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prashant · Post by **prashant** » 01 Nov 2007, 09:37

Perhaps this is the right place to discuss a rasikas.org Chennai season meetup? I will be in Chennai from the 14th to the 21st and would love to get together...

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 01 Nov 2007, 09:44

season meetup: i m chennai thro' the season..

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 01 Nov 2007, 11:13

That'd be great...I'll be in town as always - I hope Prashant's offer of playing a tomato-receptacle still stands - I've been busy collecting suitably rotten specimens for the occasion!

The Kanjira vidwan is also on board. We still wait for our closet mrudangist to come out of his shell..hopefully we can also find a fiddler, failing which you will have the pleasure of listening to my masterfully crafted screeches...

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 01 Nov 2007, 12:05

vijay wrote:I hope Prashant's offer of playing a tomato-receptacle still stands - I've been busy collecting suitably rotten specimens for the occasion!

Any time. I shall wear my best white jibba to lend the occasion its due gravitas

.

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 01 Nov 2007, 12:15

Ah, a sanguine event, it promises to be!

Suggest that we do it on an afternoon so that we don't have to miss out on any performances. Preferably a weekend afternoon since those in Chennai will not have to skip work...15th sounds like a good date givevn Prashant's constraints...volunteers for venue anyone? My place is unfortunately too small and likely to be clogged with relatives at that time of the year...

Let's also see if we can get a quorum through a show of hands...errr posts...3 on board so far....

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 01 Nov 2007, 12:18

15th is Nedunuri at Academy. Ixnay.

harimau · Post by **harimau** » 01 Nov 2007, 12:30

bharath, you forgot Mylapore Fine Arts, quite an important sabha.

Nalinakanthi holds its concerts at MGR-Janaki College.

IMAGE auditorium in MRC Nagar, across from Chettinad Vidyashram is also a venue for some concerts.

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 01 Nov 2007, 12:52

harimau, put them...

harimau · Post by **harimau** » 01 Nov 2007, 22:29

rbharath wrote:harimau, put them...

Thanks.

I initially read it as "YOU put them" but when I went to the map, you have already done it! Thanks again.

Now, for the guidance of our friends, if only we can put in autorickshaw fares from place to place, it will be great.

I paid Rs. 25 tonight to go from Narada Gana Sabha to Luz. It should really be Rs. 20 only but the auto was heading north and he had to travel a little bit extra before he could turn south so he wanted more money.

Luz (Sangeetha Residency) to MFAC, Gokhale Hall, Sastri Hall, Raga Sudha Hall is all walking distance, MFAC being the farthest. Both Narada Gana Sabha and Music Academy should be only Rs. 20 as is MFAC from those places.

If people can contribute the fares they usually pay, perhaps it will help our overseas visitors to establish a baseline for negotiations.

PS. If you would give us a tutorial on how to do this, I am sure we will all pitch in and fill in as much details as we can muster.

arunk · Post by **arunk** » 01 Nov 2007, 22:38

i will there from dec 10th through the rest of the year - although may head out of town a couple of times in the middle. I was hoping for a rasikas.org concert

although I can understand how/why it cant be there during season.

Arun

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 01 Nov 2007, 22:41

harimau wrote:
rbharath wrote:harimau, put them...
Thanks.

I initially read it as "YOU put them" but when I went to the map, you have already done it! Thanks again.

i am sorry for the miscommunication. i should get my english un-mixed from iit lingo...

harimau wrote:If people can contribute the fares they usually pay, perhaps it will help our overseas visitors to establish a baseline for negotiations.

PS. If you would give us a tutorial on how to do this, I am sure we will all pitch in and fill in as much details as we can muster.

i usually prefer the MTC or Southern Railway to reach concert destinations and of course, my two legs. i dont usually get near the yellow scary three wheeler. hence, i cant give any guidelines on the same....

Sam Swaminathan · Post by **Sam Swaminathan** » 02 Nov 2007, 00:51

I have just returned from Chennai...I paid Rs40 to woodlands ( therefore, MA) from Radha Silks in East mada street. Once I got this fare, I repeated this couple of times to Sankara hall and to NGS, though routes taken were slightly different. Hope this is of some guidance.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 02 Nov 2007, 03:06

I can boast about paying the lowest auto fare. 15 Rs! The chief minister was passing by just when I came out of Nilgiris, and I paid the lowest fare--for what? To cross the road which at that moment was a nightmare in day light...

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 02 Nov 2007, 03:20

arasi wrote:I can boast about paying the lowest auto fare. 15 Rs! The chief minister was passing by just when I came out of Nilgiris, and I paid the lowest fare--for what? To cross the road which at that moment was a nightmare in day light...

so I was not alone in taking an auto for crossing the road!

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 02 Nov 2007, 07:57

Though, normally I am not as enterprising as you are Suji!

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 02 Nov 2007, 16:22

Arun, would be good to put a face to the name! That's 4 in all so far. I am afraid at this tage, it is looking like a kutcheri troupe rather than a bunch of rasikas!

Prashant we could always follow up Nedunuri's kutcheri with lunch at the Academy and settle down for your concert after having savoured those twin delights! Surely you couldn't ask for a better source of inspiration...

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 02 Nov 2007, 18:47

vijay wrote:Arun, would be good to put a face to the name! That's 4 in all so far. I am afraid at this tage, it is looking like a kutcheri troupe rather than a bunch of rasikas!

Prashant we could always follow up Nedunuri's kutcheri with lunch at the Academy and settle down for your concert after having savoured those twin delights! Surely you couldn't ask for a better source of inspiration...

vijay, nedunuri's concert is on 15th december at 7 pm at MA. its not in the morning. Nedunuri is singing the first day inaugural concert at MA this year...

prashant's concert, i volunteer to be the listener...

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 02 Nov 2007, 21:54

Ahh...good to hear that Bharath, wasn't aware...so we can still have it after lunch. OK, so that's 3 listeners and 1 performer so far (the kanjira vidwan has still to live upto his early promise!)...folks, we're still recruiting for both positions...

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 02 Nov 2007, 23:14

Count me in for a rasikA...

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 03 Nov 2007, 08:12

OK done. It will be my pleasure to sing for you guys on the 15th. Don't expect too much, I warn you

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 03 Nov 2007, 09:18

so, its prashant on vocal. and vijay on fiddle. mrudangam yaaru?

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 03 Nov 2007, 14:10

BHarath was just joking about the fiddle...if I am going to be on the fiddle, we might as well replace Prashanth with Tommy, who's been taking music lessons (along with the occasional biscuit) from me at the corner tea stall! I am willing to loan my fiddle though (after cleaning up all the accumulated dust)...

OK, 4 rasikas and 1 performer now...the ratio is looking good but the numbers aren't. And we still don't have a venue. If nothing else, we shall make use of the Academy premises...we can also borrow tomatoes from Arusuvai Natarajan!

harimau · Post by **harimau** » 03 Nov 2007, 20:30

vijay wrote:And we still don't have a venue. If nothing else, we shall make use of the Academy premises...we can also borrow tomatoes from Arusuvai Natarajan!

Arusuvai Natarajan may not get the canteen contract at the Music Academy. Last year, he didn't.

jananee · Post by **jananee** » 03 Nov 2007, 21:20

If I get to chennai ( hopefully my tkts shud get confirmed!) count me in as a Rasika for the 15th..

kkumar29 · Post by **kkumar29** » 06 Nov 2007, 04:21

Looks like I will miss this concert. I am not going to reach Chennai till Dec 16 in the afternoon

K. Kumar.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 06 Nov 2007, 05:16

Have it videoed and post it for us who cannot make it!
I volunteer Rajesh to be the official phtographer. Who is going to be the critic now that vijay is a performer ?

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 06 Nov 2007, 05:19

Unfortunately - plans have changed and I won't be able to make it to the season this year!

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 06 Nov 2007, 09:06

Such a pity! We were hoping to hear your music on the synthesizer too...

meena · Post by **meena** » 07 Nov 2007, 01:38

Info was passed to me , for those interested:

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rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 07 Nov 2007, 02:09

Sounds like a great idea if you have the money to spend.

However

which allows customers to really experience South Indian culture, from having mehendi on your hands

I wonder when mehendI became an experience of SI culture, and that too, a Royal one - it is as removed from 'marudANI' as kaDI is from mOrkuzhambu!

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 07 Nov 2007, 03:38

Ravi,
Don't forget that we are far away from current lingua. Just as most of the younger set prefer to eat uttarAdi fare and as mOR kuzhambu and kaDi are not on their menu, the old word marudANi (maRutOnRi--cut and come back shrub) is passe.
In the past, marudANi was applied simply, a circle in the palm, the finger tips 'capped' with the home-made fragrant ground leaf mix in the south. Even the male of the species were encouraged to get circles applied to the sole of their feet (thus invisible!) for its value of cooling down the system.
Today's mehandi, in most cases, is an extension of all the hoopla of big spending and flash, and a social statement at weddings...
Of course, the tour is devised for those from abroad who want to sample indian culture.
I bet Nick would agree that CM fans are better off choosing to buy their tickets for the concerts they want to attend, rather than be sheperded by the dictates of the organizers!

As for other tourists, I am sure this kind of a trip makes it easier and hassle-free...

arunk · Post by **arunk** » 22 Nov 2007, 20:29

Is the season meetup on? Is it 15th or 16th? I will be out of town between 16th or 17th and 21st.

Arun

Sundara Rajan · Post by **Sundara Rajan** » 24 Nov 2007, 05:23

Speaking of Mehendhi and Marudani, a 3rd grader was suspended for ten days from a school in Madras for attending school with marudani on his hands ! His father has gone to court to have the punishment removed and to have the school punished ! ( source: the hindu)