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FAQ - India

India holds a certain sense of mystery for the world outside its borders. Read on to find how curious foreigners are about India and its ways or rather read on to find out how dumb and ignorant they are about our beautiful country. This was taken from a tourism blog where people could post queries if they were planning on making a trip to India.

The answers are the actual responses by the website officials, who demonstrate tolerance and excellent sense of humor. Q :      Does it ever get windy in India ? I have never seen it  rain on TV, how do the plants grow? ( UK ). A:      We import all plants fully grown and then just sit around watching them die. Q :      Will I be able to see elephants in the street? ( USA ) A:      Depends how much you've been drinking. Q:      I want to walk from Delhi to Goa - can I follow the railroad tracks? ( Sweden ) A:      Sure, it's only three thousand kms, take lots of water. Q:       Is it safe to run around in the bushes in India? (Sweden)   A:      So it's true what they say about Swedes. Q:       Are there any ATMs  India ? Can you send me a list of them in Delhi , Chennai, Calcutta and Bangalore?(UK) A:      What did your last slave die of? Q:       Can you give me some information about hippo racing in India ?  ( USA ) A:      A-fri-ca is the big triangle shaped continent south of Europe . In-di-a is that big triangle in  the middle of the Pacific & Indian Ocean  which does not.. oh forget it. ...... Sure, the hippo racing is every Tuesday night in Goa .  Come naked. Q:       Which direction is North in India ? ( USA ) A:      Face south and then turn 180 degrees. Contact us when you get here and we'll send the rest of the directions. Q:       Can I bring cutlery into India ? (   UK ) A:      Why? Just use your fingers like we do. Q:       Can you send me the Indiana Pacers matches schedule? ( France ) A:       Indiana is a state in the Unites States of...oh forget it.  Sure, the Indiana Pacers matches are played every Tues day  night in Goa , straight after the hippo races.  Come naked. Q:      Can I wear high heels in India ? ( UK ) A:      You're a British politician, right? Q:     Are there supermarkets in Bangalore , and is milk available all year round? ( Germany ) A:      No, we are a peaceful civilization of vegan hunter/gatherers. Milk is illegal. Q:    Please send a list of all doctors in India who can dispense rattlesnake serum. ( USA ) A:      Rattlesnakes live in A-meri-ca which is where YOU come from.  All Indian snakes are perfectly harmless, can be safely handled and make  good pets. Q:       Do you have perfume in India ? ( France ) A:      No, WE don't stink in India. Q:       I have developed a new product that is the fountain of youth.  Can you tell me where I can sell it in India ?  (USA)   A:      Anywhere significant numbers of Americans gather. Q:       Do you celebrate Christmas in India ? (France) A:      Only at Christmas. Q:       Will I be able to speak English most places I go? (USA) A:      Yes, but you will have to learn it first

Q:       Can I see Taj Mahal anytime? (Italy)
A:      As long as you are not blind, you can see it anytime day and night.

Q:       Do you have Toilet paper? (USA)
A:      No, we use sand paper. (we have different grades)

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Raama Raama enniro.....

Raama Raama enniro is a composition of Shri Purandaradaasaru and is in Raaga Malahari. The second song in the clipping is another composition of Shri Purandaradaasaru set in raaga kalyani.

Here I am posting some of the clippings from my concerts. Listen and enjoy.....!!! I will upload more whenever possible....

Varagupu-Kannadagoula;

Ninnenammiti-Simhendra madhyama Part(1);

Ninnenammiti-Simhendra madhyama Part(2);

The background music is excerpts from my program held in Madikeri during "Raama Navami".

This is a video of Sudhanva's naming ceremony and a small trek with Nandu, Apoorva, Bava carrying Sudhanva and Hari.

About the trek, I had to climb with all my limbs(rather crawled). After reaching on top, there were orange trees amidst Coffee plants. We plucked and ate them(In fact stole them ;)). Came back through the forest route. Saw flying frog which sat still instead of flying after seeing us.

Thoroughly enjoyed it....

This is the article that was published in Hindu Newspaper about my pgm held in gaanabhaarathi Mysore on 28th Jan.

http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2010022651140300.htm&date=2010/02/26/&prd=fr&

Here are few pics of my recent programmes.


In Bangalore on 24th (raamanavami)-courtesy Lalithattige...:)


Pgm in Madikeri on 21 march...



This was in Manipal on 27th Feb...



This was held in Karkala on Feb 25th.

Trip to OOty

Last week I and Hari had gone to Madikeri to attend Aparna's marriage(Hari's cousin). Since Hari had leave on friday as well as monday, we thought of going to OOty.
After the "gowji and gammattu" of the wedding, we started early morning from madikeri to mysore. From mysore immediately we got a bus to OOty. A Volvo.
The bus was quite full. As the ghats started one by one ppl started puking. Ewww... God it was horrible. I was a relief when we reached ooty at 2.30 in d noon.
After lot of searching and all we got a nice room near the boat house with a good view of the lake. We took rest for some time and did some shopping near by. What we observed was dat Woollen sweaters are very cheap in Ooty.
Next day we booked a car and went to "mudumalai" trip. On the way we went to pykara falls, Kamraj dam, Horse riding and a shootin spot(film shooting:). But entire ooty can be considered as a shooting spot. The landscape cannot be described in words.
After travelling for around 70 km we reached "mudumalai". "Mudumalai" is a forest area. From there after a one hour safari in side the jungle we headed back to Oooty. This time from a short route of 36 km from mudumalai through masinagudi, The ghats were excellent with 36 hairpin curves!!!
The next day Hari's friend took us to his house and then we went to Botanical Garden.The place was swarming with tourists. But I observed that it was the only clean place in the entire Ooty city. From there we went back to our room, checked out and had food in a hotel. Then as there was still time for our Bus to go back to mysore, we went to the rose garden. There were hundreds of variety of roses there.After clicking few pics, we headed back to the bus stand.
We reached Mysore at around 9.30 and had food in a hotel near the bus stand, and then climbed a bus to Bangalore.

Amazing young indian mandolin player (U. Shrinivas)

I found this video in youtube while searching for raaga "bindumaalini". Was wondering who dis small boy was playin mandolin so beautifully. after reading comments came to know it was mandolin maestro Srinivas.
Go check his site: www.mandolinshrinivas.org


A MUST LISTEN....

Kacheri Season

Bangalore can be called as the musical hub of Karnataka (mysore coming next in the list) and there s no dearth for music concerts here. Kacheris take place all through out the year.
Last week I had been to Sanjay Subramaniam's program. It was a very nice concert and the accompanists were truly amazing. I think the younger artistes need to learn a lot from these masters who really show the spirit as accompanists rather than trying to steal away the show from the main Singer.Altogether the concert was good.
There will be many more concerts in the coming days and i am eagerly waiting to attend to the programs of some of my favourite artistes.
I am having a few programs in the next few days and i got to practice harder this time.
Thats all for now....

Google Mail

Friends this is my first blog..
So I thought of telling you an interesting piece of information I found in today's news paper..
The February calendar has four days allotted to every monday,tue,wed...and sunday. Isn't it a lil special??