Cleveland - family, friends, music...

[meenaakshi]

I have uploaded some shots here

http://picasaweb.google.com/Minavg/Clev ... directlink

[VK RAMAN]

Great pictures - wish had some caption giving the names of the individual being pictured.

[meenaakshi]

will do soon

[rshankar]

136 to 138: Kum. Aishwarya Shriniasan, Smt. Radha Vishwanathan, and Cienu...

[harimau]

1. Injikkudi Subramaniam and Chitra (on the nagaswaram).
2. D. Pasupathi (I think), Mannargudi Easwaran, V K Viswanathan (in the front row)
3. Same as 1
4. Guruvayur Dorai
5. V V Ravi (with violin case on lap), Vasudha Kesav, Bhushany Kalyanaraman
11 Subhasri and Charumathi Ramachandran
13. Pictures of Sri Ramachandramurthy and Sri Purandaradasa (Wrongly identified initially as Sri Thyagaraja. In a later photo, the picture of Sri Thyagaraja is seen at a lower level. Sorry for any confusion)
84. cmvenkat
85. Jayalakshmi Sekhar
87. Trichur Ramachandran, Ajit, VKV, Uday Shankar
90. Bhushany Kalyanaraman (behind the Radel bag)
99. Photo of GNB ]
102. MS from some movie still
104, 105. Jayalaksmi Santhanam
106. V V Sundaram
121. Jayalakshmi Santhanam, ----, Charumathi & Trichur & Subhasri Ramachandran, Jayalakshmi Sekhar, Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan

[arasi]

And so many other friendly known and unknown faces

[cienu]

1. Injikkudi Subramaniam and Chitra (on the nagaswaram).
2. D. Pasupathi (I think), Mannargudi Easwaran, V K Viswanathan (in the front row)
Yes, it is Sri Pasupathy.
87. Trichur Ramachandran, Ajit, VKV, Uday Shankar
and Ramesh (MKR)

[Ramasubramanian M.K]

Frame #149-Trichur V Ramachandran(middle),myself(left) and VKV (right)-had a nice free-wheeling session with Uday and fellow rasikas.

More on the festival and the swirling heated discussions about Sustaining Sampradaya later----

[Ramasubramanian M.K]

Cienu: Sorry could not take leave of your Mom before I left on Sunday-please convey my apologies to her- nice nostalgia session with her- can you post some of the pics taken in the room with Kamakshi and Aishwarya.
Tell your Mom I have not forgotten about the CBE Video.

[cienu]

Lovely pictures meenaakshi ! Thank you

[cmlover]

Many thanks folks for those fine endearing pictures ....

[cienu]

Some pictures with fans and fellow Rasikas with Smt Radha Viswanathan
With MKR and Kamakshi Mallikarjun of Philadelphia.(Niece of Smt Radha Viswanathan)

Aishwarya and Smt Radha with a few fans just after the completion of the Aradhana.

Smt Jayalakshmi Santhanam and Sri Pasupathi with Smt Radha.

With our Uday and Smt Sundaravalli - a fan of Smt Radha.

[meenaakshi]

cienu, did you see the adorable 'meenakshi duo' had a ball with her.
thanks harimau. will add more shots soon.

[musicmysoul]

Thanks for sharing your photos.

[VK RAMAN]

great pictures

[cmlover]

Many thanks cienu, you make us feel part of the festival.
The beaming face (Radha mukha kamalam) of Radha brightens every scene. I notice the Sun is also out at Cleveland. You /MKR should share with us the recollections of Radha on the return to CM in US after a gap of 40 odd years.. It must be quite emotional! It is nice to see Uday going around actively in spite of the recent tragedy in the family. All these must be a novel experience for Aishu - our future hope ! Keep sharing more pictures and highlights of the concert too....

[srkris]

Very nice

[cienu]

cienu, did you see the adorable 'meenakshi duo' had a ball with her.
thanks harimau. will add more shots soon.

Ofcourse , saw the pictures. Saundarya (Meenakshi) is indeed having a wonderful time indeed !

[cienu]

Yes CML,
It was indeed great to see Uday. Among the other forumites whom I did meet was Lakshman ( My daughter had my camera with her and hence couldnt take a picture)

I also had the pleasure of meeting cmvenkat (Venkatachalam of San Diego)

[rshankar]

# 56 I think is Sri Ramnarayan, husband of NJ-based Kalaimamani Smt. Ramya Ramnarayan

Cienu - your pictures are lovely!!

[cacm]

I have uploaded some shots here

http://picasaweb.google.com/Minavg/Clev ... directlink

Dear Meenaakshi,
At age 76 I hope I can be forgiven for being SENTIMENTAL.
THANKS A MILLION for you EXCELLENT PICS. As one who came to USA in 1959 with FIVE DOLLARS & actulally carried on his head Umayalpuram Sivaraman's Mridangam in 1962 in MANHATTAN, N.Y.after a 4.5 hour S.Balachander's concert in N.Y.City center(could not afford to hire a taxi) I CANNOT DESCRIBE IN WORDS my ELATION at seeing how things are today. Lets not waste our energies on other subjects like some one making money on these efforts; ANY ONE WHO HAS TRIED TO ARRANGE ANYTHING IN N.A. I BET HAVE LOST CLOSE TO AT LEAST 10K IN U.S. DOLLARS. INSTEAD LETS discuss how to MAKE CARNATIC MUSIC SUPREME IN NORTH AMERICA. LETS FULFIL THE PROPHETIC foresight & insight of VVS. As one who drove LGJ& RAMANI close to 40,000 miles-PROF. D.Sundararaman of Howard U IN D.C. DROVE CLOSE TO 20000 MILES- in 1971 I m AMAZED at how VVS has managed to make this experience close to NASA VVIP EXPERIENCE!.....VKV

[Ramasubramanian M.K]

Meenakshi: Thanks for the pics.Enjoyed our four-way chat(Udhay,Ajit,myself and yourself).I wish I had stayed longer!!!

VKV sorry could not say bye to you--had to return on Sunday noon.I am sure the rest of the program would go well.
Amazed at your energy/enthusiasm despite over 50 years of relentless struggle against "arm-chair" criticism--I guess your developing that "thick skin" over the years has helped.!! Apparently your passion for music has "dulled" the harshness of ill-informed criticism!!
Let's stay in touch!!
Ramesh.

[rshankar]

Cienu,

Didn't your cousin (Smt. Kamakshi Mallikarjun) speak at the book-release function (of MS and Radha) in Dec 2008? I seem to remember her emotion-packed words....

[cienu]

Cienu,

Didn't your cousin (Smt. Kamakshi Mallikarjun) speak at the book-release function (of MS and Radha) in Dec 2008? I seem to remember her emotion-packed words....

Yes indeed she is the same Kamakshi who spoke just before the website on MS was launched by Dr M.S.Swaminathan
www.msstribute.org

[cienu]

Thank you Meenakshi for further uploading more pictures

[Rasika911]

Thanks for sharing the photos looks like a lot of fun!

[uday_shankar]

Ouch, Chennai feels so hot (only in terms of temperature :devil: ) after Cleveland and Pittsburgh !

As these incriminating pictures show, I had a wonderful time for a day in Cleveland, meeting many "old" friends, some for the first time !

Take Cienu for example...although this is the first time we met in person, it felt like meeting an old friend. I also had the pleasure of meeting his lovely daughter Kum. Aishwarya as well as the privilege of seeking the blessings of his mum. Unfortunately, my breakneck work schedule (not reflected by my silly demeanour in these pictures) didn't permit me to hang around longer or long enough to listen to their Katcheri (must be going on as I type ?)) as well as other Katcheris . Kudos to the family for accepting the invitation to come to Cleveland, given the circumstances.

Other than that I had a great time talking and arguing with authentic mad scientist shri VKV and hanging out with Ajit, MKR and others. If only photos could talk, the hit rate of photos with Shri M K Ramasubramaniam would bring down servers. He regaled us with so many interesting anecdotes and stories and annotated them with some amazing singing. It is a pity that shri MKR is not sitting on stage and giving katcheris...melodious voice, firm grip on laya, great gnyanam and creativity, charming personality, etc, etc.. It is never too late !

Meenaakshi, it was great meeting you. Thanks for the pics ! Hope you had time to take off from your various chores to be able to listen to the TNS katcheri.

[semmu86]

It is a pity that shri MKR is not sitting on stage and giving katcheris...melodious voice, firm grip on laya, great gnyanam and creativity, charming personality, etc, etc.. It is never too late

Let me second uday here I still remember Sri . MKR's opening verses of kalyAni which he sang at our get together at Sri . Nageswaran's house in 2009 dec .. Absolutely haunting . Waiting very eagerly to catch up with him this coming dec too .

[Kalpana Mohan]

Hi all:

For Cleveland Aradhana visitors, a perspective from a music lover and a writer.

http://kalpanamohan.typepad.com/on_edge ... 10.html#tp

[meenaakshi]

have uploaded more pictures.