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Keshav Bhat
A song from Sri VidyabhUshana:Another tomor...
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
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Finding space for music
Since Audioblogger as been taken down by Google, finding space for your music files is a challenge. Here is a Digg like forum for music files, called jigg!Here is my first song there. Hopefully, it will be the last in my search...Enj...
Daily Dose of Dasa Songs
I have a ton of mp3 files that I have gathered over the years. I never get around to listening to many - they sit in my CD collection. I thought I might use this space to post one song a day using any available server.Here is my first Keshav%27s podcastGive it a listen!Enjoy! -- Keshav BhatClick here to get your own player.I hope you like this. I'll try to keep them coming on a regular ba...
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Photography Classes
Here is a great site with easy to understand instructions on photography. There are 10 lessons (in HTML) and a message board for you to ask questions and have them answered. Fantast...
Udupi Srikrishna Ratri Pooja
A short clip from udupi, a coastal city in Karnataka India.Krishna is Worshiped fourteen times a day by the swamiji. Of course The first ten take place in the forenoon and the remaining four are the evening services. Towards the end of the day, the Swamiji enters the sanctum sanctorum for the ratri pooja. After chanting the hundred and eight names of the Lord he offers naiveedya consisting of tamarind rice, pan cake, tender coconut, panchakajjaya and betal leaf and nut. He then waves aratis of different kinds. Coming out of the sanctum sanctorum the Swamiji offers worship to the idol of Madhvacharya at the entrance. The musicians known as bhagavatas sing devotional songs along with their disciples and dance according to the rythm. It provides a feast to the ey...
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Now this is more like it!
The last few weeks we had temps in the 70's! Not at all like January. No one was complaining though. Over the last couple of days, the numbers have plunged by 40 degrees. That's the view from my street...
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Funnies
I have friends who send me jokes by mail, most of which I delete - especially those that have Powerpoint presentation!I liked this list sent by my cousin in Thanjavur and enjoyed many of the definitions. here they are....1. Cigarette : A pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one end & afool at the other.2. Love affairs : Something like cricket where one-day internationals aremore ! popular than a five day test.3. Marriage : It's an agreement in which a man loses his bachelor degreeanda woman gains her master4. Divo rce : Future tense of marriage5. Lecture : An art of transferring information from the notes of thelecturer to the notes of the students without passing through "the minds ofeither".6. Conference : The confusion of one man multiplied by the number present.7. Compromise...
Friday, January 12, 2007
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Smoking Ban in US House Floor
Finally! Practically every state was banning smoking in public offices and its time the guys/gals who regulate every aspect of life here are subject to this.I have never smoked and am frankly disgusted by the smells. Not that I will ever be in the US Senate (ha!) but its always nice to see a move to leading a healthy life.Pelosi bans smoking near House floor - Yahoo! N...
Friday, January 05, 2007
Photo Gallery South India
When I left for India I was hoping to take many, many pictures. But when I got there, I was far too busy to take pictures, hailing an auto, holding on to my son or simply carrying those shopping bags!While waiting @ a doctors office, I saw this beautiful article in National Geographic.India: Southern India Photo Gallery @ National Geographic TravelerLove...
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Vittal in Bangalore
This is Gayathri - the latest addition to the Bhat Family. My Brothers darling (sorry Padmin...
BBC Person of the year
Time Magazine had 'YOU' as the person of the year. How boring and utterly unimaginative. I would have loved to see Nancy Pelosi, the first woman to head the speakership of the Senate in US history. But, I don't want to get too political here - my rantings shall remain off the blog pages.One of the first posts I put up on this blog was about Sir Richard Dawkins.Now, BBC has named him the Person of the Year.Dawkins talks with Bill Moyers (needs Real Player) about religion in America, evolution and its detractors and science as the best prism through which to understand the mysteries of the unive...
Monday, January 01, 2007
Latest from D40
Spent a few hours @ a nearby ski resort. The weather was lousy - raining! But my son had fun and I whipped out my new toy.Here are a few pictures from Zoomr - where I was lucky to get a Pro Accou...
Flying Chennai-Delhi in 22 hrs
I remember days whe I used to travel 22 hrs by Train from Chennai to Delhi. But I could not believe my eyes when I read this story!What should have been a two-and-a-half-hour flight from Chennai to Delhi turned into a 22-hour ordeal for passengers of an Air Deccan flight, thanks to a combination of ‘‘operational reasons’’ and the dreaded Delhi fog. powered by performancing fire...
A Birthday/New Year Gift to myself!
Over the holidays, I used a point and shoot digital camera that worked very well. Espeially because I could stick it in my pocket, carry my son if needed and go through security @ airports. A few days before we were to leave Singapore, my 5 year old wanted to take pictures of fish in a hotel lobby and dropped the camera. Not surprisingly, the lens got jammed and I was quite upset.I’ve been wanting to buy a prosumer camera for the longest time but I didn’t want to lug all that weight around.Came back home and researched.Here Here, Here, Here and HereFell in love with the Nikon D40. The replacement for the D50, it keeps the 6.1-megapixel sensor but boasts upgrades to the viewfinder, LCD, metering, processor speed, burst rate, noise suppression,...
