The finger-work of God

The Bible tells us that the Heavens proclaim the glory of God. They are his 'finger-work'! Taken from my terrace, a play of colors over a 10-minute window. I had promised a post-a-day, could not do it as tons of work buried me. Started again in earnest.

How do you say what you say?

Sometimes, how you say what you say matters more than what you say!

An advertisement next to the K.R. Puram ORR Rail Over-bridge.

Gokulashtami Concert Day 13, Bangalore

Yesterday's concert was by Sri. Abhishek Raghuram, Sri. Abhishek Raghuram, Sri. B Raghavendra Rao and Neyveli Sri.Skandasubramaniyam, and again, I had a great ring-side view of the concert! The audience was outstanding!

Gokulashtami Concert Day 11, Bangalore

Sri.Pattabhiram Pandit, a student of the great maestro Sri.KV Narayanaswamy, sang with total involvement,enjoying every nuance himself and singing without any reservation whatsoever---a style which is his own unique style, full of bhava and strictly adhering to tradition. Mysore Sri. Nagaraj accompanied wonderfully on the violin,  Sri.Easwaran on the mridangam was outstanding and very inspiring. Sri.S.N.  Narayanamurthy on the ghatam, played with great understanding to give us all a great concert.

Gokulashtami Concert Day 11, Banglore

Sri. Sanjay Subramanyam, Sri. Varadarajan. Neyveli Sri. Venkatesh and Sri.  Rajashekar

Saw this large house last December in Paro, Bhutan. Over a hundred and fifty years old.  Must have been a grand place while it lasted. Now, it's all ruins. NOTHING lasts for ever. Live life accordingly!

Unnathi Musical Fest, day 9

Sri. N. Ravikiran (Chitravina), Kumari Subhalakshmi, Sri. K.V. Prasad and Mysore Sri G.S. Ramanujan - check out their credentials on internet - they were performing solo on stage at an age where we as kids had no idea what music was! Sri Ravikiran, a child prodigy, performed on stage at the age of two in 1969! Akkari S. Subhalakshmi, from the musical Akkari family, an expert violinist and vocalist performed violin solo at the age of 8! Vidwan Sri G.S. Ramanujan carries the flag of Mysore style percussion Sri K.V. Prasad Located in Chennai. K. V. Prasad commenced his mridangam training at the age of six and  has been a long time accompanist to M. S. Subbulakshmi late in her career. He has also been a favored accompanist to musicians such as Yesudos, Unnikrishnan, and A. Kanyakumari, among others. 

Our God will provide!

Look at the splendor of the grass of the field! If this is how God clothes them, how much more will He clothe us? So don't worry what you will eat or drink or wear. God knows out need and will provide.

Gokulashtami concert day 7

The audience were treated to an extraordinary concert by ''Mandolin' maestro Sri U Shrinivas who came...played.. and conquered the hearts of all. It was a sublime concert which was traditional and executed with the precision that only a maestro like Sri.Srinivas is capable of.  On the violin was Sri Srinivasa Rao,  the inimitable Sri Harikumar on the mridangam and  Sri Guru Prasanna on the kanjira.

Gokulashtami Concert Day 6, Banglore

Sri. O.S. Arun, Embar Sri Kannan, Sri J Vaidyanathan and Sri.Karthick kept the tempo up on the 6th day with their superb performance in spite of the sound system often refusing to co-operate!

Worship of God in the High Places

Time and time again, I have observed people building places of worship on mountain tops. Daunting places, a seemingly impossible task. I took this picture in Paro, Bhutan, last year. Tiger's Nest Monastery. One has to climb 900 meters from base camp to reach this monastery. Took me 2 hours. But why mountain tops???? Any answers?

Gokulashtami Concert Day 5, Banglore

Artists in yesterday night's concert are Sri.Abhishek Raghuram, Mysore Sri Srikanth, Umayalapuram Sri.Sivaraman and Sri.Sundar Kumar

Gokulashtami Concert Day 4 ( contact details are in the post below)

Artists: Sikkil Sri.Gurucharan, Mysore Dr.M. Manjunath, Srimushnam Sri.Raja Rao and Sri.Giridhar Udupa

Visit this group's homepage: http://groups.google.com/group/unnatiblr?hl=en

Email this group: unnatiblr@googlegroups.com

Please visit: 

www.unnatiblr.org

SGBS TRUST, Unnati Centre, Temple Road, Sadanandanagar, NGEF East, Bangalore 560038.

Was waiting for my friend Balachandra Gowda near Airtel office when i saw this combination of  Pizza, cabs and the Hosur elevated road, and thought -

 "we don't have time to cook lunch at home, we need Dominos and other brands of Pizza, the traffic in Bangalore has become so crazy that people prefer cabs, and the roads too full that we need roads in the sky to reach faster". Truly the effects of being progressively civilized!

Gokulashtami Concert Day 3:


Dr. Shertally Ranganatha Sarma, Smt. Charulatha Ramanujam on the violin,  Sri.K.V. Prasad on the mridangam, and   Smt.Sukanya Ramgopal on the kalam. An amazing performance once again!

Today, Sunday evening, was no less different. Again, a feast for the senses. And I had the best seat in the auditorium. As a photographer, was right next to the dias, and had the whole hall as my domain. Just imagine! another 2 weeks more of this!

Vocals by Sri Unnikrishnan, on the violin Sri.TKV Ramanujacharyulu, .Sri.Ranganatha Chakravarthy on the Ghatam 

Saturday Evening was a musical feast at the Unnathi Center - Gokulashtakmi Celebrations. How strangely different - the Culture in many so called 'developed'countries as compared to what we have here! Enjoyed the evening.

Vocals: The Priya sisters, Sri.M.A.Krishnaswamy on the violin, Sri Satish Kumar on the mridangam, and Sri.Purushotham on the khanjira

Somewhere in HRBR Layout!. Look at that leafless tree. Not Dead, Resting. New leaves will spring forth!  I remember what the Revd. Bro. Cyriac Kurias from Don Bosco Calcutta once told me - Often we need a spiritual 'retreat'. To stop in our tracks to let God catch up with us. Seems we are going too fast now-a-days. Faster than God. 

00:11 midnight, first post of today - Saturday. Sometimes, we too need to get back to the garage. To get ourselves refitted and fine-tuned for the task ahead of us. (Pic at a garage opp. temple on 80 ft road, HRBR layout)

Reflections. Again, Vrindavan TechVillage. May our lives be a reflection of the beauty that God works inside of us.

Vrindavan TechVillage. My work place. Sometimes we are very lucky. We get to work in an environment that is fabulous, this brings out the best in us. Environment often shapes the thinking, growth and behavior patterns of its inhabitants.  Let us turn our work places into places of productivity. 

Hibiscus. Every morning, there are 8 to 10 flowers. The ladies in the neighborhood fight among themselves to pluck this flower to be offered at the temple. Just thinking. This plant has no freedom. It cannot move away from the spot where it has been planted. It cannot even protect itself against these women. BUT still, it keeps booming. Day after day. What about us? Do we bloom where we are planted? In spite of adverse conditions? Or do we see the grass on the other side of the fence as greener? 

Want to climb higher? Put out strong roots. And  hold on to that is firm and won't crumble. Otherwise, like Humpty Dumpty, you will have a great fall. The Bible tells us to hold on to God and not human beings. That's a great anchor!

Earlier on, I wrote about communicating. Sometimes we need a bit of lubrication to set the tongue rolling! Shot at the Skyye.

Communicating

Can u guess what these two chaps on the yellow walkway are talking about? All living things need to communicate. Thus the pubs, the clubs, the media, et all!

Waiting for customers!

Travelling from Horamavu Signal to Vrindavan TechVillage each morning, this sight of autos waiting for customers greets you. Wonder where they came from, wonder where they go, but, like all of us in Bangalore, they too have a story to tell. Of driving through the maddening traffic, negotiating tough customers, not knowing what the day will bring. Hope this will be a good day for all of us.