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 22:43 | 24/Aug/2008 |
| Kathak | |
| On the occasion of Janmashtami, I post some selected YouTube videos of masters of Kathak dance, the dance form which has been traditionally used to portray Krishna in his various moods and forms. This one is a real treat for connoisseurs of Indian classical dance and music.Lacchu MaharajA rare archival clip of the late veteran dancer Lacchu Mahara...
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| 18:00 | 8/Aug/2008 |
| Silver and Gold | |
| London 1st November, 1896.My dear Mary, (Miss Mary Hale)"Silver and gold", my dear Mary, "have I none; but such as I have give I thee'" freely, and that is the knowledge that the goldness of gold, the silverness of silver, the manhood of man, the womanhood of woman, the reality of everything is the Lord — and that this Lord we are trying to realise...
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| 22:21 | 26/Jul/2008 |
| Hamri Atariya Pe.. | |
| I post this as a tribute to dear friend Lissome Lady's first anniversary on iLand. It’s a lovely Thumri-Kathak milap by Dhanashree Pandit-Rai and Keka Sinha. I express my sincere gratitude to the artists.Hamri atariya pe, aa ja re sawariyanDekha dekhi tanik hui jaibeNain ladh jaihein, nazar mil jaibeSab din ka jaghda khatam hui jaibe....(If you c...
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| 23:45 | 24/Jul/2008 |
| Billy Cobham | |
| Awesome Billy Cobham. The greatest and my favourite drummer. For them who freak out on drums, this is a treat. The first one and third are solos, the second is a lovely Jazz number and the last one is Ultimate - dont miss it - be patient and watch him take off in an awesome display of artistry in a recording of 1968.
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| 09:25 | 23/Jul/2008 |
| Santana -Soul Sacrifice | |
| This one is from the great Woodstock Festival of 1969. Have a taste of some heady percussion mix. Reminds me of some of those LL debates..:)
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| 22:36 | 21/Jul/2008 |
| Jimi Hendrix - Machine Gun | |
| This is war. This is for the strong hearted. Awesome Jimi Hendrix at his brutal best. One of my favourites from the past. Get stoned without a chillum...
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| 09:47 | 7/Jul/2008 |
| Shakti | |
| Here's a wonderful recording of Shakti group, sometime during 1974. Witness the brilliance of John McLaughlin on accoustic guitar. What a player!! And others too ! The artists featured here are, McLaughlin on Guitar, L Shankar on Violin, 'Vikku' Vinayakram on Ghatam, and Zakir Hussain on Tabla. Enjoy..:)))
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| 22:20 | 29/Jun/2008 |
| Still Got the Blues | |
| (Lovely blues number by Gary Moore, recorded live. Dont miss the superb lead on the guitar towards the later half)Use to be so easyTo give my heart awayBut I found that the heartachewas the price you have to payI found that love is no friend of mineI should have know'n time after timeSo longit was so long agoBut I've still got the blues for youUse ...
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| 16:52 | 19/Apr/2008 |
| Formal Worship | |
| (These extracts are from a lecture delivered by Vivekananda in San Francisco on, April 10, 1900. I dedicate this post to my dear friends Lissome Lady, Jolly Jacob and Prachi Dublay who will find some of their thoughts being echoed here)All of you who are students of the Bible . . . .understand that the whole [of] Jewish history and Jewish" though...
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| 14:59 | 16/Apr/2008 |
| The Necessity Of Religion | |
| (Extract from a lecture delivered in London by Vivekananda)Of all the forces that have worked and are still working to mould the destinies of the human race, none, certainly, is more potent than that, the manifestation of which we call religion. All social organisations have as a background, somewhere, the workings of that peculiar force, and the g...
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| Prabir Goswamee | 00:58 | 16/Aug/2008 |
| Friends: (81)
| City: Bangalore
| Interests: Comic Books.
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| The secret world of the INSECT |
| The traffic moves fast on the Eastern Bypass Expressway that runs on the Periphery of Calcutta. Vast open space envelops this road on both sides, which is rather strange if one considers the population density of this mega-city. Cruising down the road as dusk descends one notices that most of the road is well lit with halogen street lights. There’s...
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| praveen sharma | 15:26 | 19/Aug/2008 |
| Friends: (945)
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| THE LOVE |
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| "The name that can be named is not the eternal Name. The unnamable is the eternally real," . So, if you focus on the name, then you are likely to lose the actual substance and essence of it.Basically “LOVE” is a unique feeling that can’t be defined if we really live it. On the contrary it can be defined with all its technicalities for all other pur...
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| vidushi chau... | 20:31 | 19/Aug/2008 |
| Friends: (74)
| City: Mumbai
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| Michael Phelps- The underdog |
| Publication:Times Of India Delhi; Date:Aug 14, 2008; Section:Times Sport; Page Number:28Mom ensured it’s no splash in the pan Michael Winerip Deborah Phelps’ third baby and only son was larger than life from Day 1. 9 pounds, 6 ounces and 23 inches long. As a little boy, said the mother, he asked 25 zillion questions, always wanting to be the ce...
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| Vijit Vivek | 12:45 | 3/Aug/2008 |
| Friends: (730)
| City: Patna
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| Once upon a time...... |
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| Once upon a time.... There was a rich King who had 4 wives. He loved the 4th wife the most and adorned her with rich robes and treated her to the finest of delicacies. He gave her nothing but the best. He also loved the 3rd wife very much and was always showing her off to neighboring kingdoms. However, he feared that one day she would leave him for...
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| meena sundar | 13:52 | 18/Aug/2008 |
| Friends: (473)
| City: Chennai
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| Killing with Love |
| A few years ago, I came to know about a strange and unusual "custom" that has been occurring in certain parts of Tamil Nadu. It is called "Murder" with Love or Mercy Killing - sorry its not even mercy killing...its a way adopted to bring about peace within families and the "victim". In villages and towns usually if any loved ones are taken ill fo...
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| Vish Iyer | 00:32 | 16/Aug/2008 |
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| Wisdom only comes the hard way |
| I want to share a few of his words with you-on the subject of optimism and dealing with life's trials elegantly and with grace. As a young psychologist, his newborn son died. That event devastated him and plunged him into dark despair. In the book he writes of his lessons and that through his challenges "I learned what optimism really is: it's know...
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| Divyani | 20:29 | 13/Aug/2008 |
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| City: Mumbai
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| The Last Letter |
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| His Last Letter to his parents Moments before the final assault Capt. Vijyant Thapar (Robin) left this letter at the war front base, to be handed over to his family. AND AFTER THAT HE CAME BACK HOME WITH TRI COLOR DRAPED aye mere vatan ke logon zara aankh mein bhar lo paani jo shaheed hue hain unki zara yaad karo qurbaani
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| Subodh Deshp... | 18:47 | 12/Aug/2008 |
| Friends: (52)
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| Online Reference |
| Online ReferenceDictionary, Encyclopedia & moreWord:Look in:#boxsource_td A {color:#0033FF;text-decoration:none}#boxsource_td INPUT {height:12pt}Dictionary & thesaurusMedical DictionaryLegal DictionaryFinancial DictionaryAcronymsIdiomsEncyclopediaWikipediaSpanish DictionaryGerman DictionaryFrench DictionaryItalian DictionaryPeriodicalsLiteratureb...
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| vira | 08:57 | 23/Aug/2008 |
| Friends: (1659)
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| AdityaDas Menon | 19:37 | 26/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (1211)
| City: Cochin
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| HANDS OF LOVE - PART -20-"TERELIYE" |
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| HANDS OF LOVE - PART - 20 - "TERELIYE"Dedication to : All the readers of my blogs..........., The Majestic performing art - Kathakali“Kamdev,you are the GOD of cores of feelings, and emotions…Can u tell me, among all these, which one is perennial…..?” One day Narada asked his younger brother……… The question prompted Kamadev to think for a while….T...
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| Krishna Prasad | 13:42 | 27/Jul/2008 |
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| Food Wastage |
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| FOOD SHORTAGE Preface: I heard in BBC Radio one day morning that Somalia is suffering with acute food shortage. There was an interview with an unknown woman of Somalia village that she used to take maize powder and some times she used to take Animal Feed in order to subside the hunger. This is a horrific situation. Also, she told that when she e...
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| ice candy | 23:31 | 8/Aug/2008 |
| Friends: (131)
| City: Delhi
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| Laugh it out |
| Q. Why can't Sardars make ice cubes?A. They always forget the recipe.Two Sardars walk into a bar, each orders a drink. They go and sit down and start toasting and cheering, "51 days! 51 Days!!" About five minutes later, another Sardar walks in, orders a drink, and joins the other two in the cheering.Finally, another Sardar walks in with what looks ...
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| Lissome Lady | 12:22 | 20/Aug/2008 |
| Friends: (296)
| City: Mumbai
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| NIGHT O NIGHT |
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| This piece is dedicated to one the most promising Taras on our Zameen -Vidushi Chaudhry, who loves words and the eternal songs they sing to her soul. Night comes mourning the death of the day and sits brooding over the huddle of the forests and undulating fields. It embraces treacherous mountains and settles on the babbling brooks, it ravishes th...
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| Kush A | 18:17 | 16/Aug/2008 |
| Friends: (174)
| City: BLR
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| A blues poem/song |
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| Well, listening so much to Billie Holiday all this weekend. I kinda wrote down this song, which at two places refers to two of her different songs. I have tried to write down the kind of song/poem she used to sing in her satin voice. I have titled it:When you come to my memory When you come to my memoryI conjure up a storyA delightful storyOf a sum...
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| ekantapadhika | 13:29 | 19/Aug/2008 |
| Friends: (188)
| City: NOIDA
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| My family and other animals-Part-II |
| I used to love narrating to my nieces and nephews the story of how Caeser almost saved me from getting bitten by a snake. I would love to share it with you as well. So here goes: It was a bright sunny Sunday, the mother hen and her brood of little yellow chicks, scurrying around in the compound at the back of the house, the crows perch...
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| RAGHU IYER | 21:56 | 24/Aug/2008 |
| Friends: (127)
| City: UNIVERSE
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| Listen to My Songs |
| It long since I have contributed a song blog…here comes some musical entertainment for you all….enjoy my collection….ha ha ha ha ha ha ha…the various colour fonts are used to identify the songs…ennnjoooyyy… J J J “dil cheejh kya hai..aap meri jaan lijiye…bas ek baar mera kahaa maan lijie… is anjuman mein aapko … is anjuman me aapko..aanaa hai baar ...
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| Samprati Me | 13:16 | 23/May/2008 |
| Friends: (240)
| City: Mind n Music!
| Interests: learning to sing ...
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| You Said! |
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| Oh My Lord…You said… “Now may every living thing,Young or old, Weak or strong, Living near or far, Known or unknown, Living or departed or yet unborn….May every living thing… Be full of bliss…” Oh Lord….You also lead us towards Freedom… Freedom from Hatred…Freedom from Guilt…Freedom from Slavery… from Illwill… from Vengeance… And You fill our hea...
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| sunil | 05:22 | 21/Nov/2007 |
| Friends: (134)
| City: Delhi
| Interests: smile with joy.
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| KASAM Main peeta tha , usne chhuda di apni kasam dekar, Mahfil me baitha to yaroon ne pila di uski kasam dekar. SWEET SMILE...............
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| vivek | 21:53 | 19/Aug/2008 |
| Friends: (158)
| City: Baroda
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| do not depend on others to help somebody |
| this year we all remembered him..missed him. the team of doctors participating in carrom tournament remembered the champion of the game . i played with him 2 years back in the finals of the championship tournament. he was not a member of the association and even did not belong to the city , he was specially invited for that year only, going out of ...
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