After Cadbury's Dairy Milk, Caribou Coffee comes close to receiving this title. PS: It tastes very much like our own Coffee Bite and evokes a sense of nostalgia

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"To iterate is human, to recurse is divine"

69th Sreerama Navami Celebrations 27-March-2007 to 03-May-2007

Govt.Junior College, Fort High School Grounds, Bangalore 18

27-March-2007, 6:45 PM - Kadri Gopalnath, A.Kanyakumari, B.Harikumar,

N.Amruth , B.Rajasekhar

28-March-2007, 6:30 PM - K.J Yesudas, Mahadeva Sharma, B.Harikumar, T.K

Radhakrishnan

29-March-2007, 6:30 PM - Suma Sudhindra ( ( Read more... )

A walk through the ancient city of Hampi reminds you of two things: The opulence and wealth of ancient India and the the loot and plunder that destroyed that wealth.

Krishnadevaraya's Hampi is a beautiful city filled with monuments and temples. One should plan to visit this city at leisure and definitely appoint a tourist guide. The Tungabhadra ( Read more... )

If whistling meant producing harsh discordant sounds at a frequency that only dogs can detect, I'm the best in the business.

Damn the guy who said a happy man is one who can take a pleasure stroll along the river with his hands in his pockets, whistling his favourite tune. I've been practising the above mentioned *art-form* for a few days now (much ( Read more... )

Was browsing through Peter Colaco's "Bangalore - A century of tales from City and Cantonment"  and instantly fell in love with the sketches in the book. A collage of images come to mind: Malleswaram, Malgudi Days, R K Lakshman and so many more.

I just love the cartoon on the face of this album and can relate to every detail in the picture.


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Some very resourceful colleagues have exposed me to some very good Kannada and Tamil music. I personally had a bias against Kannada music and trashed it based on opinions formed after listening to the blaring "MTV Subbalakshmi" type numbers during Rajyotsava celebrations. I stand humbly corrected. Will post some of the good music I chanced upon in ( Read more... )

Attended a book-reading session on "Voices Within", a book written by B Jayashree and TM Krishna. The book highlights the struggles and triumphs of legends in Carnatic music such as MSS, Mani Iyer, Flutist "Mali" etc. A short documentary film by Rajiv Menon describing the life of each legend was screened. This was a refreshing replacement to ( Read more... )

With age one tends to become less creative, more cynical and definitely more stupid. I started 2006 with a drive to Yercaud in a horribly stuffed car. 2006 has been a memorable year. It was during this time that I took my first flight, visited three countries, had a 2-month old nephew trying to say hello on the phone. I'm looking forward to ( Read more... )