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ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 27 Feb 2009, 06:27

I was listening to MV Ramana's talk.

Surprised to see he says amrthavarshini was the only new rAga Muttuswamy Dikshita composed as an innovation (not available in granthas from Venkatamakhi's tradition)

But, amRtavarShini is mentioned and described in Muddu Venkatamakhi's rAgalakshaNa appendix to CDP.

-Ramakriya

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 27 Feb 2009, 07:07

coolkarni wrote: Mohan Iyer , Meena,VK and Rshankar ... Thanks for the "Coins" that you dropped , into my Bowl .Cant thank you guys enough for being so thoughtful.

Kji - I just saw this. You are very welcome - and I am sure I speak for everyone - it is a pleasure!

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 27 Feb 2009, 08:40

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 27 Feb 2009, 08:54

Pl convey my greetings to dear DRS!

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 27 Feb 2009, 10:21

I already have, CML, and one more time won't hurt...

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 27 Feb 2009, 10:41

Yeah, it would have been great to meet DRS...such a pity...

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 27 Feb 2009, 11:05

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 27 Feb 2009, 14:25

I have a new broadband supplier/plan --- and can download at last (without it taking a week).

Have downloaded the lecture, although I haven't listened to it yet, I have sampled the beginning and want to congratulate you on the quality: it is a great recording!

Also esnips seems to work well.

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 27 Feb 2009, 16:53

SAme here, incidentally...MTNL/BSNL zindabaad! I get almost 200kbps downloads now (when I am in town that is!)...most private providers (who shall have to go unnamed) are pathetic...my last service provider gave speeds of less than 10kbps charging almost the same amount of money as MTNL

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 27 Feb 2009, 17:09

Opposite for me: abandoned BSNL for Airtel.

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 27 Feb 2009, 17:18

Ah...

Sreeni Rajarao · Post by **Sreeni Rajarao** » 27 Feb 2009, 17:56

Kulkarni Sir,
Catching up now (was on work related travel south of the border).
Wish I was there with all of you to be part of this in person!

Thanks for the great efforts by you and the team!

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 28 Feb 2009, 00:06

BTW, what are typical upload speeds that you can get in India and how much does it cost? I heard BSNL has, in the past few months, cut the costs making AIR TEL more expensive. Nick, did you move to Airtel recently? Is that for quality of service reasons? Sorry for the detour from the main topic of the thread.

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 28 Feb 2009, 08:17

Dear COOL, All's well that ends well Thanks for uploading the proceedings of the evening .'WONDERFUL ARRANGEMENTS, A VERY NICE HALL. though a little distant from the city, which probably might be the reason for the absence of many members. Should I contribute something towards sharing the expenses (mainly hallrent, mike arrangements ,snacks) waiting for the next meet .. good luck, gobilalitha

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 28 Feb 2009, 08:40

Of course there were no mikes. Would have been better for hearing despaired poor souls like me. But that would have spoilt the serene atmosphere , ambience and the heavenly bliss. gobilalitha

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 28 Feb 2009, 10:50

vasanthakokilam, BSNL's customer service has been very poor since I moved house, and there have been numerous problem days. 256K is sufficient for browsing, but not really for anything else. I thought that, for speed, Airtel's packages were better than BSNL. I paid 750 for BSNL's 256K, with no download cap. I now pay 1199 for Airtel's 2Mb; it only includes 15Gb/month traffic, but I am not going to be a big downloader anyway; not like the youngsters with their films, music, games.

Upload on my AIrtel plan is about 512 --- on BSNL is was 64Kb, no better than an old modem. It makes a big difference when emailing a few photos to a friend.

Download speeds I actually achieve on the Airtel can be over 200KB/sec, compaired with 20-30 on BSNL.

Their customer service seems more professional; when I had a problem I got to speak to a technically well-informed person almost immediately. Better than BSNL's "Somebody will [not!] call you within 24 hours".

It's only been a couple of weeks. I know Airtel are not all Angels; my wife has enough problems with her cell-phone service. We'll see!

Sorry for the detour from the main topic of the thread.

Shall we rejoin the others?

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 28 Feb 2009, 11:20

Thanks Nick.

Yes, back to the regularly scheduled program!!

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 28 Feb 2009, 12:05

I am paying 1500 per month for my MTNL connection. Airtel does not cover my area.

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 28 Feb 2009, 12:14

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 02 Mar 2009, 19:30

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 03 Mar 2009, 22:48

coolkarni wrote:Ramakriya
MV Ramana has sent in this reply to your uery in Post no 102
**
"Thank you. I was not aware of this and stand corrected. But it only
goes to further substantiate my point that Dikshitar was more
interested in resuscitating old ragas and less interested in
experimenting with new scales."

**

Yes, That is 100% true.

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 07 Mar 2009, 11:54

I just finished listening to the audio of BengaLooru meet. Ramana's speech and the Q&A are quite informative. Enjoyed very much listening to the singing by Iswarya, Charulatha, Sandhya Dharani, Ramani Shankar and S. Shankar. Thanks.

sandhyashree · Post by **sandhyashree** » 07 Mar 2009, 23:56

Thanks for the response Sir....

this is Sandhya Dharani...not Sandhya Dharini

Anyway, thanks for the feedback.

Sandhya Dharani

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 08 Mar 2009, 00:26

Sandhya. I have fixed my post with your correct name, sorry about that.

Your singing was excellent and quite enjoyable.

Best wishes.

sandhyashree · Post by **sandhyashree** » 08 Mar 2009, 10:02

No problem about that Sir...even Coolji had posted as Sandhya dharini, just wanted to clarify.

Thanks for the encouraging post. I will try to do better and better...

Sandhya

msakella · Post by **msakella** » 20 Feb 2011, 07:40

On a personal work I shall be arriving at Bangalore in the morning on 04-03-2011, I shall go to Mysore on 6th and come back to Bangalore again. Again I shall start back to Hyderabad in the evening on 10-03-2011. At Bangalore I shall stay either with Sangeeta Vidwan Chi. Shreekantham Nagendra Shashtry (23606380 / 9845415592) or with Sangeeta Vidwan Chi. B.E.Kamalkumar (26584905 / 9448431603). Persons interested in the easy methods in teaching/learning music can meet me. amsharma

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