Sindhuja Bhaktavatsalam has posted a composition of hers in Bindumalini Raagam. Lyrics by her mother and it is a tribute to the rain God. Check it out and let her know what you think.
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Vikram Nandwani is an amazing caricaturist. He was also the driving force behind “Save the Tiger” initiative. You might have seen his political cartoons blog at point blank, and now he has started a caricature series called “Verry India“. In his own words, “Verry India is a caricature series on daily life in India by [...]
Satire is all fine for the political class, as long as its done by themselves.
Tech girl writes:
On Oct 6, I started a Twitter account ‘Shashi Tharoor Fake’. The bio in this Twitter account had the word satire and the front page even linked to my satire blog techgirltalk.blogspot.com.
My Twitter account Shashi Tharoor Fake, started [...]
The United Front of Left and Right
Published by October 26th, 2009 in Caste, Dalit, Media and Politics. 1 CommentThe Varkala Murder case (in Kerala State) and the Police relating it to a Dalit organization have once again exposed the mindset of mainstream media, mainstream Left and extreme Right. The interesting thing is that the Left and Right (CPM and Shiv Sena) allegedly join hands along with Police to hunt down the Dalits in [...]
Here is a blog that says “classical music for the uninitiated”. Indian Raga introduces us to various ragas, songs and music of several branches of Indian music with audio examples. Go, check them out.
Swati Kanitkar is giving us a musical treat with two beautiful songs. Jeevan Dor is the cover of a Lata Mangeshkar song and Dono Jahan Teri is a Ghazal. It’s a must-listen.
Thulasi Das has posted some wonderful shots from his trip to Kashmir. Go and check them out.
Two pictures that would leave you in silence. The first is Isolation by Vimal and the second is Indraputhran by Thulasi. Check them out.
Lalit shares his experiences working in rural Tamil Nadu as a medical officer. Good read with some nice pictures.
I learnt more in the two years I spent working with Dr. Regi and Dr. Lalitha than in all six years at college. One of the advantages of working in a rural hospital is that senior doctors [...]
Abendas shares his painting book with us and there are some beautiful paintings by him.
Paras has posted a song from the Hindi movie Taj Mahal, which is Raag Miyan ki Todi. Check it out.
Several of the Hindustani Raag are composed by him and often called…Miyan ki Todi, Miyan ki Malhar, Miyan ki Mand amd Miyan ka Sarang. He is also credited with creating major raag like Darbari Kanada, Darbari [...]
Praveen writes about the Nehru Trophy Boat Race at Alappuzha in Kerala and also has some wonderful pictures of the event.
Amidst all this, can the crowd stand still? Never! They added all the flavour singing a variety of Vanchipattu. Some were seen watching it all from tree tops. There was one particularly awesome sight of [...]
Murali Ramanathan has sung and posted a Ghazal of Ghulam Ali in his music blog. Check it out.
Along with singing ghazals, Ghulam Ali composes music for his ghazals. His compositions are raga-based and sometimes include a scientific mixture of ragas. He is known for blending gharana-gaayaki into ghazal and this gives his singing the capability [...]
The story of Thathri
Published by July 26th, 2009 in Caste, Gender & Sexuality and Society. 0 CommentsPritish Nandy in a recent article in Times of India calls Indian anime porn star Savita Bhabhi as a symbol of Indian women’s liberation. But you don’t need to dig into comics to find a woman who used her sexuality to fight against an unjust system and oppression. Maddy tells the story of Kuriyedathu Thathri [...]
Murali Venkatraman celebrates 30 years of the movie Sankarabharanam with a series of cover songs from the movie, which he has sung with his friends. The first song in the series is a E teeruga, sung by Murali and Meera.
For our country that has had many regional problems because of languages, music has often provided [...]
Sunil Koshy makes a musical offering in his music blog. Go ahead and listen to Muskurao Tum To Mausam, an original song by him.
Murali Ramanathan has posted his cover version of the Tamil song Uyire Uyire from the movie Bombay. Vidyu has sung a duet song with Rajesh Raman, cover of Kuhu Kuhu, originally sung by Mohd. Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar. Bose has his cover version of Kya Se Kya Ho Gaya from the Hindi movie Guide posted [...]
I am just wondering why this video, by the Israeli arms dealer Rafael, hasn’t made much noise in India, both in the patriotic sense and through a gender point of view. From Nonna Gorilovskaya of Women and Foreign Policy:
In this Israeli video, a man decked out in a black leather jacket (clearly, Israel) serenades a [...]
Over at Mutiny, Kima points at our perceptions about the North-East of India. Worth a good read.
Five. Seven of my cousins are serving in the Indian Army and Navy. And yes, a large number of people from the Northeast are in the Armed forces protecting this great country and ready to sacrifice their lives in [...]
The Coke Connection
Published by March 25th, 2009 in Development, Environment, General Elections 2009, Geopolitics, Human Rights and Politics. 1 CommentColonos points out at Congress’ celebrity candidate Shashi Tharoor’s connection with a Coca-Cola funded organization and how it might impact his politics. The post also has a reply from Tharoor and the counter reply from India Resource Center.
“The very assumption of the report, in estimating the total groundwater availability in Chitoor block, that 20 per [...]
Murali Ramanathan has started a new series called Raaga Bhavam where he is going to explore Karnatik Raagas. This time he is presenting the raaga Sindhubhairavi.
With blessings from each one of my Gurus and all who have always supported me, I would like to start an endeavour to bring out each raga the way each [...]
Sandeep has posted some breathtaking pictures from his trek to Vavul Mala. He also has a write up of the trek in his website.
(Image courtesy: Sandeep)
Sreeni Sreedharan has captured some colorful shots from Fort Kochi. Also check out rest of the photos in his photoblog.
(Image courtesy: Sreeni Sreedharan)
Slogan Murugan has a photo post that captures some beautiful shots from Bengaluru. Check it out.
This is a country where a majority lives for about a dollar or two a day. A dollar is worth about 50 Indian Rupees. And if you are a farmer or petty trader on a business trip to Benglur and [...]
Love in Bangalore is an original Kannada song, composed by Vijay Krishna, composer of Kannada flick Auto, and sung by music blogger Sunil Koshy and Diana. Check out this song in their blog dedicated to this song.
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