Thursday, March 31, 2011

Monday, March 28, 2011

My Child & I

Second born paints a perfect picture (not with colors this time) of enjoying his breakfast- milk dripping from his chin and jam smeared all over his cheeks.

Dad helps him tidy up ; while washing the little guy's face, a bit of water falls on second born's shirt.

Second-born: "Appa! No spilling water. You're making me 'dirty'!!!"

Too bad for dad! :)

Thursday, March 24, 2011

My Child & I

Second-born is delighted with his new set of crayons given by a birthday girl at school.

Mom manages to save Firstborn's Computer workbook, dad's ticket printout and the walls ; while second-born gets ready to color them all.

Firstborn walks in after school while second-born is busy coloring away; this time thankfully on an old monthly calendar.

Firstborn: " Oh.. What is he doing?"

Mom (now exhausted): " Um.. just trying his new crayons, I guess"

Firstborn (who loves drawing, himself- joyfully): "Aha, I can see he loves Orange color and he's making a Fire! "

Well, it does take an artist to recognize another!

And, let's cut some slack- Mom was tired & does not have a trained eye for modern art!

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Sree Ramaseva Mandali – 73rd Ramanavami Celebrations

Sree Ramaseva Mandali – 73rd Ramanavami Celebrations

04-April to 05-May 2011
Fort High School Grounds

Krishna Rajendra Road, Chamarajpet
Bangalore 560018

04 Apr Mon

06:00pm Inauguration

06:45pm Nityasree mahadevan & Party

05 Apr Tue

06:30 pm Rajesh Vaidya ( Veena ) & Party

06 Apr Wed

05:15 pm Suman G & Party

06:30 pm T M Krishna & Party

07 Apr Thu

05:15pm Sriranjani Santhanagopalan & Party

06:30pm Neyveli Santhanagopalan / TKV Ramanujachryulu / K V Prasad / Sukanya Ramgopal

08 Apr Fri

05:15pm Shikha & Party

06:30 pm S.Sowmya & Party

09 Apr Sat

04:00 – 6:15 S V Narayanaswamy Rao National Award Function

06:30 pm K J Yesudas & Party

10 Apr Sun

05:15pm Niranjana Srinivasan & Party

06:30 pm Mysore Manjunath ( violin) & Purbayab Chaterji ( Sitar) – Jugalbandi / Thiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam / Viswanath Nakod

11 Apr Mon

05:00pm Dr.Muralidharan & Party

07:00 pm Gayathri Venkataraghavan / B U Ganesh Prasad / Cheluvaraju / Sukanya Ramgopal

12 Apr Tue

06:30 pm Kadri Gopalnath / Kanyakumari / B Harikumar / B Rajendra Nakod /N Amruth / B Rajasekhar

13 Apr Wed

05:15pm Praveen ( violin ) & Party

06:30pm Lalgudi GJR Krishnan& Vijayalakshmi ( violin) / B Harikumar / Guruprasanna

14 Apr Thu

05:15 pm Sridevi Koushik & Party

06:30 pm M S Sheela / Mysore Srikanth / H S Sudhindra / Sukanya Ramgopal

15 Apr Fri

05:15 pm V Vijayalakshmi & Party

06:30 pm Sudha Raghunathan & Party

16 Apr Sat

05:15 pm Abhiram R N & Party

06:30 pm P Unnikrishnan / Mysore Nagaraj / thiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam / Guruprasanna

17 Apr Sun

10:00 am Founders Day – Felicitation of senior musicians

M S Anantharaman-M A Sundareswaran -M A Krishnaswamy – Parur Ananthakrishnan ( Violin Quartret) / R Ramesh / N Amruth

06:30 pm Ranjani& Gayathri / B U Ganesh Prasad / Poongulam Subramanyam / M A Krishnamurthy

18 Apr Mon

05:15 pm Malladi Vasavi & Party

06:30 pm Malladi Brothers / S Varadarajan / K V Prasad / Giridhar Udupa

19 Apr Tue

05:15 pm S A Karthik & Party

06:30 pm O S Arun / H N Bhaskar / J Vaidyanathan / S Karthik

20 Apr Wed

05:00 pm Bangalore Brothers / C N Chandrasekhar / V Krishna / Rajashekhar

07:15 pm Kunnakudi Balamuralikrishna / H N Bhaskar / J Vaidyanathan / B N Chandramouli

21 Apr Thu

04:30 pm Akshay Padmanabhan & Party

06:45 pm S Shashank ( Flute) / Avaneeswaram S R Vinu / Yella Venkateshwara Rao / S Karthik / B N Chandramouli

22 Apr Fri

05:15 pm Harsha & Sanat ( Violin) & Party

06:30 pm N Vijay Siva & Party

23 Apr Sat

05:15 pm Suchetan Rangaswamy & Party

06:30 pm Mysore Nagaraj & Mysore manjunath ( violin Duet )/ Karaikudi R Mani / V Suresh

24 Apr Sun

06:30 pm T V Shankaranarayanan / T K V Ramanujacharyulu / B Harikumar / N Amruth

25 Apr Mon

05:15 pm R V Nityasri & Party

06:30 pm HK Venkatram(violin) / G Ravikiran ( Flute) /Ashwin Anand ( Veena) Venu-Veena-Violin / Neyveli Venkatesh / Ramanujam / Guruprasanna

26 Apr Tue

05:15 pm Hosahalli V Raghuram ( violin) & Party

06:30 pm Praveen Godkhindi ( Flute – hindustani) / Ravindra Yavagal

27 Apr Wed

06:30 pm E Gayathri ( Veena ) / Ganapathy Raman / B R Ravikumar

28 apr Thu

05:00 pm Anupama Srimali & Party

07:15 pm Muddu Mohan ( hindustani) / Vyasamurty Katti / Ravindra Yavagal

29 Apr Fri

05:15 pm Arjun Srivasthav & Party

06:30 pm Sikkil Gurucharan / S Varadarajan / Arjunkumar /Giridhar Udupa

30 Apr Sat

05:15 pm Sangeetha Tharanathan & Party

06:30 pm Ashwini bhide Deshpande ( hindustani) / Vyasamurthy Katti / Ravindra Yavagal

01 May Sun

05:15 pm S Vidya & S.Vijaya and Party

06:30 pm Hyderabad Brothers / Mysore Srikanth / MNL Raju / Giridhar udupa

02 May Mon

05:15 pm Madhuri Kaushik & Party

06:30 pm R K Padmanabha / C N Chandrasekhar /C Cheluvaraju / B R Ravikumar

03 May Tue

05:15 pm B N Skandakumar & Party

06:30 pm Anuradha Madhusudan ( veena) /C Cheluvaraju / Sukanya ramgopal

04 May Wed

05:15 pm B S Murali & Party

06:30 pm Kanya kumari & Embar S Kannan ( violin duet) / K V Prasad / N Amruth

05 May Thu

05:00 pm Pallavi Prasanna / Anuthama Murali / Renuka Prasad/ Srishyla

07:15 pm Vijayalakshmi Subramanyam / Usha Rajagopal / Sudhindra / Krishna Prasad

06 May Wed

05:15 pm Vidya G Subramanian & Party

06:30 pm O S Thyagarajan / Mullaivasal Chandramouli / S Thyagarajan / M A Krishnamurthy

07 May Sat

06:30 pm Abhishek Raghuram / Mysore Nagaraj / Ananth R Krishnan / Guruprasanna

08 May Sun

06:30 pm Pt Vishwamohan Bhatt & Lalgudi GJR Krishnan ( hindustani & Carnatic jugalbandi) / Yella Venkateshwara Rao / Vishwanath Nakod

09 May Mon

06:30 pm Vishaka Hari & Party

Monday, March 14, 2011

That's what she said...

Sakhi is visiting a friend in a nearby apartment.

While the friends are chattering away, a neighbor stops by to return a brochure

Friend (welcomes neighbor) : "Come on in K! You've met Sakhi , right?"

Neighbor (recognizing me from a recent gathering) : "Yes, yes- I know this one, really nice seeing it!"

Was left wondering if neighbor was referring to Sakhi or an item from the brochure.

Music Event : Sri Rama Lalitha Kala Mandira

Sri Rama Lalitha Kala Mandira is organizing a 3 day music event

March 16th – Vid Ranjani and Vid Gayathri & Party
Venue: Sri Varapada Venkateshwara Devagiri Temple, Banashankari 2nd Stage, Bangalore 70
Time: 6 PM

March 17th – Vid(s) Bombay Sisters & Party
Venue : Bangalore Gayana Samaja
Time: 5.45 PM

March 18th – Vid Neyveli Santhanagopalan & Party
Venue : Bangalore Gayana Samaja
Time: 5.45 PM

Monday, March 7, 2011

150th Post: My Child & I

Sunday morning. Grandparents in town. Boys thrilled. We're excitedly catching-up.

Grandpa unpacks two Tanjore paintings of Lord Ganesha.

Firstborn (observes the pictures, and declares) : "Only 3 differences in the pictures- In the first one Ganesha is sitting, has a book and the trunk is to the right; and in the other Ganesha is dancing, has a drum (mirudangam) and has trunk is to the left!"

Grandpa (impressed): " Very Good, that's my boy!"

Grandma (wanting Second-born also to shine): " Kanna, how many hands does Ganesha have?"

Second born (licking a laddu): "Aiyyo! Today is Sunday, my holiday, Ok?"

Well, he has his laddu and is eating it too!


Just for the count : This being the 150th post- I dedicate it to my boys -hubby, sons 1 & 2!