I'm a Mommy...hurraaaa!!

My baby doll is :-






She's 6 months and 4 days now :)

Baad Muddat ke....

This song gives me goosebumps..have been listening to it nearly everyday for the past few days..
I miss being with him :-(
Maybe I'll sing this when I meet him after this loooooong gap!!


Movie: Jahan Ara
Music Director : Madan Mohan
Singer(s) :Mohammad Rafi-Suman Kalyanpur
Lyricists :Rajendra Krishna

Rafi:
(baad muddat ke yah ghadi aai
aap aae to zindagi aai)-2
ishq mar marake kaamayaab huaa
(aaj ek zarraa aafataab huaa)-2

Suman:
(shukriyaa ai huzuur aane kaa)-2
vaqt jaagaa gareeb-khaane kaa
ek zamaane ke baad id hui
(id se pahale meri deed hui)-2

Rafi:
id kaa chaand aaj dekhaa hai
id kaa kyon na aitabaar aae
haath uthaakar duaa yah karataa hun
(id phir aisi baar-baar aae)-2

din zamaane kaa raat apani hai
is ghadi qaayanaat apani hai
ishq par husn ki inaayat hai
(mere pahalu men meri jannat hai)-2

Suman:
faasale vaqt ne mita hii diye
dil tadapate hue milaa hi diye
kaash is vaqt maut aa jaae
(zindagaani pe aake chhaa jaae)-2

Both:
baad muddat ke .....

Indi - Yeah!!

Guess what? An Israeli reality TV show is looking for its contestants in India...What kind of a reality show is this? Its about singing..on similar lines as Indian idol and whoever sings best wins the competition! Why India as the venue for an Israeli TV show? Coz India is a hot favorite with Israeli youth and lots of them are packing their bags and heading here to know more about our country and culture. This reality TV show aims at showcasing this fact on the Israeli television. Israelis in various parts of the country are busy auditioning these days and they find it awesome, the people here, the beautiful places, the colors, the exotic food, the rickshaws, and pretty much everything around. They got Israelis around the country together through social networking and now the production team is here with the judges happily shooting!!

Heat wave in Pune!!

I'm here in Pune after a gap of two summers. The previous two summers ('06 and '07 - post marriage) in Bangalore were not all that hot as far as I can recollect.
Its mid April and the mercury has soared to 42.1 degrees yesterday (24th April, 2008).
This has been the second highest maximum temperature for the month of April since 1897!!

Temperatures have been persistently increasing for the past 1 week.
The weather bureau claims that its coz of the heat waves coming in from the northern part of the state! Is global warming not merely a myth perpetrated by Cassandras of the paranoid west? Are we heading towards Doomsday? I guess I'm getting overly pessimistic and rhetorical here.
For now, I'm just looking forward to the first monsoon showers in early May

TM Krishna @ Gayana Samaja

On 19th Jan attended a concert of TMK at Gayana Samaja, Bangalore as part of the 3rd edition of Aanandaa Cultural festival. Aanandaa is a non-profit foundation that helps promote Indian Classical Performing Arts globally. The theme for the day was "Compositions of Muthuswamy Deekshitar". TMK was accompanied by HK Venkatram on the violin, Shri Trichy Shankaran on the mrudangam and Shri B S Purushottaman on the Khanjira.

The concert commenced with a brief presentation on 'Muthusawmy Deekshitar' by a sprightly and enthusiastic young lady called Priyanka Prakash. It included information regarding his ancestors, his contribution to Carnatic classical music, various features of his compositions, differences between the ragams he has composed on, etc.

TMK began his performance at 18.30 sharp, as planned. During his first song, his throat seemed to be in some discomfort as he was frequently clearing it. It seemed to us as though it was one of his off days. But much to our (and probably his as well) relief, our apprehension was short lived. From the very next rendition, he hit top form. In the main piece "Shree Subramanyaya Namaste" in Kamboji, he struck a purple patch. He took the audience from unfathomable depths to dizzy heights with his expansive exploration of this majestic ragam. HK Venkatram beautifully matched him phrase for phrase. Trichy Sankaran and Purushottaman played a mesmeresing and resounding thani avartanam that had the packed audience asking for more, so much so that TMK had to wait for the claps to die down before he could resume with the closing phrase.

His performance included the following:-

01.) dakSiNAmUrttE vidaLita dAsArttE - shankarAbharaNaM/mishra jhampa
02.) paHncabhUta kiraNAvaLiM candra mauLiM - kiraNAvaLi/khaNDa EkaM
03.) kamalAmbAM bhajarE rE mAnasa - kalyANi/Adi (2 kaLai)
04.) vINApustaka dhAriNIMAshrayE - vEgavAhini/mishra jhampa
05.) vAtApi gaNapatiM bhajEhaM - hamsadhvani/Adi
06.) vINAbhEri vENuvAdyAdi - AbhEri/Adi
07.) rAmacandrabhaktaM bhaja mAnasa - gEya hEjjajji/Adi
08.) shrI subrahmaNyAya namastE namastE - *kAmbhOji/tishra EkaM


All in all, a fantastic concert that I shall cherish for a long time

Happy New Year 2008 !!

Dear Friends,

Blooming with
the
beauty of
love,

Blossoming with the
warmth of good wishes,

& Budding with the
Joy of celebrations.

May this New Year be a
beautiful
bunch of
Happiness for you!!

Wishing you a
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Aaj madhosh hua jaaye re..
Mera mann, mera mann mera mann!
Bina hee baat muskuraye re..
Mera mann, mera mann mera mann!