forumites at singapore

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 24 Feb 2008, 09:55

My heart will be at peace only if there is one such session in each and every town / city where rasikaorgites live.
For the timebeing, I am afraid I dont know the way to the airport in chennai .

Though I live very close to it.
Everytime I try to hail one so that I can climb on to it, the aircraft simply flies past me.They dont work like taxis , I guess !!
Let us see If I can find out how to get into one.
Until Then.....

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 24 Feb 2008, 10:10

Balu sir, nice write up, but I prefer Bilahari over Bhairavi (by a tiny bit)!

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 24 Feb 2008, 10:11

arasi . the event was hosted by jananee(vidhya venkat), though I plannedit from bangalore. all credit to jananee. afterall, in a general sense ,she is also one of my children. thanks for taking so much interest gobilalitha

jananee · Post by **jananee** » 24 Feb 2008, 11:06

It was a very enjoyable evening....and both me n venkat loved every minute of it ( balu uncle..in the guest list u forgot venkat!: ..he claims he enjoyed the session though he normally does not follow carnatic music very much!!! but i guess music is universal) We loved havinn a ssenior like Balu uncle to lead the gathering with mami. And it was wonderful catching up wwth kamalamba, bilahari, kaapi andd 2 new memebers to rasikas..vani n jayasree.

What i loved about the evening was the spontaniety..with nobody under any pressure while singing and singing just for the sheer enjoyment of CM. We did notice the time fly....

We will definitely meet once again before Balu uncle leaves and this time Bilahari n Kaapi with their violins and we are looking for a mridangam player also..So any of u rasikas feel like joining in.....just fly in!

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 24 Feb 2008, 11:31

who said venkat is a guest..he is the convenor,bilahari,sorry about the mix up of baptizing you bhairavi. gobilalitha

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 24 Feb 2008, 12:28

Bilahari,
I wondered why you were not there! Thought Bhairavi was a new member. When it comes to rAgAs, I prefer bilahari any day!

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 24 Feb 2008, 12:32

Great to hear about the event. Rasikas go international! What next - a conclave on the sidelines at Cleveland?! Eagerly look forward to photos and if available recordings!

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 24 Feb 2008, 12:51

vijay
are u already a mumbaikar ???

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 24 Feb 2008, 12:56

Quite but not quite...still to find a place. Was supposed to this weekend but received instructions to head for Calcutta early on Saturday morning which is where I am on this rather unmusical weekend (as in Mumbai, no concert details in any of the local papers here. Let us all rise to salute the Hindu, warts and all). Quite a contrast to last week which featured 5 memorable concerts

...will be back before next weekend though

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 24 Feb 2008, 13:17

vijay,
thanks for taking so much interest. we are also eagerly looking forward for snaps and recordings,if any. gob ilalitha

jeyaar · Post by **jeyaar** » 24 Feb 2008, 15:33

glad to hear about the singapore meet.Hope you have another one soon.
Vijay- agree that Times Of India doesnt carry engegments like Hindu. sometimes evening papers do that- there were lot of conecerts this month.3concerts in Fine Arts Society, chembur,-Sowmya, TVS and today its Priya sisters.Yday one in Goregaon(TMK)-
Every 2nd saturday we have Shanmukananda progrmme and third sat or sunday Fine arts society has their programme.
Please check the evnts column in Rasikas. I will post the concerts. We have max . concerts in Jan-Feb .

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 24 Feb 2008, 15:50

gobilalitha & other singa pore tigers,
Looks like you had a lec dem filled concert and just not a get together. Awaiting to see the snaps.By any chance did you audio record your session?

jananee · Post by **jananee** » 24 Feb 2008, 21:00

I should be able to post the pictures by tomorrow..i do have some audio recordings but need to check on the quality.

Btw i should mention that even the tiny tots contributed to our meet yday..Rishabh ( Kamalamba's son n Gobilalitha's grandson sang a few tow liners and my son pranav managed to sing the first ever song he learnt...both contributed to rasikas in their own small way!)

cienu · Post by **cienu** » 24 Feb 2008, 23:09

Congratulations Gobilalitha for your "never say die" spirit and for being the force behind the first ever Rasikas.Org meet at Singapore & also ofcourse to all the other rasikas who have made this event so memorable.

Now we are eagerly looking forward to the pictures..

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 25 Feb 2008, 06:17

dear ashwin,pl see report of gettogether of forumites of singaporeon 23/2. many members have sent congratulatory messages. mohan sang 4 difficult songs. jananee will post snaps . the recordings will also be posted , if they are technically alright. pl ask lakshmi to see them balu uncle... expecting portions of your concert at Cleveland gobilalitha

kamalamba · Post by **kamalamba** » 25 Feb 2008, 09:16

Hi all

I agree with everyone present there that the evening was very enjoyable.

I am slightly embarrased with the attention to the difficult songs that I sang. Another way of looking at them is that with no / little practice, relatively straight forward songs seemed difficult and complicated when sung by me on that day.

Kamalamba

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 25 Feb 2008, 23:44

vijay wrote:Great to hear about the event. Rasikas go international! What next - a conclave on the sidelines at Cleveland?! Eagerly look forward to photos and if available recordings!

When I met one of the rasikas here, she said she is thinking of one in San Jose, CA

May be time for rasikas in the bay area to wake up and smell the coffee ..

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 25 Feb 2008, 23:45

kamalamba wrote:Hi all

I agree with everyone present there that the evening was very enjoyable.

I am slightly embarrased with the attention to the difficult songs that I sang. Another way of looking at them is that with no / little practice, relatively straight forward songs seemed difficult and complicated when sung by me on that day.

Kamalamba

BTW, the hamsadwani song is not Dikshita's. Isn't it?

-Ramakriya

kamalamba · Post by **kamalamba** » 26 Feb 2008, 03:42

Ramakriya
Indeed, the Hamsadwani song was by BMK as well.
Kamalamba

sridevi · Post by **sridevi** » 26 Feb 2008, 06:28

Ramakriya

come on ... come on.. take the lead!

I will promise to make some authentic puliyogare

Sridevi

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 26 Feb 2008, 07:42

As GBL originally suggested rasikas.org is indeed going global!
The International Chapters will meet annually at Chennai during December under the banner of Coolkarni.
The national chapters also may meet annually at a convenient time annually.
The local chapters may meet monthly or bimonthly depending on the number of participants. The get-togethers may be announced in advance so that the globe-trotters also can participate.

Kudos to GBL for spawning the idea!

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 26 Feb 2008, 08:29

sir thank you very much, though I motivated the idea from bangalore, the entire credit should goto vidhya(janane for the forumites) and venkat, her husband, for hosting the function at her house,of course we missed bala747. we are happy that this is going to be a forerunner for many such functions all over the globe. gobilalitha

jananee · Post by **jananee** » 26 Feb 2008, 14:19

Thank you Balu Uncle for all the accolades but had it not been for your motivation i dont think we could have managed one in Singapore..hosting one is easier than getting one planned ..So thanks to you first of all for making a trip here an for the idea...We will surely see a couple more of them here before you head back...

jananee · Post by **jananee** » 27 Feb 2008, 07:03

Here is the link to the photos of the meet on 23rd Feb 2008

http://picasaweb.google.com/Ridgians/RasikasSg

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 27 Feb 2008, 07:59

Wonderful ...Isnt it !!
May the series spread all over the globe .....
Nice to see a very Young and dashing Gobilalitha.
Reminds me .I will finish digitising the Video tape of our last jam session ,today.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 27 Feb 2008, 09:11

Thank you Jananee for all the pictures. Gobilalitha's enthusiasm and your efforts (with Venkat) made it happen. As always, the little ones added fun to the event.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 27 Feb 2008, 09:12

Bilahari,
Imagined you to be an older person! Even your mother looks young!

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 27 Feb 2008, 10:58

Arasi, lol! I'm 21, and my mother 50. I was really excited about the meet having only concocted images of the forumites. I thought Kaapi would only be in his 20's, and thought Kamalamba would be older. The only person who even vaguely matched my imagination was gobilalitha sir. Thank you, jananee, for the great snaps, and of course, to balu mama for setting the wheels in motion and seeing this gathering through!

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 27 Feb 2008, 11:40

Imagined you to be an ....

Much Like my first days in Chennai when Cricket on TV was new to me.

When I found out that
(Roland) Butcher looked more like a Lamb
(Allan Lamb) looked more like a Butcher
(Gladstone) Small was anything but Small
(Alan) Border was always on centrestage , either with batting , or bowling , running.catching opponents out- never on the fringe.
(David) Steel's Hairdo looked more like Sugar Candy rather than Steel.
and (David) Boon who always looked like a Curse to we Indians.

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 27 Feb 2008, 12:10

if coolkarni andgobilalitha, pose together for a snapand sing, would it be like Laurel,Hardy or Bud Abbot.Lou costello or BobHope, BingCrosby?. recently I saw your joke about Laurel,Hardy singing gobilalitha

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 27 Feb 2008, 13:07

Marx Brothers , without Moustache, perhaps.

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 27 Feb 2008, 15:34

Good to put more faces to names! Also await audios if possible...may the Singaoire chapter keep going strong although I note certain prominent members could not make it.

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 27 Feb 2008, 17:06

thanks. we thought that the only member we missed wasbala747, can you give the names of other members you know? we will contact next time gobilalitha

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 27 Feb 2008, 17:07

thanks. we thought that the only member we missed wasbala747, can you give the names of other members you know? we will contact next time gobilalitha

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 27 Feb 2008, 19:09

Cool,
A super LOL

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 27 Feb 2008, 20:47

Thanks jananee!
Now for the audio...

jananee · Post by **jananee** » 28 Feb 2008, 07:46

The audio has a few disturbances..plus bits of conversations etc where i forgot to putit on " pause"..So i have to figure out how to edit that n then post it...

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 28 Feb 2008, 13:34

Great one Coolji!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 28 Feb 2008, 20:38

Don't pull out the conversations! Those will let us feel homely in your midst. More than the music it is the ambience that counts.
(it will be nice to hear GBL talk away

jananee · Post by **jananee** » 28 Feb 2008, 21:46

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 29 Feb 2008, 08:23

according to lalitha,nobody understands what he says,as he speaks with the speed of an AKTHAR rocket.and it is better not to hear than hear what(nonsense)he utters gobilalitha

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 29 Feb 2008, 08:34

This reminds me of a cartoon where a Lady is seen demanding from her Husband ..

Come On ..... Are you Man or Mouse ?
Come On..... Squeak up !!!

gobilalitha .It is not a surprise that rasikaorgites have become less irritable ever since you came here .

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 29 Feb 2008, 19:17

Are you a man, or a mouse?

I don't know: show me a piece of cheese and I'll tell you.

---Marx Nrothers

Just caught up with this thread, and delighted to hear of such a successful meet in SIngapore. London next?

Enjoyed seeing the photos too!

mnsriram · Post by **mnsriram** » 29 Feb 2008, 20:46

nick H wrote:Just caught up with this thread, and delighted to hear of such a successful meet in SIngapore. London next?

I am in

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 29 Feb 2008, 22:21

GBL
You have promised us way back songs of lalitha! In spite of any chatter (from you

we are waiting to hear them.

coolkarni

By the by it is better to be a mouse than be a man! since women are most afraid of the former

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 29 Feb 2008, 23:04

Ahhh... dangerous ground.

You may recall my tendency to represent the radical feminist movement from conversations years ago!

krishnanrasika · Post by **krishnanrasika** » 01 Mar 2008, 15:49

My name is Krishnan and am neighbour of Mohan at Park West. Have recorded Lalitha Mami's songs and have them on mp3. Can someone guide me how to upload them to this site?
Pranams
Krishnan

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 01 Mar 2008, 16:35

krishnan,our new member is kamalamba(mohan balasubramanian)'s neighbour,... as you all know, mohan is the son of gobilalitha., should I say who Lalitha mami is...obilalitha

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 01 Mar 2008, 20:53

Dear krishnan
It is so easy. Just visit a site like
http://www.mediafire.com
click on the browse button which will open your file folders. Just select the song you want to u/l and click on upload. When it is finished you will be given the link for down load. Just copy it and post it here. That is all!
It will be nice if you can have mohan's dad also join in a duet

jananee · Post by **jananee** » 01 Mar 2008, 21:41

Thanks cmlover..i do have a small clip of GBL with me..will try to upload using ur instructions!