Feb'06
28
Maestro in the making
Flute :: Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia
Santoor :: Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma
Tabla :: U. Zakir Hussain
Shehnai :: U. Bismillah Khan
Violin ::
That’s right. I’m referring to Dr. L. Subramanian, popularly known as L.S.
I first heard LS live at the Nehru Centre auditorium during the Malhar festival. Already fascinated by his wonderful music which I had heard only […]
Feb'06
27
Milk down sacred drains
Hundreds of liters of milk is wasted daily in offerings to lord Shiva. This figure spikes every Monday, a day supposedly sacred for Shiva. On Mahashivratri day, while devotees celebrate the marriage of God Shiva and Goddess Parvati, this wastage reaches its highest limits. Devotees compete with each other for offering milk, and sometimes as […]
Feb'06
23
Mom stakes claim to the computer.
When dad first got a computer in 1999 for using at home, he was the only person using it. I had a mouse-phobia, which I overcame after six months. Then I started discovering Windows 3.1 on a black and white 486 DX2 machine.
My learning curve rose exponentially until 2004 when my younger sister also started […]
Feb'06
20
Right flight
Prices of air tickets have crashed. I realized this last week when I was booking tickets to Delhi. Difference between 3rdAC cost of super fast train and that of low cost carrier is barely 400 rupees. While train takes approximately twenty six hours, in flight time is barely two hours.
I could book Air Deccan flight […]
Feb'06
12
Aum Namah Shivay
Today morning’s little bicycle trip with G and R to Shiva Temple in Ambernath (approx 20 km away) started a little late, but was enjoyable!
The road leading to Barvi dam, flanked on two sides by water pipelines, is full of ups and downs. Tiny hamlets dot the region.
Aum Suryaya namah
Aum Namah Shivay
We reached the Shiva […]
Feb'06
10
Cycling around the world: Avijit Chakraborty
Update (03-Jul-06):
Santosh Iyer from Dallas TX writes:
I happened to bump into Avijit today morning. He was asking me directions. At that point i was perplexed as to who would be asking directions in US riding a bicycle. But having a conversation with him, it dawned on me who i was standing with and talking to.He […]
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