Publication of Book on Music - Gaayikaa Aani Gaayaki

Open Invitation for publication function of the marathi book written by Dr Shubhada Kulkarni.
Title: Gaayikaa An Gaayaki (Thumari Aani Khyaal)
Date and Time: 6:30pm on Monday 2nd May, 2011
Venue: Patrakar Bhavan, Navi Peth, Pune - 411 030
Book will be Published at the hands of renowned singer Pandit Vijay Sardeshmukh
Chief Guest: noted poet Sudheer Moghe
Main Speaker: Dr. Rekha Inamdar-Sane
Welcome speaker: tabla meastro Bharat Kamat

The book takes scholarly review of women singers from early 20th century, particulalry for Thumari and Khyaal singer. The book not only analyses musical aspects of their singing, but also notes individual contributions with reference to personal as well as socio-political situations of the times. Book will be a great read for anybody with interest in music and as also for students of music, of gender issues and of social sciences

we saw and we changed

Rarely do we a scientific principle such creatively related to human experience. This one is from a letter by Marathi writer-director-producer Vishram Bedekar to his wife of many years.
He has referred to a principle in quantum physics which states that mere act of observing affects the thing or process being observed.
Then he moves on to his personal experience when he met his wife forty years earlier:
"see, when i first saw you forty years ago, you started changing, didn't you? My seeing, mere looking at you, changed you. I kept watching and you kept changing. And you, you saw me, you kept looking at me, and I too kept changing. Now I I have changed so much that nothing has left of what I was"

Essentials (?) for Happiness

Received this in an email and found worth sharing :::::::

mnmlist: 10 essentials

I was reading a series in GQ called 10 Essentials where a designer or stylish celebrity names 10 things that are essential to them. I love the idea, but the lists seem like such tributes to luxury consumerism.
I’m the last guy that GQ would interview for this series (I have no sense of style, to start with), but it got me to thinking: what are my “10 essentials”?
And so I made a list:
1. What I wear: jeans. I love the thick texture of jeans. I wear them every day. Some people like synthetic fabrics because they’re lightweight and dry fast, but jeans are just comfortable. I only buy my jeans at Goodwill.
2. What I also wear: T-shirt. I only have a few — black, blue, and grey — but I wear them everyday until they get thin.
3. How I hydrate: water. I do drink coffee and tea, but neither compares to plain water. I drink from the tap, throughout the day.
4. What I love to eat: fruit. Fresh from the farmer’s market, or berries picked straight from the bush. Mmmm.
5. What entertains me: books. Any type. I get them used, from friends or the library.
6. My essential writing tool: a text editor. I’ll also take a pen and small notebook, especially if I’m out and about and feel like writing.
7. What I do for fun: walk. I like to go outside and just take in the city, or nature. I don’t even need shoes — barefoot walking is even more enjoyable. Even better: walk with someone I like.
8. Where I go for inspiration: nature. A nice park, a garden, a forest, the ocean, hills.
I ran out of things at this point — and the last couple aren’t exactly things. I really tried for 10 items but I can’t think of more. If I have the 8 items above, I’m very happy: jeans & t-shirt, water & fruit, a book and a notebook, a walk in nature.
I could live on just those items — of course I’d need other food for nourishment, but not much more. I don’t even need a computer — I could write in a notebook and use a computer at a library to post to my blog.
You don’t need consumerism to be very happy — in fact, I’d argue that life is better without it.

- written by Leo Babuata

मर्ढेकरांची कविता

शिशिरागम

शिशिरर्तुच्या पुनरागमे,
एकेक पान गळावया
का लागता मज येतसे
न कळे उगाच रडावया.
पानात जी निजली इथे
इवलीं सुकोमल पाखरे,
जातील सांग अता कुठे?
निष्पर्ण झाडिंत कांपरे!


अब्द अब्द

किती पायी लागूं तुझ्या
किती आठवूं गा तूंते;
किती शब्द बनवूं गा
अब्द अब्द मनी येते.
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कधी लागेल गा नख
तुझें माझिया गळ्याला,
आणि सामर्थ्याचा स्वर
माझिया गा व्यंजनाला !

Imagine A Woman .... or A Man .... or A Human

This poem was shared on FB by a friend. She had tagged her woman friends. After reading this I felt, as a man, that it applies to me too. Some details may not apply but essence sure does. I reread it replacing 'woman' by 'man' and then again by 'human'. Hope you all enjoy this lovely poem.

- Naren
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


Imagine a Woman by Patricia Lynn Reilly


Imagine a woman who believes it is right and good she is a woman.
A woman who honors her experience and tells her stories.
Who refuses to carry the sins of others within her body and life.

Imagine a woman who trusts and respects herself.
A woman who listens to her needs and desires.
Who meets them with tenderness and grace.

Imagine a woman who acknowledges the past's influence on the present.
A woman who has walked through her past.
Who has healed into the present.

Imagine a woman who authors her own life.
A woman who exerts, initiates, and moves on her own behalf.
Who refuses to surrender except to her truest self and wisest voice.

Imagine a woman who names her own gods.
A woman who imagines the divine in her image and likeness.
Who designs a personal spirituality to inform her daily life.

Imagine a woman in love with her own body.
A woman who believes her body is enough, just as it is.
Who celebrates its rhythms and cycles as an exquisite resource.

Imagine a woman who honors the body of the Goddess in her changing body.
A woman who celebrates the accumulation of her years and her wisdom.
Who refuses to use her life-energy disguising the changes in her body and life.

Imagine a woman who values the women in her life.
A woman who sits in circles of women.
Who is reminded of the truth about herself when she forgets.

Imagine yourself as this woman.

Modern thinking in Bhagavad-Geeta

For marathi readers there is an excellent book published recently titled नवपार्थह्रुद्गत (NavPaarthHrudgat) written by Rajeev Sane (Published by Pratima Prakashan). NavPaarth is Arjun in present times. Who is thinking and questioning Krushna on what he said and how and why. His thinking propagate action based on thinking and philosophy.

There is a book-review on this in today's daily 'Sakal'.

I am currently reading it. Will post more once I am through.

If anybody interested but could not get the book in store, let me know and I will try to arrange.