SHASHI M KULKARNI - THE BIRTHDAY BOY TODAY

param · Post by **param** » 10 Mar 2006, 19:01

Dear All,

I am sorry for posting this topic here in the section of Vidwans.

However, to a great extent our Coolkarni needs to be termed as a Vidwan - atleast in the digital form.

It's his birthday today - so all those who wish to Greet him on his birthday may do so.

Thank you so very much,

Param

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 10 Mar 2006, 19:17

Sashi- tumbida beLadingaLante nimma bALu sadAkAla tampu, pempu, sompu, impu hAgu ellara manassannu taNisuva beLakininda kUDi irali.
huTTu habbada SubhASayagaLu

(As the full moon, May your life aways be filled with coolness, greatness, prosperity, sweetness and a cool brightness that pleass and satisfies everyone. Happy Birthday to You)

kiransurya · Post by **kiransurya** » 10 Mar 2006, 19:42

Coolkarni
Hope this birthday brings happiness, Success to you in everything you do and like. BTW are we going to have some cakes today?

Best wishes
Kiran

srkris · Post by **srkris** » 10 Mar 2006, 19:55

They say every wise man is a vidwan (and every wise woman a vidushi), regarless of whether he/she is not connected with music (the root being "vid" - knowledge). Today, let us celebrate the birthday of one of our oldest, and most active contributors to this forum - a vidwan in his own right (for sharing the store of his knowledge with the entire world selflessly)... and thank him for his service to the cause of music.

A happy birthday to Shri Kulkarni, and thanks to Shri Param for this timely reminder and idea.

Radhakrishnan · Post by **Radhakrishnan** » 10 Mar 2006, 20:02

many many happy returns.....

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 10 Mar 2006, 20:49

Kulkarni sa'ab,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
WISH YOU MANY MANY MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY!
May sound trite, but : 'tum/Ap jiyO hazArO~n sAl, sAl ke din hO pachAs hazAr'!
Ravi

kaapi · Post by **kaapi** » 10 Mar 2006, 21:04

Dear Kulkarni,

Happy Birthday.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 10 Mar 2006, 21:29

A birthday comes once every year! But a coolkarni comes once a millenium! You bring more sunshine into the lives of CM Lovers than the Sun himself since He disappears for half of the day! So more than a birthday this is a day of Thanksgiving for all of us! May you continue to shine and shower sweet CM for the rest of our lifetime!

dIrghAyuShmAn bhava!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 10 Mar 2006, 21:34

coolkarni
By the by we are expecting a special treat from you since "Thanks" must be repaid with a "varadAna"

vrbadri · Post by **vrbadri** » 10 Mar 2006, 22:08

Kulkarniji,

Many are strangers to you in this forum! But you are a stranger to none here!
Many many happy returns of the day!
Also, if I may ask, how old is the birthday baby today?:twisted: ?
-vrbadri.

venkatpv · Post by **venkatpv** » 10 Mar 2006, 22:15

dear^infinity coolkarni
many happy returns of the day!!!

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 10 Mar 2006, 22:58

My very best wishes to you Coolkarni. May you live long to bring joy to the music community

abadri · Post by **abadri** » 10 Mar 2006, 23:48

Happy birthday Kji!

A tiny (and topical) token gift - a Hamsavinodini by one of Kji's favorite artists - Smt. MLV
http://rapidshare.de/files/15168184/03. ... i.ogg.html

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 11 Mar 2006, 00:09

BENEDICTION(vEdOkta)

diShTyA vayaM tvAmarOgaM pashyAmahE
sakuTumbhaM ca mahEndrakalpaM |
priyashca EShAM Atmasmashca shashE
vidvAMshca karmaNi nityayuktaH||

anayOr dampatyOH sakuTumbha AyurbalaM yashO varcaH pashavah sthairyaM
siddhirlakShmIH kShamA kAntiH sadguNA AnandO nityOtsavo nityashrIrnityamangaLaM iti EShAM sarvadA abhivriddhir bhUyAditi bhavantO mahAntO anug^RihaNantu||

tathAstu||

sriucl · Post by **sriucl** » 11 Mar 2006, 00:24

My hearty greetings on your Birthday, Cool ji... May you be Blessed with a long and happy life...

Srivathsan

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 11 Mar 2006, 01:02

Best wishes and happy birthday, Kulkarniji!!

meena · Post by **meena** » 11 Mar 2006, 02:04

Dear Kji

My best wishes to U. Happy Birthday

warm wishes
meena

venkas · Post by **venkas** » 11 Mar 2006, 02:46

Many more happy returns of the day Kji

ramamrutham · Post by **ramamrutham** » 11 Mar 2006, 06:11

Kulkarniji, Wishing many more happy returns of this day.

pinkchry · Post by **pinkchry** » 11 Mar 2006, 08:55

Dear Kulkarni-ji, Best wishes and happy birthday from one of your innumerable friends!

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 11 Mar 2006, 12:00

I must admit that I am simply overwhelmed.
Thank you , Thank you.All of you.

Strange but true.One of the biggest beneficiaries in this whole exercise is ME.
I feel just like the clay being worked on by the potter.For years , I was stuffed with rare material from across the seas by Raju Asokan , who just left me to my instincts to find and enjoy his treasures.
And now on this forum, the basic mass of clay is taking shape ,slowly.

My own uploads had a very modest begginning .Going back to the days when I used to admire LaksmanJi's posts on various forums.It is a fact that I think of him as my Manasika Guru when it comes doing our small bit to throw more light on a given topic of interest.Time and again I used to wonder at the speed of his response (unless he was on a holiday ).We could almost take him for granted ..

Like everyone else who has never had a formal initiation into classical music (or even the benefit of somebody at home being tutored) my taste for music was purely sensual.In the sense that the Music alone used to have a lasting effect , if it was performed well.
And then one fine day , a friend of mine requested me to convert his Gurus (TRS) concert renderings into mp3.
I was not sure of how enjoyable the experience would be ,but eventually that turned out to be a transforming experience.

All that I had listened to until then , started looking different.And magnificently different.Suddenly so many dimensions to CM started to get visible ..so many ways of getting happily lost in this web of Divinity.
I am sure the effect would have been same If i Had encountered a disciple a friend of SRJ !!
And that is when this forum started making such a huge difference.

It was one thing to have a Cd full of wodeyars krithis safely locked up for listening.It was another thing to enjoy it in the company of some of the best minds in this business..

And this is what I treasure as the essence of this forum.Pure celebration .

Not just today ,on my birthday.But each and every day .There are a few things in my world today to beat the excitement I get when I type rasikas.org....

So Folks.Thanks once again.For all the nice words.

Srkris.Now if you can please move this whole thread to General discussions.I can imagine myself sitting on the dias with all the other names in this Vidwan thread and all of them quizzically wondering what this Ball Boy is doing there.

I prefer to be the CM's equivalent of a Tennis Ball Boy.Watching the proceedings in all earnest and picking up the threads of discussion and handing it over to the masters.With an occasional dash across the court as my golden moment.Again and again.

For the records I turned 48 yesterday.

cmlover / kiransurya .
i did not plan for the special treat . Param took me by surprise.
So i have on the table for today
an old promise met for sahanapriyan on the sahana thread
and two scintillating RTPs by Balmurali in Hamsavinodini.on the wodeyar thread.
plus a nice video clip tomorrow.

kaumaaram · Post by **kaumaaram** » 11 Mar 2006, 12:55

Vidwan Coolkarni:

When the youngest of the members - the man behind this forum - Srkris calls you a Vidwan, I am unable to resist myself from appreciating his thoughtfulness in giving you the right and best title that is most deserving to you.

My family joins me in wishing you many more happy returns of the day, though belated it may be.

Kaumaaram

Sahana-priyan · Post by **Sahana-priyan** » 11 Mar 2006, 13:04

Coolkarni sir,
You are definitely keeping your promises. Everyday, i just log in for a few minutes to see if there is a sahana and shyama sastri krithi in the folder. If yes, i am excited(as today). If not, i know you are working on it.

My family joins you in wishing a very very happy b'day. I pray to the Almighty to bless you on this day.

Regards

poongavur · Post by **poongavur** » 11 Mar 2006, 14:01

coolkarni, Many happy returns of the day. God bless you.

virig · Post by **virig** » 11 Mar 2006, 21:33

Happy Birthday, Many happy returns of the day....

Giridhar

SangithaRasika · Post by **SangithaRasika** » 11 Mar 2006, 22:48

Kji Saab,
Many Many happy returns of the day

I have been a silent observer once the discussion shifted from sangeetham !! But have thoroughly enjoyed each and every bit of info and every byte of music that has been posted. Thanks to you and all others doing this great service !!

Happy Bday once again.

Regards,
SR

Sivaraman · Post by **Sivaraman** » 11 Mar 2006, 22:59

Dear Shashi,
I saw Param's thread only today.Let me wish you a belated Happy Birthday, and may this day usher in, by Almighty Lord's Blessings, all the very best that Life has to offer to you and your family by way of Good Health, Long Life, Prosperity,Peace of Mind and Eternal Happiness.May you continue to serve the music loving fraternity with the same zeal and enthusiasm and leave your own distinct imprints on the sands of time as one of the great altruistic and philanthropic souls to walk this planet.
God bless you.

srkris · Post by **srkris** » 11 Mar 2006, 23:26

Moving the thread to General Discussions section - on request.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 11 Mar 2006, 23:48

Dear coolkarni

That response really comes from the heart! That is what we like most! You are a simple honest straight-speaking "Rasika" who likes to share his enjoyment with the rest of us. You are loved by us not because you u/l choice CM clips but for your openness and simplicity! When you make a promise you keep it! (you have the memory of an elephant!). You go out of the way spending your own resources (I don't mean money) to meet even strangers on behalf of the Rasikas to get the "best" from them and at the same time converting them to loosen their hearts and share their "knowledge" and love of CM with us! You have given a new meaning to the word "sharing" itself. It is not the idle process of "possession" but it is one of "common enjoyment". Many times as you reflect candidly as to how you came by an experience we can feel the flow of words straight from the heart. I have the same feeling at times as I had while reading Bapuji's autobiography! I just cannot imagine where you find the time for all these "public service" while pursuing a hectic career of your own. Again you are spending the time with us which legitimately belongs to your family. Our gratitude to them all!

I am glad you particularly referred to SrImaan LakShman as your maanasika guru. He is again the invisible self-effacing benefactor of CM enthusiats world over! And again we can never adequately thank Ramakrishnan for the gateway without which we would never have come across this temple of association.

I am not naming everybody (for example "sahanapriyan" (he knows;-)whose goodwill is the driving force in this forum. But I am just identifying you as the Icon of goodwill of all the Rasikas at this forum. Let me just reword our daily prayer to reflect our thanks to one and all!
coolkarni satk^RitaH sarva dEvaM prati gaccati!
(Honouring Coolkarni is honouring all the greatones in this Forum!)

jayachAmarAja · Post by **jayachAmarAja** » 12 Mar 2006, 00:57

Dear Kulkarisaab

, belated greetings and warm wishes to you from srividya and myself !

Raja Chandra · Post by **Raja Chandra** » 12 Mar 2006, 01:10

Dear Cool,

I am sorry i am late but please accept by heartfelt good wishes on your birthday. May goddess chamundeswari bless you and you family with her divine power.

you are a great soul.

with warm regards

raja

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 12 Mar 2006, 20:39

Oh, I missed it!

But there is still time to wish you a hapy year, and many more

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 23 Sep 2006, 03:55

Dear Kulkarni-garu,

Very very belated b'day greetings to you!

I have been on this bboard only for the past few weeks, but have immensely enjoyed your postings. I only wish you would not let the recent copyright police incident to restrict your natural instincts, and wish you would visit here more often.

Look forward to greeting you on time in 2007!

Cheers,
Jayaram

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 23 Sep 2006, 09:17

jayaram
I have been very busy travelling-thats the nature of my work - long periods when everyone wonders what I do to earn a living and then such periods !!
No ,the incidents dont have a direct effect.But indirectly Yes ...they force me to be more and more choosy.So you can rest assured that the extraordinary tracks will find their way here.But for now , I am stuck with work !

Raja Chandra · Post by **Raja Chandra** » 23 Sep 2006, 12:28

:rolleyes:

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 23 Sep 2006, 16:22

coolkarni wrote:jayaram
...
No ,the incidents dont have a direct effect.But indirectly Yes ...they force me to be more and more choosy.So you can rest assured that the extraordinary tracks will find their way here.But for now , I am stuck with work !

Shashi-ji,

Perhaps you can upload your picture - hopefully no copyright infringments on that?

Would be of interest to all of us to see what the b'day boy looks like...

Thanks.

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 23 Sep 2006, 19:38

RC
Ha Ha
I have to explain it to you.
Good old days when I used to upload like mad , first time rasikas-contacts who came to my home always had this at the back of their mind.
Most of them ended up being pleasantly surprised to see that I was not a retired person and would settle down confortably after I told them that the small factory in the Ground floor was my small business centre and that was the reason why I could afford so much time at rasikas.
Except for intermittent periods when I had to keep travelling to meet Customers(like now)

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 23 Sep 2006, 22:05

jayaram
Do have the pleasure of the darshan at
http://rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=756&p=8

Looks like there is a lot for you to read and catchup

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 24 Sep 2006, 05:20

I agree - each day I'm discovering something new and fascinating here...

Thank you for providing me the e-darshan of Shri 'Cool'.
I thought it's only appropriate to include his picture in this thread, so here goes...

http://i2.tinypic.com/20aza6q.jpg

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 24 Sep 2006, 07:49

Coolji,
I see you are getting to be a poster boy! We can all do with a smile any day of the year;)