Nostalgia . . . Mostly! ( in Tamil script)

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 11 Mar 2014, 03:51

எஸ். எஸ். வாசன் - 1

எங்கள் ஆசிரியர்
கொத்தமங்கலம் சுப்பு

http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2014/03/1.html

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 20 Mar 2014, 20:58

பி.ஸ்ரீ -6 : சித்திர ராமாயணம் -6

365. வானுற ஓங்கிய தன்னம்பிக்கை

பி.ஸ்ரீ

http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2014/03/6-6.html

cacm · Post by **cacm** » 20 Mar 2014, 23:21

Pasupathy wrote:எஸ். எஸ். வாசன் - 1

எங்கள் ஆசிரியர்
கொத்தமங்கலம் சுப்பு

http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2014/03/1.html

IT WOULD BE NICE IF YOU CAN DESCRIBE THE CONCERTS AT HIS HOUSE. I particularly remember one where T.Chowdiah after a DIVINE RENDERING OF MMI took the MIC & DESCRIBED THE EXSTACY OF OF ALL!.....UNFORGETTABLE ONES! He was so generous he invited me along with my classmate SSV for dinner! We were in INTERMEDIATE CLASS IN MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE. WE were standing outside in the last row (uninvited too!)......UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES. LGJ HAS DESCRIBED HOW MEMORIES OF GREAT MOMENTS CANNOT BE ERASED....VKV :ymapplause:

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 21 Mar 2014, 02:20

Thanks, VKV. I have not read any discussion of the Music Concerts in SSV's house. ( Of course, the concerts and dances during his dr's marriage were talked about a lot in those days). Only persons like you should write about them!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 21 Mar 2014, 05:49

His daughter's marriage pictures were published elaborately in Vikatan then.
Are they available?

cacm · Post by **cacm** » 21 Mar 2014, 09:28

Pasupathy wrote:Thanks, VKV. I have not read any discussion of the Music Concerts in SSV's house. ( Of course, the concerts and dances during his dr's marriage were talked about a lot in those days). Only persons like you should write about them!

I did not mean in SSV'S HOUSE. Kothamangalam Subbu used hold performances in his house which were very famous; Almost all the vidwans eagerly used to participate & EACH one gave their BEST! VKV

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 21 Mar 2014, 20:42

cacm wrote:I did not mean in SSV'S HOUSE. Kothamangalam Subbu used hold performances in his house which were very famous; Almost all the vidwans eagerly used to participate & EACH one gave their BEST! VKV

Sorry. Yes; in particular, Purattasi Saturday concerts in Subbu's house are also famous. Kothamangalam Subbu's daughter, who lives in Toronto, has told me about them too![update][/update]

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 21 Mar 2014, 20:44

cmlover wrote:His daughter's marriage pictures were published elaborately in Vikatan then.
Are they available?

I remember that some pictures were published in Vikatan Centenary Malar.

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 22 Mar 2014, 01:48

VKV:

"Kothamangalam Subbu's house. Eminent vidwans such as Madurai Mani Iyer and Papanasam Sivan sang at Subbu's house."

http://www.hindu.com/ms/2004/12/01/stor ... 250800.htm

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 22 Mar 2014, 03:24

It is news to hear SSV's daughter is living in Toronto.
Could you persuade her to write about SSV (his rise from penury and his Himalayan achievements..)
(..or she can narrate and you can write them...)

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 22 Mar 2014, 03:37

How I wish recordings were available of these Tamil music Giants' concerts!

Was it Kamaraj who commented once during Thyagaraja Day that he very mch liked his songs
but was not lucky to attend his concerts

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 22 Mar 2014, 03:54

cmlover wrote:It is news to hear SSV's daughter is living in Toronto.
Could you persuade her to write about SSV (his rise from penury and his Himalayan achievements..)
(..or she can narrate and you can write them...)

Not SSV's dr. One of Kothamangalam Subbu's daughters lives in Toronto. As VKV wanted, my ref was to concerts and Purattasi Sanikkizamai concerts which were a tradition in Subbu's house .

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 22 Mar 2014, 04:03

Sorry for the misunderstanding!

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 22 Mar 2014, 04:35

CML:
You may enjoy reading a little bit about SSVasan here:
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/0 ... 510600.htm

I may post some more in my blog on Vasan.

He did not like ' தனிமனித ஆராதனை’. He had given strict instruction to his son not to write about him after he passed away, not to erect a statue or arrange a big meeting etc. He felt that the organizations like Vikatan and Gemini were the important ones and should be placed front and center. Vasan's son actually did not even want to celebrate even Vasan's centenary because of that. But Vasan's gr-son persuaded his fr to bring out a souvenir malar on that occasion. That's the only record of Vasan's life that I know of.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 22 Mar 2014, 04:39

CML,
SSV had just one daughter, if I recollect.

VKV,
I have been in the Kothamangalam house a few times, the hall with a floor like a chess board (black and white marble?)--an old fashioned house with a muTRam (atrium) in the middle. Subbu Mama and his family (and Kothamangalam Cheenu's family living in the other wing) were hospitable people. I am not sure how many children they had in that house, but most of them were younger to me. His son used to participate in AIR's children's programs (Viswanathan??).

Pasupathy,
Yes, please persuade her to write about her father--a man I admired and liked very much.

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 22 Mar 2014, 06:53

Arasi,

Yes, Vasan had one dr: LakshmiNarayani . MS, DKP, Semmangudi, Rajarathnam PiLLai...all gave concerts at her marriage!

One of K.Subbu's drs-in-law, Lakshmi Srinivasan has published a biography on Subbu . It has many details about Subbu's life. ( published by Iswarya Krishnan, Washington, DC ) . So I don't think anyone in Subbu's family will write any other book on Subbu.

In 2009 , we had a meeting at Toronto where Subbu's dr and I talked for an hr each about Subbu:
Here's a summary:
http://www.macatoronto.ca/content.php?c ... t%20Events

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 22 Mar 2014, 07:32

Great read. Thank you, 'buzz' seidavuDanE 'padi'vu Seyyum Pausupathy

I would have heard Subbu's villuppATTu--gAndhi mahAn kadai a dozen times as a child, and every time it moved me to tears.

His daughter's offering her gold jewelry shows the way she was nurtured with national fervor!

cacm · Post by **cacm** » 22 Mar 2014, 09:06

Dear Sri.Pasupathy,
I thank you for writing about SO MANY of my heroes&heroines of my days growing up in Madras. I just wish to add one more VERY FORTUNATE occasion when I was lucky to be present when Madurai Mani Iyer & Kothamangalm Subbu discussed Mahatma Gandhi; Both were TRUE Gandhians and under their influence& inspiration I STILL wear only SOUTH INDIAN DRESS the moment I land in India. As an aside I have to write about the famous principal of Madras Christian College Dr.A.J.Boyd (From Edinburgh, Scotland)who allowed Congress leaders to address meetings in the college during the tutmultuous days of the Independence movement. He even attended the meetings!.......MMI was a fan of K.Subbu esp. the Villupattu.....Those days STILL INSPIRE ME & I feel they represent the BEST of my learning experiences.....VKV :-BD

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 23 Mar 2014, 00:01

Thanks Pasupathy
for that short treat on SSV and the added one by you on கொசு

Is a recording of Subbu's Gandhi villuppATTu available?
Pl ask his daughter...
Though கலைமணி was used by him as his pen name< I believe he was also a கலைமாமணி..
Both you and arasi should share what you knew about him..

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 23 Mar 2014, 02:30

Arasi, VKV:
Thanks. KS also did Bharathi in VilluppAttu . A few others too.
CML:
Thanks. I have not seen Gandhi mahAn kathai in audio form. KS' son may have a copy. As far as I know his dr does not have one.
Instead, you can read this post about Gandhi Mahan Kadhai!
http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2010/08/2.html

I have more material on KS, but don't have the time to select interesting parts and post.... I have given his family some rare pages from Vikatan and Kalki which they did not have!

We covered his Thillana Mohanambal in one of our Tamil Arangam-s... I covered it as part of my talk on Music and Dance in Tamil Fiction and Indira Peterson elaborated on it . If interested , please read :

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mac ... opics/2995

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mac ... opics/3009

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 24 Mar 2014, 03:17

Thanks for your summjary of Subbu's Gandhi villu paaTTu.
I wish a recording is available somewhere!

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 25 Mar 2014, 03:37

பல்கலைச் செல்வர் - கொத்தமங்கலம் சுப்பு

கலைமாமணி விக்கிரமன்

http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2010/08/1.html

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 25 Mar 2014, 22:41

அவனவன் வேலையை...

தேவன்

http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2010/06/blog-post.html

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 26 Mar 2014, 20:42

மக்காவது... சுக்காவது..!

தேவன்

http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2010/06/2.html

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 27 Mar 2014, 02:02

Welcome, chinnak kaNNA! Missed you for a long while

Thank you, Pasupathy...

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 27 Mar 2014, 20:42

நீங்க கதை எழுதப் போறெளா..?

தேவன்

http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2010/06/3.html

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 28 Mar 2014, 06:14

சங்கீத சங்கதிகள் - 33
டி.கே.பட்டம்மாள் -1

http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2014/03/33.html

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 06 Apr 2014, 21:11

சங்கீத சங்கதிகள் - 34
டி.கே.பட்டம்மாள் -2

http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2014/04/34.html

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 13 Apr 2014, 17:33

சசி - 8 ; புல்லிலிருந்து பால்!

http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2014/04/8.html

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 13 Apr 2014, 20:16

Pasupathy wrote:http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2014/04/34.html

Thank you! It was beautiful!!

Smt. DKP wrote:அழகான , எளிமையான தமிழ்; வெறும் வார்த்தையால் பாடலை வளர்க்காமல் காட்சி விவரணை மூலம் கதை சொல்லிக் கொண்டு போவது - இவை கல்கி பாடல்களின் முத்திரை.

- How absolutely true: In pUnkuyil kUvum pUncOlaiyil - the first caraNam that describes the nAyika's reaction to her meeting with murugan is classic:
pani malar adanil pudu maNam kaNDEn vAnil kaDalil vaNNangaL kaNDEn
tEnisai vINaiyil tInjuvai kaNDEn tanimaiyil inimai kaNDEn
OR, the beautiful description of the scene and time of day when the heroine of 'mAlai pozhudinilE' dreams of her hero:
mAlai pzhudinilE oru nAL malar pozhilinilE
kOla kiLigaLuDan kuyilgaL konjiDum vELaiyilE

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 13 Apr 2014, 20:37

rshankar wrote:Thank you! It was beautiful!!

நன்றி. டி.கே.பி மேலும் வலம் வருவார்!

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 13 Apr 2014, 21:12

Ravi,
Good to see you in this thread

Pasupathy,
Yes, please!

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 14 Apr 2014, 02:36

arasi wrote:Ravi, Good to see you in this thread

Indeed!

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 17 Apr 2014, 20:55

பதிவுகளின் தொகுப்பு: 201 – 225

http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2014/04/201-225.html

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 20 Apr 2014, 17:12

சங்கீத சங்கதிகள் - 35
டி.கே.பட்டம்மாள் -3

http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2014/04/35.html

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 24 Apr 2014, 20:43

குறும்பா - 4,5,6 : தீ, திருடன், சிறுத்தை
தீ, திருடன், சிறுத்தை

http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2014/04/456.html

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 26 Apr 2014, 18:12

சங்கீத சங்கதிகள் - 36
டி.கே.பட்டம்மாள் - 4

http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2014/04/36.html

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 30 Apr 2014, 03:45

தேவன் - 17 : ரங்கூன் பெரியப்பா

ரங்கூன் பெரியப்பா
“இந்திரன்”

http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2014/04/17.html

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 03 May 2014, 17:31

சங்கீத சங்கதிகள் - 37
டி.கே.பட்டம்மாள் - 5
http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2014/05/37.html

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 06 May 2014, 02:27

‘மறு வாசிப்பில் தேவன்’: கிரேசி மோகன்

http://www.vallamai.com/?p=44930

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 06 May 2014, 19:55

I too am crazy about crazy Mohan!
(Note, I did not say I am crazy because of crazy Mohan... which is a possibility in some cases

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 07 May 2014, 03:38

பி.ஸ்ரீ -7 : சித்திர ராமாயணம் -7
366. கிஷ்கிந்தா காண்டத்தின் ஸ்தானம்
பி. ஸ்ரீ
http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2014/05/7-7.html

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 10 May 2014, 18:22

லா.ச.ராமாமிருதம் -7: சிந்தா நதி - 7
3. ஒரே அம்மா
லா.ச.ராமாமிருதம்

http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2014/05/7-7_10.html

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 14 May 2014, 20:21

சாவி - 10: 'ஆப்பக்கடை' அம்மாக்கண்ணு
'ஆப்பக்கடை' அம்மாக்கண்ணு
சாவி

http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2014/05/10.html

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 14 May 2014, 23:42

இன்னா வாத்தியாரே! பட்ணம் பாசேல ஜமாய்க்குறீக.
அம்மா கண்ணு இப்போ எங்கே கீறா..

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 17 May 2014, 06:41

முருகன் - 3
ஆஞ்சநேயனுக்கு அருளிய அழகன்
குருஜி ஏ.எஸ். ராகவன்
http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2014/05/3.html

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 18 May 2014, 20:30

துப்பறியும் சாம்புவின் அப்பா
http://www.puthiyathalaimurai.com/this-week/3241

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 18 May 2014, 20:44

I thought this was on துப்பறியும் சாம்புவின் அப்பா, அதாவது வேம்புவின் மாமனார்!
Finally I realized that it was on Devan, the creator of துப்பறியும் சாம்பு

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 21 May 2014, 20:41

கவிதை இயற்றிக் கலக்கு - 10
கவிதை இயற்றிக் கலக்கு: நூல் மதிப்பீடு
கலைமாமணி ஏர்வாடி எஸ். இராதாகிருஷ்ணன்

http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2014/05/10_21.html

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 22 May 2014, 06:23

அருமையான விமரிசனம்.
கவிதை இயற்ற கலங்குபவர்களுக்கு தேவை
"கவிதை இயற்றி கலக்கு"
நன்றி Prof பசுபதி..