Great Masters/ Musicians Born in March

Alexander Graham Bell - 3 -3 -1857
Mikhail Gorbachev 2-3-1931
Shaquille O'Neil 6-3-1972
Alan Greenspan 6-3-1926
Lou Costello 6-3-1906
Michaelangelo Buonarotti 6-3- 1475
Ivan lendl 7-3-1960
Bobby Fischer 9-3-1953
Yuri Gagarin 9-3-1934
Liza Minelli 12-3-1946
Albert Einstein 14-3-1879
Robert Frost 12-3-1874
Maxim Gorky 28-1868
Vincent Van Gogh 30-3-1853
REne Descartes -31-3-1596

Celebrating Great Masters/ Musicians - II - Bismillah Khan

USTAD BISMILLAH KHAN - Born on March 21, 1916 in Dumraon, Bihar. Lived until August 21, 2006.

You know there are people whose mere mention of their name swells up a mixture of awe, reverence and admiration in you instantly. Bismillah Khan is one such for me. The kindest most divinely smiling eyes I have seen.

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For more unique info, will continue later.

Celebrating Great Masters/ Musicians Series - I - ANTONIO VIVALDI

Vivaldi -see link

CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE

Mohandas Ghandi, political and spiritual leader in India
"If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children."

Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa
"There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children."

John W. Whitehead, Founder, Rutherford Institute
"Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see."

கற்பனையின் அற்புதம் கைவண்ணத்தில் கண்டோம் களித்தோம்! - A one-of-a kind doll festival

கற்பனையின் அற்புதம் கைவண்ணத்தில் கண்டோம் களித்தோம்.

India is a fascinating country with multitudes of languages, customs, traditions and festivals all rolled into one spectacularly woven fabric, rich in colours, rich in its place, and rich in Grace and poise.

We just saw the conclusion of one such festival: Dussera, Navarathiri, Golu, Durga pooja, Garbha ... and so on.

Amazingly, this rich tradition has been transported to the Indian community in the US as well. Here, since people have to travel considerable distances to visit the Golu, it is usual to invite th entire fa,ily and also make some food available. Further, since access to Indian dolls are not that easy, the Golu imbibes some international dolls, and also spawns a lot of imagination, and people choose to go with a thematic Golu.

Here is a sampling of Golu asseen in some US homes.

திர. சர்வேபள்ளி ராதாகிருஷ்ணன் - DR. SARVEPALLI RADHAKRISHNAN

http://www.indiavisitinformation.com/indian-personality/S-Radhakrishnan.shtml

As a school going girl. I used t collect

Born: September 5, 1888


Died: April 17, 1975

http://www.answers.com/topic/sarvepalli-radhakrishnan

http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/sarvepalli-radhakrishnan.html

வானவில்லை ஒத்த சிறுவன் கைவண்ணம் கண்டோம் !

Aha athputham acharyam.
Today was a refreshing day after a long time!

I opened the window by about 7.30 p.m. and to my utter surprise saw a bright wide rainbow arching the view field of our window! It was a sight to behold! Not only that we were blessed with a secondary rainbow as well by Mother Nature!

This was the second surprise. Earlier at the temple, I saw this 13 year old kid, K. Sathyanarayanan, pretty much like how Mandolin U. Srininvas was when he was that age, give an electrifying performance on the ELECTRIC KEYBOARD. Yes! An off-the-shelf instrument under this genius handling turned into an amazingly gamaka tuned violin-to-mandolin-to-electric guitar transition, effortlessly. He was accompanied by Embar Kannan (also his maternal uncle) on an electric violin (it is a physically half of a violin that is open, and gives no sound if not amplified.) and very well accomodated mridangam. It was a treat to hear: "vanaththin meethu mayiladak kaNdEn.." also very well suited to bring out the range of the instrument and Vandanamu Ragunandana among other krithis.

So this kind of happens rarely. Manasu niranju irukkunu sOllalaam.

Click on the title to find a link to Sathya's website.