I am rekindling my passion for classical music.My mother, a student to Smt. Joya Biswas (The first lady sitarist/student of Pundit Ravi Shankar), and two time "Best Student" medal winner at the Calcutta School of Music, was the person who introduced me to the world of classical music as early as i was nestled cosily in her womb!
I am told that at the age of just 1 1/2 years i was enrolled in the Calcutta School of Music after clearing their preliminary test, a time when i was not even level with the harmonium box while being seated. My mother was also the person who taught me my very first classical song " Guru Hamaare"--raag Bhairavi. And this has been the song that i have never failed to sing at every one of my music competitions.This was the song that fetched me my first Interschool Classical Singing Award in 1991.
Although i don't sing anymore, i continue to cultivate a lot of interest in music. I listen to Carnatic music almost everyday.My favourites are Dr. Balamurali krishnan, MS Subbalakshmi, DK Pattamal and Sowmya.My favourite ragaams are Bhairavi, kapi & kalyani.
Hey i have a question for you if you are a carnatic enthusiast....
have you heard of this song " Manaivi amaivadellam kadavul koduthha varam" ....is it a film song? who is it by? i can't seem to find it online!
Classical is not the only form i am inclined to.Music by Alicia Keys, Pearl Jam, Linkin Park, Metallica, Alanis Morissette, Gwen stefani...........enrapture me.
When i need to clear my head i listen to "kandashashti kavacham" and that always helps me.When i feel lonely i listen to Alicia Keys and when i get angry i listen to Eminem followed by "Mahishasura Mardini" to cool off (strange i know!!).
I have picked out songs for every moment, experience ....one song that comes close to my personality (i think) is " I am a bitch, i am a lover, i am a child, i am a mother, i am a sinner, i am a saint, i do not feel ashamed............so take me as i am"--Alanis Morissette.
If i ever find the love of my life... someday.... this is the song i would sing to him..."Its the way you love me...."--Faith Hill or "If I ain't got you"--Alicia Keys :-D
Well hopefully there's a lot of time for me to tune my vocal chords for that!
The new album by Jay-Z and Linkin park is damn good...especially "points of authority" although i never try to make sense out of the lyrics, they sound real good.
Oh yes i am also a big Frank Sinatra fan and coming back to the love of my life ....he should sing "The way you look tonight" to me :-D....i know at this point my M akka will say "expectations expectations !!"....
Monday, December 26, 2005
Sunday, December 25, 2005
Quotes!!My Personal Favourites
I have been reading voraciously lately. Suddenly from fiction i have digressed to 'numerology'..don't ask me how and why!! Anyway i was calculating some of my numbers and made an interesting discovery. It so happens that Sir Winston Churchill and I share the same Birth number '3' & Name number '1'. I have been reading WC's quotes and speeches since highschool but this i didn't know! so does that mean i would become a world leader as well??
Anyway Numerology is quite interesting as far as telling you about your nature( we already know that)
anyway, i am the kind of person who believes that the future can never be predicted....or as Sir Winston churchill said, "We are still the masters of our fate and the Captain of our Souls".
I never knew how much, quotes by famous people like WC, Mahatma Gandhi, Aristotle etc can influence a person and at times alleviate one's troubles and sorrows till i faced some of my own.
One of my all time favourites, something i could have felt, thought, said myself many a times but unfortunately no one labled it as a famous quote :
" Personally i am always eager to learn, although i do not always like to be taught"--WC
I am a WC fan so here are some more of my favourites.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without losing enthusiasm".
"Never give in --never,never,never,never, in nothing great or small,large or petty,never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.Never yield to force, never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy".
ok now enough of WC :-D although i have colleceted a lot more of his quotes!!
This one by William Shakespeare:" Be great in act, as you have been in thought"
Oscar Wilde said : "Genius is born--not paid"
and how can i forget Mahatma Gandhi?
" It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err"
"Victory earned by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary"
Aristotle said: "All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind"
" Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work"
"Misfortune shows those who are not really friends"......yes this is very true.
Life is full of different experiences and i am only beginning to get my share of them.It is amazing how these quotes seem to precisely fit each kind of experience. Here's one more by WC:
"This is not the end, it is not even the beginning of the end.It is perhaps the end of the beginning".
Anyway Numerology is quite interesting as far as telling you about your nature( we already know that)
anyway, i am the kind of person who believes that the future can never be predicted....or as Sir Winston churchill said, "We are still the masters of our fate and the Captain of our Souls".
I never knew how much, quotes by famous people like WC, Mahatma Gandhi, Aristotle etc can influence a person and at times alleviate one's troubles and sorrows till i faced some of my own.
One of my all time favourites, something i could have felt, thought, said myself many a times but unfortunately no one labled it as a famous quote :
" Personally i am always eager to learn, although i do not always like to be taught"--WC
I am a WC fan so here are some more of my favourites.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without losing enthusiasm".
"Never give in --never,never,never,never, in nothing great or small,large or petty,never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.Never yield to force, never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy".
ok now enough of WC :-D although i have colleceted a lot more of his quotes!!
This one by William Shakespeare:" Be great in act, as you have been in thought"
Oscar Wilde said : "Genius is born--not paid"
and how can i forget Mahatma Gandhi?
" It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err"
"Victory earned by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary"
Aristotle said: "All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind"
" Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work"
"Misfortune shows those who are not really friends"......yes this is very true.
Life is full of different experiences and i am only beginning to get my share of them.It is amazing how these quotes seem to precisely fit each kind of experience. Here's one more by WC:
"This is not the end, it is not even the beginning of the end.It is perhaps the end of the beginning".
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