O S Tyagarajan - Radio Concert

Shravanam once again!!

Sri O S Tyagarajan - Radio Concert

Let us enjoy great music!!
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Photographs by Swathy

My daughter is taking to photography in a big way!!
She takes so many snaps whenever she holds the camera!
She makes some good framing and depth decisions.

When I was dabbling in photography, it was an expensive affair!
Still, I spent a lot of money and time on it!
Alas, I lost most of my collection!

Here are some good photos made by Swathy during her camp in Karnataka!

These images make good Desktop Wall Papers!!
Let us enjoy good works of art!!
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S Rajeswara Rao - Stage Show

Here is the recording of an interesting stage show by none other than Sri S Rajeswara Rao garu!
He needs no introduction to Telugu audience!
Saluri Rajeswara Rao is "Rasaluru" Rajeswara Rao!!
It features many of his masterpieces!

Sri S Rajeswara Rao - Stage show

Let us enjoy great light muisc!!
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Robert Kanigel on Ramanujan

This man Robert Kanigel was asked to write about the mathematical genius, Srinivasa Ramanujan.
At the first instance, it appears, he asked, "Ramanujan who?"
At last he accepted to write about him.
And, when he wrote, it became a best seller.
"The man who knew infinity" is a forceful biography of a forceful human being.

I am thrilled at the detail Kanigel wrote about Brahmin practices.
It is simply astounding that a westerner took trouble to undersatnd the intricacies of the subject.
It only shows the diligence people exercise in doing their jobs!
I want my friends to read the exerpts and also the book whenever possible.
You will thank me when you do so!

Go ahead and Read!

 


Let us enjoy great works of words!
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Dhammapadam - Quote

Dhammapadam is the sacred text of Buddhism.
I really do not know what it talks about.
I stumbled on this piece.
I liked it.
So, I am sharing it here!

Oh! Man! struggling in the fire place called

permanent anguish!

Where is happiness?

Where is romance?

Even if you pierce the eyes,

in this darkness unending,

not able to see even an atom,

blind and sad,

still, you don't search for

the other world!

Oh! Man! Oh! Man!

M S Gopalakrishnan - Violin

Shravanam is about listening and listening again!!

Sri M S Gopalakrishnan - Radio Concert

 

Let us enjoy great Music!
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Sumati Padyam - Coward Captain

Here is Sumati padyam after a long time.
As usual, it is simple but interesting!

వరపైన చేను దున్నకు

కరవైనను బంధుజనులకడ కేగకుమీ
పరులకు మర్మము సెప్పకు
పిరికికి దళవాయితనము బెట్టకు సుమతీ

varapaina cEnu dunnaku
karavainanu bandhujanulakaDa kEgakumI
parulaku marmamu seppaku
pirikiki daLvAyitanamu beTTaku sumatI

వరపైన = when there are no rains
చేను = the field
దున్నకు = don’t till
కరవైనను = even in famine
బంధుజనులకడకు = to the relatives
ఏగకుమీ = don’t go
పరులకు = to the others
మర్మము = secret
సెప్పకు = don’t tell
పిరికికి = to a coward
దళవాయితనము = captaincy
పెట్టకు = don’t give
సుమతీ = Oh! The wise one!

An excellent poem with some simple truths!

Don’t till the land when they are no rains! On the face of it this looks so simple. Who would try to till the land when there are no rains? No one with the head on the shoulders! I see something deeper here. Baddena wants tell that one should know the timing for doing anything. For every act there is a right time. Like tilling the land is meaningful only after enough rains! When the land id dry, it is meaningless to try tilling it! Even eating without hunger is equally meaningless!

Even when famished don’t go to the relatives is the meaning of the second line. Yes, it is meaningless again to seek help from the relatives, more so if they are close! It is a friend who may be approached for help but not a brother or sister. In Telugu there is a saying which asks not to go to a sister when in bad situations. Sister may sympathise. But not her family members! You should know to whom to turn to when in need, is the advice here!

Don’t divulge your secrets to the others! Can there be a better advice? Who is this other person? Who are the people in his or her inner circle? If you tell something to me thinking I am reliable, I would tell it to another person whom I consider equally reliable. But, does this third person fall in the same circle as you? Once the cat is out of the bag, you do not have any control over it! It is better to keep a secret as what it is! A secret!!

(There is an interesting story about this coward captain!)

(We shall share it later!)

Don’t give the responsibility of leading the army to a coward! This does not need any expansion at all! A coward can never be a leader and not the least to an army!!

Classic wisdom at its best!!