Nice IDs :)

fuddyduddy · Post by **fuddyduddy** » 31 May 2009, 20:25

fuddyduddy - chose it because my husband gave me that nick name for being a control freak with respect to certain habits!! From a music stand-point, it seemed to fit becos am not into any contemporary music.

But I dont think am that old

as per Websters definition for fuddyduddy.

uday_shankar · Post by **uday_shankar** » 31 May 2009, 20:28

rshankar wrote:U_S, carrying that joke/thought further, if you had done it, and posed the handle as a question, I guess the answer would have been 'an abrasive one'! (No offence - just a tongue-in-cheek remark)!!

Ravi, ouch. The devil is in the "e"tail. Never possible to convey empathy, love, etc... in this limited medium. Do consider the possibility that I had nothing but empathy and love in my heart when at my abrasive worst

. Still, apologies for any past abrasions...don't preserve that memory in formaldehyde please.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 31 May 2009, 20:56

Uday,
Let me say it again: your udais, altough not those of a newborn baby, can sometimes be be knee jerks for jerks or their ilk. But true to your name, you are mostly a source of ideas--a true uday (dawn) and also a champion for the old and precious in music and the rest...

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 31 May 2009, 21:01

Fuddyduddy,
Always liked your name, but thought you were really a fuddyduddy and of the male variety! Good to know there is one more woman on the forum who voices her views.

Vidya--simple, yet a powerful name (the original too). And it suits her to a tee.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 31 May 2009, 22:28

Uday_Shankar wrote: Ravi, ouch. The devil is in the "e"tail. Never possible to convey empathy, love, etc... in this limited medium. Do consider the possibility that I had nothing but empathy and love in my heart when at my abrasive worst . Still, apologies for any past abrasions...don't preserve that memory in formaldehyde please.

Uday - no need to apologize to me - I am a fan (of your style, and for the most part, of anyone else's that is non-conformist)! I love your take on things - different from mine, but exactly for that reason, gets me to think outside my narrow zone of comfort. I was just trying to be 'witty'! By the way, what is the point of a solvent that can't debride, be abrasive etc... etc... (would be like a fang-less snake!)

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 01 Jun 2009, 03:40

At the rate arasi is collecting the 'fairer sex' one of these days she may stand for election at the Forum! No need since she is already the most popular among us

It is even possible that there are more women members at the Forum but that the minority appear to be more vocal!

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 01 Jun 2009, 06:36

Hailing from viravanallur(pronounced veeravanallur), her id should have been veera arasi, instead if mere arasi, the way she handles English language with veeram , the kutcheri reviews and her replies to some posts. gobilalitha

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 01 Jun 2009, 06:48

CML and Gobilalitha,
The last thing I want to do is compete--so no elections, thanks.
vIra arasi? Well, if I deny that, I would lose my name too. How can one be an arasi without vIram? Anyway, it's just a name. Man or woman, each on this forum has many accomplishments and qualities which make an arasi insignificant.
As for you CML, it is known that you have a soft spot in your heart for me.

As for the female population on the forum, the more the merrier...

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 01 Jun 2009, 07:43

arasi is qualified for nomination for any position among rasikAs.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 01 Jun 2009, 09:00

Raman,
You are in trouble. The experts (or even novices) on the forum can set a test for me and I will fail miserably! A few things I can I can be nominated for are: gabbing, fooling around and for being one of the oldest

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 01 Jun 2009, 09:49

arasi wrote:
As for the female population on the forum, the more the merrier...

33% reservations?

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 01 Jun 2009, 09:54

inconsequential · Post by **inconsequential** » 01 Jun 2009, 13:11

cmlover wrote:Don't mess up with the ultra-conservatives; they will rather kill their own mother than let their pet CM icons redecorated. By the by 'cmfanatic' is still available if anyone of them wants it

cml sir,
pray why this wild chase and needless dig at the 'conservatives' (if at all there are any here, thwarting the efforts of 'innovators'). Really, there have been one too many messages to this effect lately. After all, it is a classical art form and it is bound to have a wide spectrum of followers - (ultra) conservatives to (ultra) liberals

Uday, i usually enjoy reading your posts on various topics here - but, this one about cm evolution surprised me. The way CM sounds, keeps changing from time to time (imperceptibly): Is this a fact or not? Just as you yourself pointed out srI sakhArAma rAo's early idea to put a piece of wood on to a vEENai. Why this lament? What kind of evolution would you like to see (hear)?

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 01 Jun 2009, 13:26

inconsequential, I think Uday was sarcastic!

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 01 Jun 2009, 13:44

inconsequential · Post by **inconsequential** » 01 Jun 2009, 14:36

Vk sir, i figured Uday was sarcastic - all the more reason for my question. An optimist (Uday) who generally feels good about the way things are, need not be (sarcastic). I would like to believe he is (may be) homesick, as coolji has mentioned.

Always_Evolving · Post by **Always_Evolving** » 01 Jun 2009, 14:57

Incon: I wouldn't attach too much importance to it. Uncharacteristically acerbic outburst, prob provoked by that "Open Systems Architecture" thread! Homesick or not, Uday seems to have had some adventures

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profi ... 709&ref=nf

rajaglan · Post by **rajaglan** » 01 Jun 2009, 15:29

hi,

My name is Rajagopalan. I am not a great fan of my name. But mostly I never get this name in any account of a/c service providers, meaning it is already taken away and some meaningless options will be available. So all my accounts have this name rajaglan. I guess rarely people think of this abbreviation (gopalan shortened to glan). So after that i decided to use this as my idendity even if it is available. So no intention to write in nickname.

uday_shankar · Post by **uday_shankar** » 01 Jun 2009, 20:47

inconsequential wrote:i usually enjoy reading your posts on various topics here - but, this one about cm evolution surprised me. The way CM sounds, keeps changing from time to time (imperceptibly): Is this a fact or not? Just as you yourself pointed out srI sakhArAma rAo's early idea to put a piece of wood on to a vEENai. Why this lament? What kind of evolution would you like to see (hear)?

Oops...I think it came out with far more sarcasm than intended

. Of course CM, like everything else, is constantly evolving and morphing (hopefully in good ways) ! VERY IMPORTANT ADVISORY- very dangerous to take me seriously.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 01 Jun 2009, 21:17

Incon
I have no quarrels with those who hold concervative views at this Forum. But my quarrels are with those 'outside' who impede the progress/evolution of CM. For example the 'dvimadhyama ragas' of Kalyanaraman/ 3 or 4 svara ragas of BMK/ etc have died at birth without being given a chance by the CM practioners. They continue to sing the same old Trinity compositions without heeding or promoting new vaggeyakarkas exciting new compositions. In fact Ravikiran single handedly is trying to make the genius of OVK acceptable (how many do you hear at concerts ?). I feel sad innovations don't get a chance among CM practioners. Whence Uday's Formaldehyde comparison is just legitimate..

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 02 Jun 2009, 03:54

Cool,
Bandage, bondage, all just words...
And we women are good just with words, some men seem to think

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 02 Jun 2009, 04:04

Irrespective what ID one chose, some are always looking to get into new pickle, some always like to play 2nd fiddle and some always remain silent readers - who are you?

vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 02 Jun 2009, 04:24

I had a problem in addressing (in e mails) about Punarvasu & kmrasika. It's VK, the otherway. I hope, I have conveyed it correctly.

inconsequential · Post by **inconsequential** » 02 Jun 2009, 13:19

cml sir,

I am not sure that all the innovations that have 'not' happened in CM are due to conservatives, inside or outside. Somehow I am not able to believe that 'a certain set of people will be able to impede the progress/evolution of CM'. Maybe one can force a set of people to sit through an AlApanai in a 3/4 svara rAgA - but one can not force them to like it. As for new compositions and vAggEyakAras - I thought so many (new ones) are already being heard. I am neither old nor wise to dwell more on this topic - so I will rest here.

Uday - It's hard for me not to take you seriously

girish_a · Post by **girish_a** » 02 Jun 2009, 14:19

For all the talk about conservatives forestalling innovation and all that, no one can stop an idea whose time has come. Simple as that. If a new idea comes that is positively different, it will gain acceptance, no matter what the traditionalists say or do.

If so-called innovations have been discarded, it is more likely that there were limitations to those innovations that thwarted their wide-spread acceptance. A conservative mindset, seemingly hard to overcome, is not immune to the march of time.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 02 Jun 2009, 22:32

incon
I know your heart is in the right place. I was only expressing my anguish since Uday's post touched me at a sensitive spot!

fuddyduddy · Post by **fuddyduddy** » 03 Jun 2009, 01:04

arasi - i like the feministic comments

koyaliya · Post by **koyaliya** » 03 Jun 2009, 01:33

i can't help wondering if i should have been more creative when choosing my id, looking at some of the names listed above...
i chose koyaliya because i feel like a little bird on these forums - stopping a while, chirping a bit, then running away to hide.
and because it starts with the letter 'k.'

inconsequential · Post by **inconsequential** » 04 Jun 2009, 14:58

cmlover wrote:incon
I know your heart is in the right place. I was only expressing my anguish since Uday's post touched me at a sensitive spot!

cml sir,
I do understand now. sorry, didn't mean to cause trouble.

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 04 Jun 2009, 15:20

fuddyduddy wrote:arasi - i like the feministic comments

Me too!

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 04 Jun 2009, 20:32

ragam_talam,
For whatever reason you do--thank you. I would also happily trade the word feministic for 'humane'istic...

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 04 Jun 2009, 22:27

arasi wrote:ragam_talam,
I would also happily trade the word feministic for 'humane'istic...

Or merely 'humanistic'? To me 'humane' conjures up images of animals being treated kindly!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 04 Jun 2009, 22:35

Shankar
The feminist will be humane to men too when they get their way

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 04 Jun 2009, 23:30

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 05 Jun 2009, 01:23

arasi wrote:ragam_talam,
For whatever reason you do--thank you. I would also happily trade the word feministic for 'humane'istic...

Yes, it's so nice to bond together. Not sure about your 'whatever reason' comment!

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 05 Jun 2009, 07:11

Ravi,
Ah, associations, associations! I associated 'humanist' with the movement and so chose humane-ist. Afterall, being humane (towards animals too) is the key, isn't it? Man to man, man to woman, woman to woman--to all living things?
Though CML spoke of the feminism (Sakti) he found in my poetry, he did not imply that it was the kind which tends to put off the male and even the female of the population at times. In fighting injustice, you don't 'turn' injust yourself! In the collection, among other topics, some of the poems speak of the power of womanhood and some of abuse too. However, some are just about inequality among humans, whether it be a man or a woman...

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 05 Jun 2009, 07:15

R_T,
I know that fuddyduddy is the female of the species. Are you too? I did not know why you agreed with her. That's why I said' for whatever reason'.

CML, mon ami,
Though I can't imagine it coming from you, your quipping is a tad sexist, it seems

VK,
And you add a smiley!

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 05 Jun 2009, 07:34

I was trying to hedge my bet and get on the good side of the rulers

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 05 Jun 2009, 08:05

Bah! You can add Scrooge's other word to it if you care to

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 05 Jun 2009, 08:20

I have said you symbolize Bharati's vision of womanhood! Look at the progress women have made in India. But unfortunately many of the Indian women in NA are becoming 'feminists' and consequently the younger generation of men are floundering since family values are getting lost. Hence my comment. Though I am in favour of equality the way you conceive (no pun intended

I feel sorry for the loss of traditional Indian values

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 05 Jun 2009, 09:24

So do I, CML. I was kidding with you and VK.

Seriously, bArati also said, 'ceppiit tirivAraDi, kiLIyE, SeivadaRiyAraDi'. If not for 'uppenRum cIni enRum', such women do it for their own sake without thinking on a larger scale to include others. They ignore the past and the present too, in their narrow perspective and actions, it seems. I wonder why you say in NA. I find that the same is happening in India too. I do feel that modern materialism has a part in it. All of God's creatures need to live freely on earth. I am not talking merely of ademocracy. This is about freedom of individuals who feel responsible for their family, community, country and the world...

fuddyduddy · Post by **fuddyduddy** » 05 Jun 2009, 10:06

arasi wrote:
All of God's creatures need to live freely on earth..

i think thats the bottomline..

mazhai · Post by **mazhai** » 05 Jun 2009, 17:23

ah! now, fuddyduddy is really a funny name...or ID....
is it like the new, crazy style of saying 'okie-dokie' for concurring with someones statement???
frankly okie-dokie irritates me a bit.... :O

a little about my ID. Its rather simple- just translated my name viz. Varsha into sanskrit/hindi/marathi (its the same in all three) and BINGO!!! mazhai!

and would definitely like to say amth about our spring cuckoo! I practically fell outta my chair when balaji mama (JB) revealed the true identity...

mazhai · Post by **mazhai** » 05 Jun 2009, 17:26

cmlover wrote:At the rate arasi is collecting the 'fairer sex' one of these days she may stand for election at the Forum! No need since she is already the most popular among us
It is even possible that there are more women members at the Forum but that the minority appear to be more vocal!

U'll have to modify that opinion as long as I'm around....Arasi madam, u have real competition!!!!

LOL!

mazhai · Post by **mazhai** » 05 Jun 2009, 17:30

rajaglan wrote:hi,

My name is Rajagopalan. I am not a great fan of my name. But mostly I never get this name in any account of a/c service providers, meaning it is already taken away and some meaningless options will be available. So all my accounts have this name rajaglan. I guess rarely people think of this abbreviation (gopalan shortened to glan). So after that i decided to use this as my idendity even if it is available. So no intention to write in nickname.

i think rjglan sounds cooler! what say?

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 05 Jun 2009, 19:50

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arasi · Post by **arasi** » 05 Jun 2009, 19:54

mazhai,
Not to worry. The election is all yours to fight!
I only wish I could trade places with you. Ah, youth!

Fuddyduddy is an informal word for a person who is old-fashioned; is fussy or fault-finding--the word does exist.

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 05 Jun 2009, 20:02

mazhai wrote:U'll have to modify that opinion as long as I'm around....Arasi madam, u have real competition!!!! LOL!

Hmm, don't be so sure!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 05 Jun 2009, 20:34

R-T in the competition too!
OMG! What has the Forum come to

( I have to be careful when I lock my horns

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 06 Jun 2009, 18:38

fuddyduddy wrote:
arasi wrote: All of God's creatures need to live freely on earth..
i think thats the bottomline..

Hope that doesn't include cockroaches and mosquitoes!