A RAY FROM THE SUN

2 months back, I brought 2 small fan-tail goldfish home. Cute little fellows just a couple of months old. We named them "sumathi" for bigger one and "kalamathi" for the slightly smaller one. The elder used to be at the middle of the bowl and quickly picks up the food as it is given. so the name. They were very active chasing each other and playing with the plant and shells in the bowl. They could even recognize the hand that feeds them. Every morning whenever we come into the hall, they come to the edge, dancing and begging for food. Any new faces, they hide behind the plant. See how cute they are... Today is a sad day. Because of my negligence, both the fish are dead. :-( When water is changed, we should not replace all the water, today by mistake I threw all the old water in the bowl. And when we put the fish in fresh water, the poor fellows started breathing hard.. and before we realized that some thing is wrong, the sad thing happened. Now. no more fish/pets in ...

Want to know who this happy fellow is? Click the photo. This Spider is called Happy-Face-Spider. Found in Hawaii islands. Despite of the cute smile, this is one of the endangered species. No wonder it is protecting its eggs so feriociously

This Saturday, Ambika reminded me about this concert, and I could not get the tickets online, all the day it was raining and I really had a strong desire to ditch the program. Evening, I had drove for 2 hrs in the pathetic Bangalore traffic from my house to Palace grounds. And 2 more hours of boring wait before the program could start. And drenched like a wet mop while returning. But it is all worth it. I am glad I didn't give-up and go back home. The concert was wonderful. It was a pulsating performance by the maestros left us in a magical and exhilarating experience. It is really wonderful watching Zakir Hussain play Tabla. I feel the 24 frames/sec perception of the human eye nor the 30 fps video camera could capture the his fingers dancing on the Tabla. I had never seen a Santoor play before. Heard a couple of songs here and there. Padmashree Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma's subtle permutations and combinations of lyrical notes wafting forth from his 100-stringed percussion inst...

As my Mother described it, "This is as if we are granted the Vishwarupa darshan of Lord Shiva at the end of Kaarthika maasam". Daddy was getting bored of staying indoors thanks to the chilling Bangalore weather and a stupid winter rain. He wanted to go some trip. The plans ranged from Udupi to Tirupathi to Dharmasthala and finally ended up doing a day picnic trip to a nearby shrines. The cab came by 7 am. 1/2 hr late. Noticeably the driver is quite formally dressed. we picked up the breakfast that Mom prepared and lot of chips and other junk. Went to Maratahalli to pick up my sister and brother-in-law. Then striaght towards KR puram, Hoskote, Kolar,Kammasandra. On the way, there is a small shrine in a valley called Antara Ganga where there is a perennial spring of water pouring from a Nandi statue mouth. Driver suggested that we go to that place while returning lest we get tired in the trek to that temple. Thought that was a good advice and proceeded directly to KotiLingeshwa...