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ninjathegreat · Post by **ninjathegreat** » 07 Oct 2009, 06:13

Does anyone know of a Hindustani musician called Lalitha who used to reside in Bangalore, and another (carnatic, i think) called Subramanian (Mani) who lived in Bombay (brother of Lalitha). This Subramanian was a good friend of Aruna Sayeeram, was the brother of Lalitha, and passed away a couple of years ago. Their mother's name was Syamala.

Also, does anyone know about one K P Ramakrishnan (Ramu), who was a very close friend of the flautist Mali.

I'm just trying to trace some of my distant relatives.

Cheers
N

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 07 Oct 2009, 07:32

Ninja,
Good to hear from you! You kindly invited us all from the forum to your wedding, but couldn't be there in Chennai at that time. Two years ago?
I just brought your name up a few days ago in a thread! The name Kalpathy came up, and I said, is it Ninja who said Kalpathy Ramanathan the mrudangist was his grandfather? Sorry, I do not know the answers to your questions, but you may answer my question now!

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 07 Oct 2009, 07:33

Ninja,
If I'm not wrong, you are also Meenakshi teacher's great nephew, then.

ninjathegreat · Post by **ninjathegreat** » 08 Oct 2009, 21:08

Hi Arasi,

No, Kalpathy Ramanathan is not my grandfather! Must have been someone else.

I'm sorry for not participating for the last year and a half. Lots of things have happened in between, foremost being the death of my father last October, suddenly. Things have just started getting back to normal.

From the active discussions, I see this forum has faced controversies and joyful discussions in equal proportion!!!!

A big hello to all of you!!!

Cheers
Ninja

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 08 Oct 2009, 21:12

Nice to hear from you Ninja!
Sorry about the loss of your dad. Time will heal!
Wish you all the best!

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 08 Oct 2009, 21:50

Welcome back

Sreeni Rajarao · Post by **Sreeni Rajarao** » 08 Oct 2009, 22:07

My first thought was that you are looking for Lalita Ubhayaker who is a Hindusthani vocalist. After a google serach for her, I realized she is not the Lalita you are looking for. Smt. Ubhayaker is 78 years old and lives in Bangalore.

ninjathegreat · Post by **ninjathegreat** » 09 Oct 2009, 01:21

I guess thats not the person. My grandmother told me "she married an iyengar" - or, in other words she married outside the community, which was very odd in those days. The age you mentioned would probably be around what she is now, if not older.

ninjathegreat · Post by **ninjathegreat** » 09 Oct 2009, 01:21

cml sir and raman sir, great to see your posts again!

cheers
Ninja

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 09 Oct 2009, 07:21

Ninja,
Sorry I was mistaken. Sorry to hear about your father.
The forum is as active as ever, more members, more interesting topics and yes, a few storms in the tea cup, a few exits, but hope discords are not permanent and we soon see the return of the native (s)!
Good to hear from you after a long spell.

mahavishnu · Post by **mahavishnu** » 15 Mar 2011, 02:42

Arasi: Just found this thread randomly, while looking for something else...
No, that person is me. My grandfather is Kalpathi Ramanathan and yes, my grand-aunt Meenakshi athai would have been your music teacher in school! Maybe we spoke about this in another thread or when we met briefly at the meeting of rasikas in December?
Glad to see that my grand-aunt, wonderful lady that she was, has inspired a vaggeyakkara like yourself.

Ninja, my much belated but most sincere condolences.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 16 Mar 2011, 03:04

Mahavishnu,
Yes, we did talk about your great aunt when we met at Rasikas meeting.
After all these years, I still remember your great-aunt's warmth and presence. You are charming too, coming from that family

Ninja the great,
Hope you are doing fine and visit Rasikas.org occasionally. Please post once in a while!

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