Our forumite Sam Swaminathan (New Zealand) is no more

ekrishnaprakash · Post by **ekrishnaprakash** » 13 Jun 2013, 13:05

It is with great sadness and profound grief that I am sharing the news that our forumite, Sam Swaminathan, has attained the lotus feed of the lord earlier today. Sam (brother of Mannargudi Easwaran) is my Chitappa and a great rasika of carnatic music. May his soul rest in peace.

Krishna

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 13 Jun 2013, 13:14

Oh, what terrible news. Condolences to you, to Easwaran sir, to all family and friends --- and to all rasikas forumites, for he truly belonged to this family too, and gave so much here.

So sad.

Pratyaksham Bala · Post by **Pratyaksham Bala** » 13 Jun 2013, 13:29

Heartfelt Condolences to Family members and Friends.

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 13 Jun 2013, 13:30

Very sad to here this news. He will be dearly missed by the music community in New Zealand as well as globally online.

cienu · Post by **cienu** » 13 Jun 2013, 13:35

Oh my God.. Shocking news. A frequent contributor to the forum and much admired.He will be missed greatly.
Condolences to Sri Easwaran,

Rsachi · Post by **Rsachi** » 13 Jun 2013, 13:50

Oh sorry this is extremely unfortunate.
My condolences.

CRama · Post by **CRama** » 13 Jun 2013, 13:53

Shocking news indeed. 2013 has been cruel to musicians and music lovers. May his soul RIP.

venkatakailasam · Post by **venkatakailasam** » 13 Jun 2013, 14:13

sorry to learn the news..We know he was ailing for some time now..
http://www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=20125
Is it the reason

ekrishnaprakash · Post by **ekrishnaprakash** » 13 Jun 2013, 14:24

vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 13 Jun 2013, 14:45

Heartfelt Condolences.May his soul rest in peace.

sridhar_ranga · Post by **sridhar_ranga** » 13 Jun 2013, 14:49

Very sad to hear this - sincere condolences to his family.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 13 Jun 2013, 15:08

My heartfelt condolences to the family.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 13 Jun 2013, 17:23

Shocking news, indeed!

Krishnaprakash,
I have been wondering about Sam's health and have been asking around the past several months. When I saw MAE in Bengaluru in February, I asked him then and he said Sam was doing well, with a smile on his face.

MV who reported the NZ Music festival last week wrote that Sam couldn't make it to the festival and was missed. I didn't realize that he was that seriously ill after the surgery. What a shame!

He's missed by us all here at Rasikas.org. A rasikA coming from an illustrious musical tradition is no longer around

Heartfelt condolences to your family--to Sam's wife and children, MAE and all the rest of you in the family.

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 13 Jun 2013, 17:37

Shocked! Saw a FBosting of Shri MAE and learnt about this. He will be missed by all of us here. We we hoping that he would recover and be back amidst us. God had other plans. My heartfelt condolences to his wife,children, Shri MAE and other family members.

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 13 Jun 2013, 18:12

Heartfelt Condolences to Family members and Friends. We in Rasikas will definitely miss him

thanjavooran · Post by **thanjavooran** » 13 Jun 2013, 18:34

Shocking news. Very sad to hear this - sincere condolences to his family.
Thanjavooran
13 06 2013

Sreeni Rajarao · Post by **Sreeni Rajarao** » 13 Jun 2013, 19:07

Sorry to hear this - Sincere condolences.

mahavishnu · Post by **mahavishnu** » 13 Jun 2013, 19:10

OMG. This is very sad news. We will all miss Sam profoundly. We have lost a great pillar of our rasikas fraternity.
My sincere condolences to his family and Sri Easwaran.

S.NAGESWARAN · Post by **S.NAGESWARAN** » 13 Jun 2013, 19:43

Sri Sam Swaminathan was an ardent admirer of Sri MSG. This had brought me closer to Sam.

My heart felt condolences to his family and to sri Mannarkudi Easwaran.

S.NAGESWARAN.
13.06.2013.

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 13 Jun 2013, 19:48

This is shocking news, even though we knew he was seriously ill. My condolences to his near and dear. He is with his beloved MSG now.

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 13 Jun 2013, 20:01

Oh, very saddened to hear the news. Condolences to family and friends.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 13 Jun 2013, 20:24

This is a shocking unexected news. I thought he was recovering and will join us actively. The inevitable has happened.
Very sad indeed.
May his soul rest in peace and heartfelt condolences to his family!

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 13 Jun 2013, 21:10

He will be sorely missed!! May his soul RIP, and may God grant his family (including this oline family of his) the strength to deal with this loss. He will be sorely missed, especially his ability to look at the bright side of everything and his admirable simplicity.
However, I have to say that the news is hardly shocking or unexpected, given the primary diagnosis - this concern has been sitting heavily with me ever since he announced the problem, and the procedure he'd undergone, given the awful prognosis associated with this condition! All I can hope for is that the end was relatively pain-free, and blessedly quick.

srkris · Post by **srkris** » 14 Jun 2013, 01:09

What terrible news! Comes as a complete shock. Sincere condolences to his family.

mahavishnu · Post by **mahavishnu** » 14 Jun 2013, 03:36

maduraimini · Post by **maduraimini** » 14 Jun 2013, 06:45

Very sorry to hear that Sam is not with us anymore. I was just wondering how his health was and I see this news about his passing away. Sincere condolences to his family including Forumite Sri Mannargudi Easwaran.

smala · Post by **smala** » 14 Jun 2013, 07:42

I have only read his writings on this forum. Please accept my sincere condolences and wishes for the family.

Ramasubramanian M.K · Post by **Ramasubramanian M.K** » 14 Jun 2013, 08:18

Condolences to the family!! Although I knew that he had a serious ailment, and he hed asked for some medical references and second opinions which I had suggested I had assumed he was on the road to recovery. I enjoyed --like all our forumites--- his thoughtful contributions.
We are all poorer by the loss of a true rasika.

rahm221 · Post by **rahm221** » 14 Jun 2013, 08:34

Sincere condolences to the family. Thought he was recovering.

ekrishnaprakash · Post by **ekrishnaprakash** » 14 Jun 2013, 08:53

Mahavishnu - thank you for posting the photograph. This photograph was taken during Appa's Shastiabthapoorthi when Sam Chitappa gave a short violin concert in the evening.

srikant1987 · Post by **srikant1987** » 14 Jun 2013, 10:12

Another young soul taken from our midst!

Condolences to his family.

MV · Post by MV » 14 Jun 2013, 10:35

Thank you Mahavishnu for that pic. I can't seem to download it to put up on NZCMS page-can you help. Last June, he was eagerly looking forward to writing the reviews for SU12 here but he barely made it to the concerts-thats when he was officially diagnosed. After Gayathri Venkat's concert, he gave a concert summary speech highlighting various aspects of the evening. When it came to MA Easwaran, he said 'I'm just proud to be his brother' His last speech for NZCMS was on 7/4/13 during our Thyagaraja Aradhana. The Aradhana was his own thing-he was on email/phone to people getting them together for practices etc. This year, we were grateful he could attend. He spoke for a while and said 'Please never give this up ever' For SU13, he said "If I could I would be there from 31/5 evening to 3/6 evening, but look at me now' This was sometime in May and was the last conversation I had with him. May his soul RIP

Ponbhairavi · Post by **Ponbhairavi** » 14 Jun 2013, 10:54

very sad news-condolences.
rajagopalan

pattamaa · Post by **pattamaa** » 14 Jun 2013, 15:21

extremely sorry to hear this.. condolences to near and dear. my god give courage to them to face the situation and come out of it

mahavishnu · Post by **mahavishnu** » 14 Jun 2013, 18:38

MV, Thank you for your reminiscences.
I have emailed that picture to you.

Krishnaprakash: I wish you and your family all the strength you need to deal with such a huge loss.

tkb · Post by **tkb** » 14 Jun 2013, 22:15

Shocking and our condolences to all his near and dear.

balakk · Post by **balakk** » 15 Jun 2013, 07:44

Heartfelt condolences, he will be missed.

eesha · Post by **eesha** » 15 Jun 2013, 09:24

Shocking. His last post in rasikas.org was a condolence message after LGJ's demise. Heartfelt condolences. May his soul rest in peace

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 15 Jun 2013, 15:26

What a sad news , he was a very nice gentleman . Had good memories when we travelled back from NSG home after a concert of Tanjore sankara iyer. He was always open minded in knowing more about musicians and music . A very simple man , he was a CFO for a reputed company in NZ .

Our forum will miss u sir .Condolences to his family.

arunk · Post by **arunk** » 15 Jun 2013, 21:03

I am shocked to learn about this

. May his soul rest in peace. Deepest condolences to Sam's family.

Arun

eesha · Post by **eesha** » 16 Jun 2013, 09:23

Sam was one of the staff members of the accounting firm Jolly Duncan & Wells
http://www.jdw.co.nz/about_us/our_staff

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 16 Jun 2013, 17:43

really sad news
heartfelt condolence

gardabha_gana · Post by **gardabha_gana** » 17 Jun 2013, 11:33

Terrible news. Deep condolences.