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kara dhRta vINA

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2021/01/06

fingers traverse fretspull, caress, glide across stringsgoddesses listen

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Kaarthigai Deepam

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2012/11/29

crouched in her balconyshe gazes at the street agal vilakkus* line compound walls, illuminate kolams and staircases in flickering geometries of ritual auspiciousness flames fickle destined to die a slow death as oil surrenders to wick or a quick one from a wayward Marina gust no flame quite so steady, she realizes, as her everyday kaarthigai deepam** inscrutable glow of cigarette

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Vijayadasami 2012

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2012/10/23

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s'rI gurunA pAlitO'smi

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2012/04/06

It has been a year since my Guru Smt Kalpakam Swaminathan passed away. Among the many ways I've been remembering her today is through this rendition of s'rI gurunA pAlitO'smi. The song is part of a studio recording made by Kiran Kannappan and friends from SwaraSamuha in Bangalore in 2005. Mami's trips to Bangalore for concerts at Ananya and Bangalore Gayana Samaj, the Veena Seshanna award, and

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abhayAmbA jagadambA

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2012/01/23

Just discovered some youtubed excerpts of a 2007 concert of Kalpakam teacher in which I had accompanied her. The rAga kalyANI followed by MD composition abhayAmbA below:

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Vijayadasami 2011

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2011/10/05

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Ganesha Chaturthi 2011

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2011/09/01

Preparations began Wednesday with shopping for a clay Ganesha (no paint!) and accoutrements at Thannithurai market on Royapettah High Road. The puja Ganesha (above) basked in the attention along with the rest of our collection, including the painting by Amma, a Titwala MahaGanapati (far right) that is 30+ years old, dancing Ganesha from Kiran, and others acquired or gifted

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dusky business deals

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2011/05/06

... and other gems from the brochure of the Delhi hotel at which I'm staying, typed up just the way they appear in print:The guest rooms at [hotel name], provide an ideal setting for complete relaxation and recline, as every room overlook the plush green ambience of the surroundings.Five spacious & aesthetically done up halls and two grandiose lawns are just right for all the celebrations...

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Smt. Kalpakam Swaminathan 1922-2011

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2011/04/06

gAna vana mayUrI is no more. Kalpakam teacher passed away today (April 6, 2011) at her residence in Madras at the age of 88. I would like to remember her through this rendering of siddhIshvarAya namastE.

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dessert haiku

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2010/12/06

strawberries quiverfresh cream glides over ripe curvesin luscious embrace

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Ayush and Myka

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2010/10/26

Ain't this the cutest? My nephew Ayush, son of Meera and Manu; with Myka, a friend's Vizsla (Hungarian pointer). Okay, well, yeah: some credit to Manu for the photography too.

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night light

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2010/05/30

Candleholder from Austin ceramic painting workshop, 1997

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web 0.0

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2010/02/17

Click photo above for full display. From a trek to Nagala Hills on Feb 13, 2010, with the Chennai Trekkers.

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Jazz is home, too

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2010/02/01

So, last October I went to Viveks on Royapettah High Road to get myself one of those nifty audiotape/CD-to-mp3 converters. As I waited in line to get my card processed along with the hordes of Deepavali shoppers, I saw that Viveks was running a 'perfect home' slogan contest with a Honda Jazz hatchback as the first prize. The car, a model released in India in mid-2009, reminded me a lot of the

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iCandy is home

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2010/01/17

Thanks to Rohit and his parents...

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kara dhRta vINA

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2010/01/04

fingers traverse fretspull, caress, glide across stringsgoddesses listen

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bhairavi: AryAm abhayAmbAm bhaja rE rE

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2010/01/03

Here is a recording made by Ramji and Vidya on their visit to Kalpakam teacher's place on November 29, 2009. Thanks to Vidya for this three part video, starting with AlApanA,followed by tAnam,and concluding with a rendition of AryAm abhayAmbAm, a kRti from the abhayAmbA vibhakti series of Muttuswami Dikshitar.I remember this weekend as the one following my return from South Africa with H1N1, an

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Campaign for Open Minds

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2009/10/16

Launched October 11, 2009, the Campaign for Open Minds is one of the many efforts to end homophobia, biphobia and transphobia in India. This online campaign is a response to the alarming surge in attempts at conversion therapy and other negative reactions to increased visibility of LGBT people, following Delhi High Court’s historic July 2 2009 decision decriminalizing homosexuality. There are

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Vijayadasami 2009

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2009/09/29

The books snuggle in their new shelves, and the veenas steal a quiet moment together...

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bansuri on the beach

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2009/08/23

Quietly, reluctantly, I drag myself out of bed as the sun's rays diffusing through the curtains and the loudspeakers blaring from the auto-stand Pillaiyar temple jointly remind me it's time to prepare for the festive day.Stepping outside to tie the coconut frond toraNams on the door, I note with pleasure that my considerate neighbours have already drawn a kOlam for me.I'm treated to a delicious

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