with a palpable thread of sorrow woven into the tapestry of happiness that the song otherwise is.
That famed மென்சோகம், perhaps foreshadowing a latent loss.
This song from Rani Samyukta
With a Sitar, Samyukta sings about her muse, her lover, Prithviraj, about how his memory will last as long as her heart beats.
She sings about her love for him, about his love for her.
But...
But, we know, we know that the future holds tragedy.
Prithviraj will win the first battle of Tarain and then lose the 2nd one.
Their life together forever will come to a premature end.
How well KV Mahadevan captures that மென்சோகம்!
And Padmini!
I don't think any actresses looked as queenly as Padmini or Vaijayanti Mala did!
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Shall we begin with a thread on the Visvanathashtakam?
(I'm using the spelling I'm comfortable with. Please forgive the non-use of diacritics)
Visvanatha is the Lord of the Universe, the form of Siva in the town of Varanasi. #KashiVishwanathCorridor
Varanasi, a city that is "Older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together", according to Mark Twain.
A city that is among the oldest continuously inhabited cities of the planet.
A city that like several others in the world, gets its name from the rivers which cradled civilisation on their banks.
The old town of Varanasi lies on the banks of the Varuna and Assi rivers.
One of my favorites - Sundara Te Dhyan - Tukaram
This is a soothing rendition, almost as if Tukaram himself is meditating on the handsome form of Vitthala
Rahul Vellal is always a joy to listen to.
Yoga Yaga Vidhi - Dnyaneshwar
Today is the 2nd day of #Navratri2020
Over the last two years, I had written about sets of Carnatic kritis composed by Muthuswamy Dikshithar during #Navratri #Thread
In 2018, we spoke about the Kamalaamba Navavaranas.
It has rained last night. The cloudy, wet, sky watches the dim sun try to dry what’s left of the moisture. The heavy leaves outside my window are dripping some of the water weight they gained overnight. #Thread#Story
“What’s a Sunday without a story?”, they ask me. What about you? Would you guys like to hear a story to fill your Sunday morning with? #Story
This is a story based on true events.
This is a story of blood, of gore, of violence and more than anything else, of power. #Story