Happy birthday!

 

S. Rajam

Shri Rajam was a great man - simple, unassuming, kind and helpful. I knew him from 1987 when I returned from Delhi and got associated with Sruti. I shall remember the many hours spent with him discussing articles for Sruti etc.

The collage above shows Rajam wirh Ramya at Ramya's wedding and a couple of snaps taken in his ouse when Vimala and I visited him.

The Hindunoted his passing in its issue of the 30th January 2010 (see copy below).

"Musician S. Rajam passes away
Special Correspondent
CHENNAI: Senior musician S. Rajam, who drew the commonly recognised portraits of the Carnatic Trintiy, died here on Friday. He was 91 and is survived by two sons and two daughters.
Rajam was the elder brother of S. Balachandar, renowned veena player. Musician, teacher and an artist, it was Rajam who popularised the compositions of Koteeswara Iyer, who composed a song in each of 72 ‘melakartha ragas.’
He also promoted vivadhi ragas and popularised kshetra keerthanas. He had also acted in three films.
He was closely associated with the Music Academy and was a member of the expert committee. A recipient of Sangeetha Nataka Academy award, he was also conferred the Sangita Kalaacharya award of the Academy."

Jayaraman

Happy Birthday , Priya

All the best to Priya on her birthday today 30 Jan. Happy birthday,Priya.
Many Happy Returns of the day.
Ramu

Happy birthday

 

29 January

Best wishes to Ravi

Best wishes to Ravi who will be celebrating his birthday on 29 Jan. Ravi, all the best and many happy returns of the day.
Ramu Sarada

From Ramu

1. Gayathri, all the best to you for the Karpagam Gardens concert. And have a nice trip to Muscat. It will be really nice to visit a place where you have lived for a long time. We could not attend Ramya`s programme and will not be able to attend K.Gardens concert also.
2. I am unable to activate the songs, Jayaramanna. I will ask Koushik and do it tonight. I am sure I will like only Aruna Sairam`s.
Ramu

Bon voyage, Gayatri

Gayatri, you are leading a busy life indeed! Best wishes for you Karpagam Gardens concert. And have a fine trip to Muscat. How long will you be spending there? Look forward to your impressions on rediscovering Oman!

Jayaraman

Hi! Our Yatra to temples in Karnataka was more tiring than our previous trips, but still worth it as we had good darshan at all places. The main problem was the bad roads that took us longer to reach places, and also made our bones take a beating.
My stomach is still in a twirl - I will have to read Akila's recipes after a day or two when my taste buds start working again!
I will be singing in Karpagam Gardens the day after tomorrow. I prepared a new set of MS songs with 'Sruti' Janaki's commentary. But this morning we decided to go back to our original set of bhajans since this new set did not lend itself to any single strand linking them together; somehow the script was not working out meaningful.
I will be leaving for Bombay on 29th morning, S will join us the next day. After seeing off Ramya, we both will visit our sambandhis in Muscat. I am quite excited about seeing the place after two decades!
Hare Ram
Gayathri

Vishamakkara Kannan

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Two versions of "Vishamakkara Kannan" - by Sudha Raghunathan and Aruna Sairam. Which do you like more?

From Ramu

Our Tata Indicom telephone has been giving trouble of late. Some people complain that they do not get our line. We are trying to change our instrument. We also have Airtel landline - 4201 6064.
Ramu

Wishes and some baking news

A very very happy anniversary to perippa and perimma and many many more.

That ad was just too good perippa. lol.

Right now as I am typing out this post, am baking some cookies for the week's snacks. I found this real yumm and simple basic cookies recipe here http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/607380. I made some slight modification to it and tried a few variations. First time, i made them as suggested, then added some mixed fruit jam at the center. Now, instead of adding maida completely, I included some ragi flour too. And it has come out amazingly well. I want to try savoury biscuits next, with omam, pepper etc. Will let you know how they turned out.

Best wishes

 

20th January was Ramakrishnan/Saradam's wedding anniversary. I missed posting our good wishes on time. Here's wishing them all the best and many happy returns!

Jayaraman

The auction

The Auction !
.A Chinese Ming vase is up for auction. The bidding
opens at half a million Euros. Bidding is brisk and
each bidder is clearly identified as each raises the bid by 100,000 Euros.

Within seconds, the bid stalls at one million Euros, and
the gasp from the crowd indicates the excitement that prevails in the
room. The successful bidder is the last one who bid one million, and
the auctioneer counts down the bid,

"Going once, going twice, and sold to the gentleman
sitting in front of me for one million Euros."

Now, you are going to have to see the video
for yourself. The auctioneer
is exuberant. The pace is fast. The conclusion?
WATCH

Kittu

The news of Kittu's passing is very saddening. As Ramakrishnan says, we had his pleasant company in Vellore. Even then he used to get filarial fever now and then but remained cheerful and friendly. A simple soul with a lot of affection for us all. We will all miss him.

Jayaraman

MANNARGUDI KITTU

Kittu has passed away. He was our uncle Ramamurthi Mama's son about Jayaraman's age or slightly younger. When Appa was sub-judge in Vellore Kittu stayed with us and went to school with us for some years. We had a very good time with one more person in the house to play with. He was a lively person and even when I met him many years later when he was suffering from arthritis and filariasis he used to present a smiling face.

-Ramakrishnan.

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KITTU PASSED AWAY

Kalyanam ( Thambaram ) informed that Kittu passed away in Bangalore on Wednesday 20 Jan.
Our heartfelt condolences to his family.
Ramu

From Ramu

1. Best wishes to Ramakrishnan Saradam manni ( wedding day 20 Jan) and to Mani ( birthday 22 Jan). Wishing them good health and peace. Many happy returns of the day.
2. Quite sometime since I checked my mail. The computer had gone for repair .
3. Nothing special from our side. Sarada and I plan to go to Cbe just for two days on 06 & 07 Jan, to see Ramakrishnan.
Ramu

Happy birthday!

 

Best wishes, Mani. Many happy returns!
Vimala and Jayaraman

Happy birthday!

Vimala and Jayaraman

Sorry to inform late - Nameeta's birthday falls on Jan 10.
Gayathri