Hmmm.. something about myself?!! One of the kind... :)
Dec 09
Lata and Asha are undoubtedly the 2 divas of Hindi Film Music. Both of them equally accomplished and versatile! So when these two sing songs together, one can easily expect magic!! The first instance of this happened in 1951 for the movie Daman (I don’t know what song it was). There were from then on, …
Dec 09
My first foray into Karnatic Vocal happened when I was 12 yrs old. I started learning from my neighbor Mrs. Shakuntala Iyengar. It was then that I got exposed to the music of Sri Maharajapuram Santhanam. She had a huge collection of his albums that she would let us listen to, when we were free. …
Nov 30
The expression of one’s self and its various facets takes a lot of creative outlets! Just when, poetry became one of such outlet for me, I don’t know. The first poetic work of mine, (by poetic I mean, atleast in structuring, grammar and content) was when I was in my 9th Standard. It was titled …
Nov 30
The bubbles have all fizzled out, and the bottle’s gone dry! There were moments of celebrations and moments to cry! Now its all hindsight, as the time continues to flow; The memories nevertheless are still aglow! Much as I wud’ve wanted to express my visit on the lighter vein, I have preferred to do it …
Nov 09
Good Afternoon.. this is the afternoon news reporting from Minnesota Airport. The time now is 11:44 AM. I am your spokesperson for the day Mr. Jhootmootwala. And now.. for the yeadlines…. Mr. Praveen Shivashankar has already left the Wichita Airport and is now at the Minnesota Airport awaiting to board the Flight to Mumbai. Mr. …
Nov 07
Oh yeah! Am sleepless in Wichita!! The longing grows day by day as now the days near for my trip back home! As fate would want to have it, the dates have gotten preponed! and Am arriving a day earlier than scheduled! The counting has now boiled down to hours!! All of a sudden the …
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