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Bali and the Ocean of Milk
“A mysterious ailment afflicts Indrah, reducing the omnipotent king of the gods to, well, not quite the man he used to be. To add to his woes, the Holy Trinity threaten to fire him for dereliction of duty. But Indrah’s troubles wilt in comparison to those of his asura counterpart, Bali, ruler of Tripura. Even as Indrah’s its fretting over his delicate health, an assassination attempt on Bali leaves the asura on the brink of death. There is only one [...]
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The Charm of Raga Bhairavi
If one had to judge the popularity of a Raga based on how often it has used in film music, then Raga Bhairavi would surely be a strong contender. There is a Raga Bhairavi in Carnatic music but that uses a different combination of notes. This morning raga (between 10am and noon) is often the last Raga performed as the finale of a concert. That means even when a concert ends at midnight, you are likely to hear the maestro [...]
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Building Learning Organizations
Times of India invites practitioners to have a webchat at Timesjobs.com. It was my turn to answer questions on 1st Feb 2012. I wish there was a way to have a “conversation” and not a Q&A. On second thoughts that may be hard to do with 2500 people at the same time. Several people had difficulty signing on and the server was down for a while during the chat. These technical hassles apart, this was fun. Raghavendra: What is a [...]
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Kailash Kher
I was at the Kailash Kher concert at the IIM-Bangalore grounds on 29th Jan 2012. This is a fabulous time of the year for music. From October to February as the weather cools down across India, it has been the tradition to get the musicians to strut their wares. This is show time folks. From Indian classical music concerts that start in the evening and end up in the wee hours of the morning, these concerts have seen the launch [...]
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The Ruskin Bond Interview
Ruskin Bond’s first novel, The Room on the Roof, written when he was seventeen, won the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. Since then he has written over 500 short stories, novellas, poems and articles that have appeared in a number of magazines and anthologies. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1993 and the Padma Shri in 1999. His short stories “The Night Train at Deoli”, “Time Stops at Shamli”, and “Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra” have [...]
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