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Music in India has suffered a great loss today.

Pandit Bhimsen Joshi (1922-2011), the “high commissioner of music”, as the legendary Kirana vocalist would call himself in jest, is no more. The maestro from Gadag in Karnataka, who ruled as the sun in the Indian musical constellation for several decades now, was unsurpassed in his brilliant interpretations and renditions of the Kirana repertoire. However, the body of music that he leaves behind transcends the boundaries of his gharana, and unfolds the rich and expansive universe of the Hindustani tradition as a whole.

Bhimsen Joshi was born in Gadag in 1922. His father Gururaj Joshi was a school teacher, and his paternal grandfather Bhimacharya Joshi, a noted musician. As a child, Bhimsen was deeply influenced by his mother, whose bhajans the young boy loved to hear. A wanderer both in life and in music, Bhimsen would often go missing from home, to his parents’ great worry. From the age of three he was wont to wander off – following the muezzin’s prayer of Allahu-Akbar as he tried to grasp its notes, or listening to the musicians in a nearby temple. As if in a trance, the little child would follow bhajan mandalis and wedding processions, completely tuned to musical notes and switched off to all else. His father would often lodge complaints with the police, only to find that a good samaritan had brought the boy back home. However, at 11, the boy left home for good after quarrelling with his mother, because she could not afford to serve him ghee with his rice. He stomped out, leaving his food untouched.

Quest for his Guru

This turned out to be the turning point in his musical journey too. Listening to the gramophone recording of Raga Jhinjoti sung by the maestro of the Kirana gharana, Ustad Abdul Karim Khan in a nearby tea shop, his heart was set on learning from him. He stood at the Gadag station and took a train that was heading north. The penniless lad gave the slip to ticket collectors by moving between compartments, singing songs for fellow passengers and begging for food. He stopped at Pune, Bombay and finally, after three months, reached Gwalior. He met and learnt from various maestros, but was not satisfied.

He then went from Kharagpur to Calcutta, and on to Delhi, finally reaching Jalandhar where the Gwalior maestro Vinayak Rao Patwardhan advised him to learn from Sawai Gandharv in Kundagol, Karnataka. Sawai Gandharv was an outstanding disciple of Ustad Abdul Karim Khan.

Bhimsen shared an exceptional relationship with his teacher Sawai Gandharv, but continued to work hard even after that to earn enough to study music. It is said that sometime in 1960, when Bhimsen Joshi sang for the Calcutta Music Circle, the famous actor Pahadi Sanyal was present in the audience.

Once the concert was over, Bhimsen Joshi went up to the actor and, much to the actor’s embarrassment, reminded him that he had worked as a domestic help for him in the years that he was looking for a suitable guru.

MIT PUNE's 1st Indian Student Parliament

It was an amazing experience attending MIT-Pune's 1st Indian Student parliament. I am proud of my college's initiative of motivating youth at national level. Hope it will bring out some positive change in paticipation of youth of India in the politics.
   MIT-Pune is growing exponentially, its amazing to see my college growing so fast. That time is not that far when MIT will become not only the best institute in India but also in the world.

this post is dedicated to Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune. I love my college :)

Raghu Dixit project concert @ Bangalore

NEENE BEKU Raghu Dixit @ Bangalore 

Recorded by me :) 

GSLV's third unsuccessful mission

Sriharikota:  The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) witnessed a spectacular failure when India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle ( GSLV) blew up shortly after lift-off. This is perhaps the biggest failure for ISRO so far.

Minutes after lift-off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 4 pm on Saturday, the GSLV-F06 exploded mid-air.

"When destruct command was given, the vehicle was at a distance of 2.5 km from Sriharikota coastline. The debris has fallen into the sea," ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan said during a press briefing.

"When we looked at the initial data, the control command signal from onboard computer failed to reach the launch vehicle during first stage. What caused this interruption after 47 seconds after take-off has to be studied in detail," he added.

adhakrishna finished off by saying, "We hope to get an assessment of what triggered this."

The satellite, GSAT-5P, was expected to fulfill telecommunication and weather needs and was built at a cost of Rs. 150 crore. It was eventually expected to replace INSAT-2E that was sent up in 1999.

This is GSLV's third unsuccessful mission.

An earlier attempt, powered by a Russian cryogenic engine, failed in July 2006 while a more recent attempt in April this year with India's first indigenous cryogenic engine deviated after take-off.

Chandrayaan II was set to be launched with GSLV in 2013, but after today's failure that launch will be reviewed.

Indian Student Parliament MIT-Pune

MIT-PUNE  is organizing the 1st Parliament of Indian Student Council Leaders i. e. Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad from Jan 12-14, 2011 at MIT Campus, Pune comprising of eleven sessions. In the span of these three days participants will be given an opportunity to interact with prominent personalities from Politics, Spiritual, Environment, Media, Social movement, Entertainment and Sport World to interact with them and speak their mind on the dais. 'Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad' will be a breeding ground for the young, enthusiastic and bright minds committed to lead the society, to effect political changes and to strengthen the democracy. The resolutions passed during all the sessions of the Parliament will be sent to various policy making bodies of the government.

 Its objectives are:
• To create a common platform for the young student leaders
• To facilitate interaction with eminent leaders from different sectors
• To sensitize the participants to think on the issues concerning the regional & national issues
• To focus on the areas which need immediate attention followed by action
• To create solidarity and a sense of togetherness among the participants for future cooperation The guest list includes the likes of Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Ratan Tata, Mukesh Ambani, Anand Mahindra, Nana Patekar, Sharad Pawar, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Saina Nehwal, Shabana Azmi, Vijendra Singh and many more. For more info, kindly go through the website: http://indianstudentparliament. com/ Come Forward and Let your voice Be Heard!!

  Venue
MAEER's MITS. NO. 124, PAUD ROAD, KOTHRUD,
PUNE 411038,
MAHARASHTRA, INDIA   Date
12-14th JANUARY, 2011. Venue :MAEER's MIT

Wasim Akram attacks Hayden for his comments about India

Matthew Hayden's comment about India  being a "third world" country came in for a scathing attack from former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram  who said the Australians have a habit of bad-mouthing their opponents whenever they lose.

Akram said the Aussies were "sore losers" and that Hayden should have known that India was now hundred years ahead of Australia  "which is no more than a village."

"The thing about the Aussies is that they are sore losers. They get personal when they get beaten. It is all a matter of sour grapes and after going home, they've started calling India a third-world country", Akram told ESPN Mobile from Karachi.

"India is a superpower now; it is a hundred years ahead of Australia, which is no more than a village, as compared to India. You don't blame sightscreens for poor over rates. Even Allan Border  was critical of Australian tactics on the pitch," Akram said.

This completely proves that bad people dont define any country or religion, bad people are bad. People from Pakistan love India and we also love them. 

Conclusion:

Hindustan Pakistan BHAI BHAI !!