Going to attend classes at Maami’s place was not a simple task…..it included a lot of things…..buying some house hold articles on the way…plucking flowers for her Pooja….putting clothes into the washing machine(big time embarrassment as we were not sure how to operate it and go scolded for that inclusive)……
It was not time bound…after we [...]
After some time gap….amma found out that we had a professional person close to home and that lot of people studied music from her. Amma was thrilled with the thought of me and my sister singing like pros ….she also was trying to give us a name as “Bangalore sisters” was already taken by someone [...]
Amma kept insisting that we should learn some form of art and the most convenient was music. My sister did not give into all the nagging. I did. I decided that singing was not my cup of tea..so I proclaimed that I wanted to learn Veena….
Mom was really not ok with this….the teachers would insist [...]
Next big attempt and quite a successful one was with a teacher named paniveni….
Mom used to be part of a ladies club where many ladies together decided that they wanted to send their children to a music class. They found a teacher and we joined in there. This time we were alightly older, we had [...]
The first attempt (that I can remember) was to go to a teacher who was located at a distance of about 1.5 Kms. My sister was never interested…but always dragged along. To motivate us…my mom decided that she too will learn from the teacher….but she dint know what was to come;)
The teacher was a home [...]
I was a dance lover….I learnt bharathnatyam from about 3 years of age…and was considered to be quite good at it(clap clap clap….donkey singing own praise ) …then we shifted out of Indiranagar in Bangalore and re-located to BTM layout…
BTM layout today is a really happening place…but back then…it was a God forsaken place. [...]
I am trying my best to get back to real blogging….its not easy. Blogging needs time…It needs the frame of mind to be in place…
It so happened that yesterday after a long time I was talking to one of my colleagues regarding the Shankar Mahadevan academy for music and it re-kindled the age old thoughts [...]