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krithika sivaswamy

@krithikasivasw

11 Nov 20

Totally overwhelmed to read though Shri Ravi & Sridhar's write up. (Copied from their FB post)
I wish i could time travel & watch this glorious incident.

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" It is only 4 days to Deepavali. For music lovers, Deepavali signifies not just new clothes,sweets and crackers

It signifies the passing into Eternity of a Sangeetha Mahapurusha, Sri Muthuswamy Dikshitar. The great composer attained mukti on 21st October 1835,a Deepavali day. It is 185 years since Dikshitar left his body. An early tribute, both written as well as in song.
The below extract

forms part of a series on the life of Muthuswamy Dikshitar, titled, 'The Eternal Pilgrim' which we wrote in the now extinct website sangeetham.com.
THE ETERNAL PILGRIM and THE ETERNAL MINSTREL
An account is traditionally handed down of the meeting between Tyagaraja

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krithika sivaswamy

@krithikasivasw

25 Oct 20

Circa 2012 this is.
While i absolutely love my corporate work, i totally miss class & dancing.
The best thing i ever did was moving to Shri Shijith Nambiar (Anna) and Smt Parvathy Menon (Akka), alumni of Kalakshetra for advance learning .

They gave me an opportunity to savour that Baani , something that ive always admired and watched since childhood, due to family association.
Today when i look back, the period of training under them was a major factor in shaping my attitude towards a lot of things in life.

From time management, to deep concentration, whatever i practiced then with caution, has become instrinc to me now.
Must say, i was a troublesome student , a late teen - early 20s girl, used to get nicely scolded by both of them !

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krithika sivaswamy

@krithikasivasw

27 Sep 20

What are the very traditional names you've heard in your family that are pretty rare now.
Among woman in my family : brahmarambika, lopamudra, kanakavalli, kuntalamba (pronounced as kuntaḷāmbā ).
Men : mahadevan or ramakrishnan has stuck on till my generation too.

@entropied

@entropied this might interest you.

@vvaayu

The below replies just brought out most beautiful names ppl had decades back. @vvaayu

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krithika sivaswamy

@krithikasivasw

22 Sep 20

One fat asshole driving a suv hit the dog that hangs around in my street. The worst is, that guy looked at the dog, bought eggs from the next kirana store, got in & drove off. Thankfully some neighbours saved him n i was at home. Could bring him to the hospital immediately.

Neighbours were stunned at that guys reaction. Due to compulsions of maintaining some civility, i kept quite, else would have taken those eggs and smashed it on him.
Poor soul, so much in pain. 😑

So a small bone has cracked after the spinal cord. Nothing can be done there. Thankfully not paralysed as of now. Doc says, give meds n rest. Hope that he gets up n walks 😑😑.

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krithika sivaswamy

@krithikasivasw

7 Aug 20

some of my best handloom sarees from across different states. Few are even 15 yrs old. Our handloom weavers are the finest, bringing out elegance & art though their techniques. I urge everyone to buy handlooms & give support to our wonderful artisans.
#NationalHandloomDay

From top : Kanchi, Sungudi, Pochampally, Kalakshetra, Odisha, Chettinad, Ponduru, kosa from Maheshwar , another Kanchi.

#NationalHandloomDay

Haven't added others 😁 I'll have to empty half my wardrobe then.

The colours are however a shade different in a picture 🙄

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krithika sivaswamy

@krithikasivasw

5 Jul 20

Shri Apitakuchamba Stavah.
beautiful verses of Shri Appayya Dikshitar sung by Amritha Murali, in ragamalika.
(I've Split the verses into a thread) ❤️ #ClassicalMusic #hinduism #culture #Sanskrit