini by T.M.Krishna (one of my favorite singers) at Ananya Sangraha, 94/1, 16th 'A' Cross, West Park Road, Malleswaram 3) 4:15PM - Carnatic Vocal by Nagamani Srinath @ Indian Heritage Academy Hall, 6th Block, near Police Station, Koramangala 4) 4:15PM - Carnatic Violin duet by Lalgudi GJR Krishnan & Viji Krishnan @ Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs Hall, 11th Cross, East Park Road, Malleswaram There are so many good concerts happening at the same time on Sunday ...... really confusing as to what to attend. Its a pity that there have been no such concerts throughout the week and then all of them have to clash on Sunday. posted by Ram at 9:53 AM 0 comments
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 I am an extrovert who loves living with people all around and I realize every bit of that right now, sitting alone at home I want to pursue a career in music at least in parallel to work, if not full time I wish someone would just pay off my ISB loan ... the thing stares in my face at the beginning of every month and plays havoc on my bank balance I miss the days spent in my quad in ISB with Alok, KP, Sallu and Dood ... I will cherish those moments throughout my life I hear what most other people say or at least try to do this most of the time as I have learnt a lot in life doing the same. I wonder how would life have been had 'age-shortage' not prevented me from taking up the medical profession I regret nothing ... there is something or the other to learn from every mistake done I am Ram .... how insightful ... rite? I dance pathetically I sing when I am alone or with enthu people I cry very rarely. The last time I vividly remember myself crying was when grandpa passed away. He meant so much to us. I am not Raavan .. shit .. that was a real poor one ... I write real junk stuff ...... you needn't have read this far to discover the same. I confuse between people who pretend to know and people who actually know, especially in areas of discussion new to me. I need ghar ka khana badly .... would love if it was cooked by granny .. she is the best cook ever I should continue the learning process throughout my life I finish and liberate you from reading this shit any further ..... well just a sec ... one more important thing I tag: Alok Ferrari Gurucharan KR MK7 Vijay Muhahahahaha ...... posted by Ram at 12:05 AM 11 comments
Click Part 1 and Part 2 to access the earlier posts on this topic. The last place in our itenarary was Mysore. We first visited the Mysore Palace. Its construction culminated in 1912 at a cost of Rs. 41.5 lakhs then. There were apparently three palaces at the same site earlier, each of them having been destroyed either through demolition or by fire. You would have to set aside about an hour if you want to see the palace fully. You can see artifacts and paintings belonging to the Wodeyar dynasty in the museum. There are also some beautiful paintings by Ravi Verma. Though cameras are not allowed inside the palace, you can get some internal pictures from the counter for Rs. 4/snap. We then visited Brindavan gardens. We reached there at about 7PM, went up to see the dam over river Cauvery and then came back to see the garden and the fountains. The musical fountain is one thing that you should not miss here. The show they have put up is really nice. Here are some snaps (the ones taken in Brindavan Gardens are not very clear as my camera battery had almost drained out and the night mode shots didn't come out well): 1) Mysore Palace:     2) Brindavan Gardens:     
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Part 1 of this post can be accessed here. After seeing Sangam and boating in a coracle there, we went to Ranganathittu which is a bird sanctuary spread over many islets on the river Cauvery. Located about 3 kms from Srirangapatnam, it is considered to be a paradise for bird watchers and a beautiful, calm and quiet place to spend time well for those uninitiated in ornithology like me. We again went boating here. The short boating trip of 15-20 min took us around a couple of the small islets and we got a chance to watch some species of birds (including crows .. yes, crows are there everywhere) and other animals (read alligators) too. There is also a longer boating trip for about an hour that takes you to other places along the river and you might be able to spot other kinds of birds, if you are lucky. Here are a few snaps from Ranganathittu:  Thats Sriram ... ready to take off  (L to R) Kaustubh & Murali  If you joom .. sorry zoom this (I think I have been watching a lot of Captain Vijaykanth movies), you will see an alligator with its mouth open. This is all we could capture since it was very far from us  Some of the birds we saw Aieeeen .... magarmach aka alligator One of the rarest species of birds ... the great CROW !!!Click here to access Part 3 posted by Ram at 9:57 AM 3 comments
Six of us went on a one day trip to Srirangapatnam and Mysore on Saturday. Though there is a package tour offered by KSTDC, we rented a qualis for the trip as the cost per head wasn't coming out to be much different from the KSTDC package and because it gave us more convenience to visit the places we wanted. We started from Bangalore at about 7:30AM and reached back at midnight. Srirangapatnam is an island surrounded by two tributaries of the river Cauvery and is about 125 kms from Bangalore by road. It was the capital of Mysore when Tipu Sultan ruled it for 17 years from 1782 to 1799. We visited: 1) the spot where Tipu was found dead after being killed in war during the siege of Srirangapatnam 2) Tipu Sultan's Lal Mahal palace, not much of which is left to see. It is believed to have been destroyed in a fire 3) Ranganathaswami temple, which has the deity - Sri Ranganathar (Vishnu) in a sleeping posture 4) Dariya Daulat Bagh (garden) and Tipu's summer palace 5) Sangam, where the two tributaries of the river Cauvery join and proceed ahead You can also see the Jumma Masjid on the way to the Dariya Daulat Bagh and Gumbuz, the place where Tipu lies buried along with his parents on the way to Sangam from Tipu's summer palace. We could also see whatever little is left of the fort that once surrounded Srirangapatnam. Here are some pics taken in Srirangapatnam: 1) Lal Mahal (Tipu's palace):  This is all that is left of the palace now  2) Sri Ranganathaswami Temple:   Kaustubh & Ramki 4) Dariya Daulat Bagh & Summer Palace  Bagh; the summer palace is the one seen at the rear end Bagh's entrance Trees in the bagh Ramki ... whats he up to? Cannon The two shivlings at the confluence - the small one at the bottom-right corner and the larger one in the centre of the pic Boating ... you can start from the ghat, go around the shivling and come back for Rs. 20/person The larger shivling - up close. More snaps and details of the rest of the trip in part 2 and part 3. posted by Ram at 9:30 AM 5 comments
He can defy laws of physics, give shock to electricity itself, lend bouyancy to sunglasses, stop bullets in their path, show how primitive man could have lit up fire without even using stones, make goons fly with a simple touch to his moustache and do data entry work in windows media player. Did I hear you say what about saving the damsels in distress? Nay .. thats too human a task - one that even Shah Rukh Khan can do. There are greater things in life to be taken care of. Meet the greatest of the superheroes, the man who has saved the world from satan many times, the man because of whom thousands can live without fear of the evil - our very own Captain (to be pronounced as gabtun) Vijaykanth.  What superman, spiderman, batman and all can do is nothing but a tiny subset of what Captain can. In fact, the latest kid on the tarmac, Tom Cruise, has borrowed scenes from old movies of our very own Captain. What is Superman? S? Our Captain, as aptly put by one of my colleagues here, is SSS - Statistics, Sentiment and Slap. When Satan personified stands in front of him, Captain starts his rehabilitation by educating him on some very relevant statistics that would put successful sales and marketing people in the world's best known FMCG companies to shame (recall the number of villages in India, number of households stuff .....). Then starts a round of sentimental dialogues that would even melt rocks. The final part of the treatment is a slap that can result in one of many things, to know more about which you will have to watch one of Captain's movies. Wondering who is this really famous personality about whom you have not heard much and does anybody care about him? Read this ... when Brian Lara, captain of West Indian cricket team came to India sometime back, he went to watch the shooting of one of Captain's movies. This link has more info about this, though in tamil. Captain being a really accomodative person, welcomed him with open arms and took him on a tour of the studios. And then there is this friend of mine from Rajasthan, who has recently become a devout fan of Captain. He scouts TV channels every evening in search of darshan of the great man, much to his wife's annoyance due to inability to watch the Kkkkk serials and her ignorance of the issues plaguing the world that are being solved by the captain.I know what you are thinking next ... what is an Indian hero without punchlines? Can Captain lag behind here? After all he is a superhero. So here are some of those great ones in the history of world cinema attributed to Captain (though many of these lines loose their punch when translated to English, I have still tried to do the same in the interest of the masses): * currentukku 3 phase... indha narasimmavukku 1000 face (current has only 3 phases but this Narasimha has 1000 faces) * enakku sock kudhuttha currentukke sock adikum (If you try to give me an electric shock, current itself will get the shock .... BTW, spell shock as sock for the exact effect) * Captain, after looking at a scanned photograph - konjam joom pannunga (joom it a little bit ... we mortals would say it as "zoom it a little bit") * dai indha nattula amaidiya irrukka idam library angaiyum unga velai arambichitungila (the place for people to live in peace in this country is library and you have started creating trouble there too?) * puyal adichi pozhachavan irukkan aana thavasi adichi illa (there are people who have been saved from lashing storms, but there is no one who has been saved after getting beaten by Thavasi ..... Thavasi is captain's name in the movie) * tamil la ennakku pidikkaatha ore vaarthai "mannippu" (the only word I dislike in Tamil is pardon) * unna kolrathu enaku kashtamilla, aana athula enakku ishtamilla ("killing you is not difficult for me, but it is not to my liking" ... shit ... I destroyed the essence) * yaei nee ennai gandhi-ya matharadhum netaji-ya mathradhum unn kaila dhaan irrukku (its all in your hands - I can change into a Gandhi or into a Netaji) * we will meet, will meet, meet There are many many more, most of which have to be heard from the mouth of Captain to get the effect. So I would leave you to enjoy the same through the countless Captain movies. Meanwhile, you can access this link which has a few of Captain's clips for your viewing pleasure: posted by Ram at 8:19 AM 0 comments
Here are two of the many snaps I got through email depicting Mumbai during the rains every year:  Paani paani re ... car-mein paani .. sorry paani mein car re Chaahe duniya doob rahi ho .. hum hain (saas-bahu) serial ke diwaaneDon't know how authentic the second picture is but balcony mein khade bechare pati dev ki haalat pe zaroor gaur farmaana posted by Ram at 11:22 PM 3 comments
I had gone to Chennai over the weekend to attend my apartment mate's betrothal ceremony and had the opportunity to watch my first English play titled "The Cut of Hamlet", courtesy KR. There were four of us from the ISB - Class of 2006 at the Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium in Chennai on Saturday to watch the afternoon show. Two of us - Kost & I were there 'time pass karne ke liye' and to have some fun watching the comedy. The third guy, KR had come there mainly because the lead actor in the play Kartik Kumar was his favorite RJ Shuchi's husband. The fourth one (Clickie), I suppose, was there for the same reason as Kost and I were, though he claimed to have enjoyed the play a lot later. The Cut of Hamlet, an English play by Evam, is enacted in two parts. The first part is the "Cut" which starts off as a play with some comedy sprinkled here and there and then turns into a play-within-a-play-within-a-play ... and so on when after every shot, the director of that shot or the sound guy or some other guy emerges from the audience to himself become a part of the next shot. The "Cut" is introduced to the audience by the three main characters in the play - Kartik, Sunil Vishnu and TMK (or TKM ... don't remember the exact name ... TM Krishna is one of my favorite singers and TMK is what comes to my mind). TMK doesn't want to do the play and Kartik chases him around the auditorium trying to convince him to do it. There was a scene when Kartik chases TMK to the exit and TMK grabs a latecomer, who incidentally is wearing a Superman shirt, swearing to kill him if Kartik chases him further. Sunil Vishnu then gets the "Cut" running while he leaves to get Kartik and TMK back. Though a bit confusing and entertaining to begin with, the "Cut" gets more predictive as time passes and I must say, a bit boring too. The characters in the "Cut" are supposed to be newcomers and they try their best to give a good performance. I especially liked the expressions shown by the guy who played Satan. The second part of the play "Hamlet" starts just when you start wondering during the interval 'yeh kahan paise duba diye maine'. This is enacted by the three 'professionals' - Kartik, Sunil and TMK, and is the part that can help you justify the money spent on the play. To enjoy this, it is necessary that you read the abridged version of the original Hamlet available outside the auditorium. The acting done by the three apart, what made the play all the more enjoyable was the way they involved the audience in it. For instance, they got a girl from the audience to do Ophelia's scream. Kartik then came running into the audience to pick up a 'bakra' and he chose my friend Kost who was made to do what he does best - run from one end of the stage to another waving his hands. Then he asked a part of the audience to wave their hands and shout "may be, may be not". The people in the balcony were asked to shout "Cut the crap. My biological clock is ticking. I want babies ....". The whole sequence was then repeated and things like this kept almost everyone in the auditorium involved. Will not describe the play any further, lest you decide to watch it and miss out on its funny parts. KR played a really good host to us during this trip. Must thank him for the same. posted by Ram at 9:38 AM 1 comments
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